One Young World Programmes Fellowship 2025: (Deadline 21 November, 2024)

Applications are open for the One Young World Programmes Fellowship 2025. One Young World is seeking three new Programmes Fellows to help make their ambitious plans for One Young World 2025 Munich a reality. One Young World Fellows are each assigned to a department for the course of their Fellowship so that they can build their skillset and experience.

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 our 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 attending from more than 190 countries!

Benefits

• They operate a 4 day working week policy, which they 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.
• Private medical insurance which includes physiotherapy, dental, eye care and mental health support
• Company pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Travel to events as necessary
• Central London location
• A very sociable team – Christmas, Summer and post-Summit parties
• 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
• An unparalleled network of changemakers around the world
• The opportunity to be inspired every week by young leaders!

Eligibility

• Applicant must have an active interest in current affairs, sustainability and 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.
• Have the legal 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 2025.

Application

Apply by uploading a CV and cover letter by November 21. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so they recommend applying as early as possible. A longlist of candidates will be invited to participate in short video interviews and a final shortlist of candidates will participate in a final round of panel interviews and assessments.

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For more information, visit One Young World Programmes Fellowship.