United Nations Foundation Next Generation Fellow 2025-2027 – YOA

Deadline: February 17, 2025

Applications are open for the United Nations Foundation Next Generation Fellow 2025-2027. The United Nations Foundation’s Next Generation Fellows Initiative, powered by the Our Future Agenda program, equips distinctive younger leaders to form world governance and drive transformative change. It goals to mobilize younger voices and intergenerational collaboration to ship on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), advance the 2100 Roadmap, and reimagine the UN’s function in tackling the challenges of the twenty first century.

Selected fellows are positioned on the forefront of excessive-impression initiatives, specializing in the SDGs and past. The fellowship consists of particular outputs that permit fellows to:

• Engage in Global and Regional Processes: Shape insurance policies and priorities in multilateral boards, together with the UN and key worldwide frameworks.
• Speak at key moments: Represent youth views at world summits, nationwide Town Halls, and excessive-profile engagements (for example on the UN).
• Lead Action Groups: Drive collaborative campaigns via the Engine Room for the Future addressing key world challenges underneath the 5 thematic pillars (People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships).
• Mobilize and Mentor Young People: Engage with various youth networks, fostering management and amplifying grassroots voices.
• Meet with UN Foundation Leaders: Participate in excessive-stage strategic discussions and contribute to the group’s targets.
• Work with the United Nations Foundation: Provide insights to form United Nations Foundation Our Future Agenda initiatives and extra broadly throughout the Foundation, guaranteeing they align with younger individuals’s present and future priorities.

Responsibilities

Global Advocacy for Youth Leadership

• Serve because the lead consultant for the Next Generation Fellows, guaranteeing their contributions align with the Next Generation Fellowship and the broad Our Future Agenda program.
• Mentor 4 part-time thematic Fellows and facilitate collaboration throughout Action Groups, fostering creativity and strategic alignment of their thematic campaigns.
• Facilitate the planning and execution of youth-pushed initiatives and occasions aligned with key UN milestones equivalent to Beijing+30 and the 2027 SDG Summit.

Engine Room Leadership

• Provide strategic route to the 5 thematic Action Groups (People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships), guaranteeing their campaigns contribute successfully to the 2100 Roadmap.
• Represent the Next Generation Fellows and the Engine Room in excessive-stage inner and exterior conferences, together with key UN Foundation engagements.
• Design onboarding supplies, coaching modules, and accountability processes to help the effectiveness of Action Groups.

Capacity Building and Management

• Organize and ship tailor-made workshops and coaching classes on advocacy, foresight, world governance, and marketing campaign design.
• Provide ongoing capability-constructing help to Fellows, changemakers, and champions to maximise their impression.
• Amplify the tales and achievements of Fellows and Action Groups via storytelling and dynamic communication content material.

Benefits

• This function is compensated based mostly on UN marketing consultant charges aligned with expertise and site.

Eligibility

• Applicant must be aged 18-30 in the beginning of the fellowship.
• Proven expertise in youth advocacy, world governance, and management roles.
• Familiarity with UN processes, SDG implementation, and multilateral frameworks.
• Expertise in writing, marketing campaign execution, and coverage advocacy.
• Proven administration and mentorship capabilities to information various groups.
• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities for partaking various stakeholders.
• Proficiency in utilizing digital instruments to interact members, analyze knowledge, and share impression tales.
• Multilingual proficiency (most well-liked: one further UN language apart from English).

Application

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For extra data, go to UN Foundation Next Generation Fellow.