New Education Standard Award Africa (NESA-Africa) Regional & Diaspora Social Media Ambassador — Content Creator, Digital Marketer or Storyteller Track

NESA-Africa Ambassador

Choose Your Region & Track — One Listing, All 15 Regions

This single Idealist listing replaces the earlier 15 separate region-by-region postings. Applicants pick both their region and their track via 2 screening questions, so you post once instead of 15 times.

Organization: Santos Creations Educational Foundation (SCEF) / NESA-Africa

Listing type: Volunteer Opportunity

Cause areas: Education; Media & Communications; Children & Youth; International Relations

Location: Remote — Global (15 regions to choose from; see table below)

Start date: June 2026

Duration: Through October 2026 (~5 months)

Time commitment: ~2 hours / day (about 14 hours / week)

This is a substantial volunteer commitment — about 2 hours a day is closer to a part-time role than a typical social media volunteer gig. Please apply only if you can sustain that level of involvement for the full term.

Overview

NESA-Africa is recruiting Ambassadors across 15 regions — 8 African Regional Economic Communities and 7 diaspora regions spanning North America to Asia-Pacific — to power our 2026 Award Campaign, the continental season running through the Blue Garnet Awards Gala in October. This single listing covers every region and all 3 Ambassador tracks. Tell us your region and track of choice when you apply, and we'll route you to the right team.

About the season: NESA-Africa 2026 — “The African Blue-Garnet Awards for Education” — is the live program this role supports. See the official nomination categories, voting process, and Icon Award honorees at nesa.africa before you apply.

NESA-Africa — Vision, Mission & Objectives

Vision — To become Africa's leading education recognition and change platform — bringing public and private investment together, showcasing innovative educational models, and helping every child and youth across Africa gain access to quality learning.

Mission — Under the stewardship of the Santos Creations Educational Foundation (SCEF), NESA-Africa works to speed up the continent's educational transformation by recognizing excellence, encouraging digital innovation, and building sustainable collaborations — with every activity tied to the UN SDGs and African Union Agenda 2063.

• Advance inclusive, equitable quality education and support lifelong learning opportunities for all, in line with SDG4.
• Promote girls' education through dedicated award categories and scholarship programs.
• Encourage excellence in STEM, education technology, and vocational training.
• Build multi-sector partnerships that bring financing and advocacy support to education.
• By 2035, grow into the continent's leading education transformation platform, with impact reaching all 54 African countries and the diaspora.

NESA-Africa Social Media — Vision, Mission & Objectives

“To architect a world-class digital ecosystem that amplifies African educational excellence, unifies global diaspora advocacy, and drives transparent institutional accountability by turning multi-platform visibility into direct structural investments for marginalized learners across the continent.”

Ambassadors across all 15 regions collectively power the program's 5 SMAT objectives: 40 million people reached through 100 influencer partnerships; 5,000 verified educators and institutions following the campaign by Q3 2026; 40 verified special needs school nominations for Rebuild My School Africa structural grants; 250 qualified corporate CSR leads; and a steady 3-times-a-week publishing cadence across every platform.

Step 1 — Choose Your Region

African regions also carry responsibility for sourcing special needs school nominations for Rebuild My School Africa. Diaspora regions focus on the Africa Education Icon Award (which specifically honors diaspora Africans and “Friends of Africa”) and the International Partnership category.

Region Selection — Choose One Region

Applicants must choose one region during application.

• Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
• Type: African
• Languages: Arabic, French
• Scope: 12 categories
• Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
• Type: African
• Languages: French, Arabic, English
• Scope: 12 categories
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
• Type: African
• Languages: English, Swahili, French
• Scope: 12 categories
• East African Community (EAC)
• Type: African
• Languages: English, Swahili
• Scope: 12 categories
• Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
• Type: African
• Languages: French, Portuguese
• Scope: 12 categories
• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
• Type: African
• Languages: English, French
• Scope: 20 categories, including Nigeria
• Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
• Type: African
• Languages: English, Amharic, Somali
• Scope: 12 categories
• Southern African Development Community (SADC)
• Type: African
• Languages: English, Portuguese
• Scope: 12 categories
• North America
• Type: Diaspora
• Languages: English, Spanish, French
• Scope: 5 categories — Icon + International
• Europe
• Type: Diaspora
• Languages: English, French
• Scope: 5 categories — Icon + International
• Middle East
• Type: Diaspora
• Languages: Arabic, English
• Scope: 5 categories — Icon + International
• Asia-Pacific
• Type: Diaspora
• Languages: English
• Scope: 5 categories — Icon + International
• Australia / Oceania
• Type: Diaspora
• Languages: English
• Scope: 5 categories — Icon + International
• South America
• Type: Diaspora
• Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
• Scope: 5 categories — Icon + International
• Caribbean
• Type: Diaspora
• Languages: English, French, Spanish
• Scope: 5 categories — Icon + International

Step 2 — Choose Your Track

All 3 tracks work from the same campaign materials, hashtags, and review process for whichever region you're assigned — they just focus on different parts of the job.

Track 1 — Content Creator

Turn your region's award-category nominations into finished visual and video content for Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.

• Design carousels and short-form video for whichever award category is live that week, using NESA-Africa's ready-made captions as a starting point.
• African regions: photograph and lightly edit evidence submitted by local schools for the special needs school nomination push (with consent already obtained).
• Diaspora regions: spotlight Africa Education Icon Award honorees and International Partnership nominees.
• Adapt visuals and captions into your region's local language(s) as needed, without changing category names or links.

Track 2 — Marketer

Grow our verified follower base in your region and surface leads that feed the campaign's nomination pipeline.

• Run a daily outreach sequence on X and LinkedIn within your region — about 20 targeted profiles per day, following platform-safe pacing.
• Track weekly follower and engagement numbers against your region's growth targets.
• African regions: coordinate with local NGOs and school districts to distribute the special needs school nomination form.
• Diaspora regions: help surface credible diaspora and “Friends of Africa” nominees for the Icon Award.

Track 3 — Storyteller

Collect and write the human stories that make your region's posts feel real instead of generic.

• nterview nominated individuals, organizations, and (for African regions) school staff — never minors without guardian consent — to gather quotes and context.
• Write longer-form Facebook and LinkedIn captions and X threads for your region's assigned categories.
• Keep tone celebratory and dignity-first — this is a call to recognize excellence, not a pity-based appeal.

What You'll Need (All Tracks)

• Comfort with at least one of: basic design/video editing, social outreach at volume, or interview-based writing — depending on your chosen track.
• Reliable internet access and the capacity to commit roughly 2 hours a day for ~5 months.
• Based in, or connected to, your chosen region (preferred, not required).
• English required; your region's other local language(s) (see table above) a strong plus.

What You'll Gain

• Official recognition as a NESA-Africa Ambassador for your chosen region.
• Hands-on portfolio work for a continental campaign with international reach.
• Certificate of volunteer service from SCEF / NESA-Africa.
• A letter of recommendation from SCEF leadership upon successful completion of the term.
• Direct line of sight into how a nomination becomes a real school grant, plus an invitation to a virtual Town Hall for diaspora Ambassadors.

How to Apply

Apply directly through Idealist with your name and email. Add the following as 2 required Screening Questions on the listing:

1. “Which region would you like to represent?” — multiple choice, listing all 15 regions from the table above.
2. “Which Ambassador track are you most interested in?” — multiple choice: Content Creator / Marketer / Storyteller / No preference, happy to be assigned.

Route each application to the matching regional or diaspora team lead for screening once submitted.

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