Call for Applications: DTH Lab Regional Youth Champions 2024 (Stipend available) Deadline: 18 August, 2024

Applications are invited for the Digital Transformation for Health Lab Regional Youth Champions Program 2024. The first cohort of Regional Youth Champions (RYC) was established to champion the report’s key recommendations to improve the health and well-being of young people at regional and national levels. RYC represents eight different regions based on the groupings used by the Sustainable Development Goals including Sub-Saharan Africa, Northern Africa and Western Asia, Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, Europe and Northern America.

The Champions role is as follows, but not limited to:

• Support the development of events, articles and other outputs led by DTH-Lab;
• Provide insights and expertise on the three work streams of the DTH-Lab;
• Collaborate with other RYC to provide written/oral contributions;
• Support in partnerships building with key stakeholders and other youth networks;
• Share strategic and innovative ideas that support the overall vision and mission of the DTH-Lab;
• Serve as messengers and disseminators of the DTH-Lab work at the regional level;
• Involved in partnerships to learn about scholarly communications in the digital health space, with an emphasis on understanding and contributing to the peer review process;
• Improve the diversity and inclusivity of young people in the #MyHealthFutures Youth Network;
• Join panel discussions, podcasts, and other forms of knowledge sharing platforms as youth champions.

Stipend

• To support the work of the Regional Youth Champion, the DTH-Lab will provide a monthly stipend of $200 USD in the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. RYC should plan to spend roughly 7 hours a month dedicated to this role.

Eligibility

• You are between the age of 18 and 30 years old at the time of applying.
• You are based in the region you are applying to represent during the full term.
• You possess great oral and written communication skills in English. Working knowledge and/or the ability to translate to other UN languages is an added advantage.
• You have access to a bank account.

Interests

• You are passionate about global health governance, the future of health, digital transformations of health, data solidarity and/or UHC.
• You have similar foundational values for digital health governance such as democracy, solidarity, inclusion, equity and human rights.

Experience

• You are pursuing a professional career in health, STEM, international affairs and/or governance.
• You have experience or training in communications, advocacy, policy writing and/or research.
• You have leadership experience in fostering change and/or innovation.
• Training or experience in futures thinking or foresight is an added advantage.

Networks

• You are in a youth network and/or have experience with youth networks at the regional and/or local level.
• You use social media for knowledge sharing and are well connected to other young people.
• You have excellent working knowledge of digital platforms and the use of technology to increase digital engagement.

Deadline: 18 August, 2024

Application

Interested applicants are asked to share a current CV/resume and a short expression of interest in becoming a RYC.

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For more information, visit DTH Lab.