Deadline: November 16, 2023.

The One Young World Fellowship is open for applications for 2024! They are seeking three new Fellows to join their Summit and Content team to help make their bold plans for One Young World 2024 Montréal a reality. The Fellowship is for a fixed term placement from 8 January 2024 until 11 October 2024.

Fellows will work with young leaders from every country in the world and a huge range of backgrounds; from social entrepreneurs to campaigners, tech innovators to poets. The programme is ideally suited for recent graduates or early-career professionals with a passion for sustainable development and who want to learn more about pursuing a career in the charity sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Fellows joining the Programmes Team will be responsible for ensuring the brightest young leaders in the world are able to attend the One Young World Summit, regardless of their financial means or location in the world. Key responsibilities include:

•  Ensure One Young World’s programmes are known to the most impactful potential candidates by researching and engaging with incredible young leaders around the world.
• Ensure the very best candidates benefit from programmes by supporting the Programmes Team’s admissions processes.
• Play a frontline role in supporting beneficiaries through their programmes by providing logistical support. This will include:

– Assisting with visa applications and working with our travel agent to book delegate flights
– Working with housing team to ensure delegates accommodation is reserved
– Responding to incoming queries from all delegates (scholarship and corporate) as well as partners. This includes managing multiple email inboxes and handling incoming calls.
– Database management
– During the Summit you will be the main point of contact for all delegates!

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

To succeed in the Fellowship, you will:

• Have an active interest in current affairs and good knowledge of international geopolitical issues
• Be highly efficient and organised and have experience of complex admin tasks
• Have experience using the Microsoft office suite, especially excel
• Be a team player who takes the initiative and be able to cope well with deadlines and high-pressure environment
• Confident personalities who are happy to speak to new people on the telephone: this is an outwardly facing role, so you must have a very professional manner
• Must be fluent in English. Fluency in an additional language is desirable but not mandatory
• By the start of employment, you must have the right to work in the UK – ideally you are based within commuter distance to London, or you are planning to relocate to London from January 2024.

BENEFITS

1. They operate a 4 day working week policy, which we call Flexible Fridays. They encourage you to be super efficient with your time Monday-Thursday, so you don’t need to work (unless something super urgent comes up) on a Friday. They operate this policy all year round, apart from in the three months leading up to the Summit.
2. Salary £ 26000
3. Private medical insurance which includes physiotherapy, dental, eye care and mental health support.
4. Company pension scheme
5. Cycle to work scheme
6. Travel to events as necessary
7. Regular opportunities to access paid-for training and professional development such as courses and qualifications
8. Central London location
9.  A very sociable team – Christmas, Summer and post-Summit parties
10. One Young World takes part in a huge variety of events that team members can attend.Previous international opportunities have included Cannes Lions and the UN ECOSOC Forum and local opportunities have included Student Pride and the Open Iftar Project

APPLICATION

Please fill out the application form, including a CV and cover letter in the “upload additional documents” section. Please note that by the start of employment, you must have the right to work in the UK.

Apply through the OFFICIAL LINK