MYCP is hiring a Mobilisation Lead skilled in grassroots organizing, youth advocacy, campaign design, and community mobilization.
About the Role
The Mobilisation Lead works with youth-led organizations across regions to support their campaigns and initiatives, amplifying their efforts internally and externally so they can reach decision-makers. The Mobilisation Lead also works closely with Regional Representatives to strengthen MYCP’s regional networks and develop coordinated action plans.
This role ensures that youth-led initiatives are not only supported but also elevated to influence policy and practice.. You will report to the Director of Outreach & Engagement and work closely with the MYCP Regional Representatives. This is a fully remote, volunteer position, with an expectation of 5-7 hours per week.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate connections between youth organizations and MYCP
thematic/advocacy structures (#THINK and #DELIVER), creating innovative
mobilisation elements to campaigns and advocacy plans, as well as within
research
- Work with youth-led organizations across regions to provide support
for their advocacy campaigns and initiatives, and collaborating closely
with the Capacity Building Focal Point and Regional Representatives to
ensure alignment with MYCP’s outreach offer tailored for each region
- Identify opportunities for joint campaigns, solidarity actions, and
collective mobilization around migration issues, ensuring regional
campaigns are aligned with MYCP’s global priorities and strategies
- Support capacity-building initiatives to strengthen member
organizations’ campaigning and advocacy skills
- Contribute to MYCP communications and visibility by promoting
youth-led initiatives
Person Specification
- Aged between 18 and 30 years old
- Experience in youth engagement, or grassroots mobilization, ideally
in youth-led or civil society context
- Ability to adapt, connect and engage people from different
backgrounds and geographical contexts
- Understanding of migration and migration issues, preferably through
lived experience
- Excellent organisational, facilitation and communication skills and
command of English (fluency in one or more other UN languages is
desirable)
- Collaborative mindset and commitment to youth empowerment and MYCP’s
values
- Creative, reliable, and proactive problem-solver
We
strongly encourage applications from individuals with lived experience of
migration, displacement, or statelessness, and from underrepresented
communities.
How to Apply
