Join the Global Fund for Children’s Youth Leadership Council

Are you a passionate younger changemaker desperate to form a extra equitable world for kids and youth? The Global Fund for Children (GFC) invites purposes for its Youth Leadership Council (YLC) — a strong platform for younger leaders to affect technique, deepen inclusion, and amplify youth voices on a worldwide scale.

About the Global Fund for Children

The Global Fund for Children invests in revolutionary, regionally led organizations that advance the rights and alternatives of youngsters and youth experiencing poverty, discrimination, and violence. Since 1997, GFC has invested $51 million in over 900 organizations, reaching greater than 11 million kids and youth worldwide.

About the Youth Leadership Council

The Youth Leadership Council (YLC) is a dynamic world group of rising leaders aged 18–28 who information and problem GFC’s work by means of energetic engagement, strategic enter, and advocacy. It presents a uncommon alternative to assist shift energy to youth, inform organizational selections, and collaborate on real-world initiatives in child and youth improvement.

Role and Responsibilities

This is a volunteer-based alternative with monetary assist supplied to cowl participation prices and different agreed types of recognition. It is not an employment place with GFC.

As a YLC member, you’ll:

• Meet each two months with fellow Council members for 1.5-hour digital periods

• Engage quarterly with GFC management to tell strategic route

• Dedicate approx. 5 hours per 30 days, together with conferences and undertaking involvement

• Participate in not less than one space of engagement, equivalent to:

  • Communications and Campaigns: Co-create messaging with GFC’s advertising and marketing crew

  • Safeguarding and DEIA: Champion inclusion and wellness practices

  • Regional Advocacy: Work with GFC groups to raise grassroots initiatives

YLC members may also tackle management as Co-Chairs, representing the Council on GFC’s Board and fostering collaboration amongst members.

Term

• Two years, with an choice to renew

• Flexible to accommodate faculty, work, or private commitments

Who Should Apply?

You ought to apply in case you are:

• Age 18–28 at the time of application
• Ability to carry conversations in English
• Access to the web
• Preferably residing in or from a rustic or area the place GFC works
• Willingness to publicly characterize GFC and actively take part in the Council’s work
• Commitment to safeguarding, civic engagement, and social justice
• Awareness of the challenges going through kids and youth in your native or regional context

We welcome candidates who’ve expertise with:

• Leading or volunteering in youth organizations

• Advocating for kids’s rights or youth justice

• Working in GFC’s focus areas: Education, Gender Equity, Safety and Wellbeing, Youth Power, Climate Resistance, Emergency Solidarity

Applicants with various lived experiences and identities are strongly inspired to apply — together with youth from the Global South, rural areas, LGBTQIA2S+ communities, these with disabilities, non-university-educated people, and others from traditionally marginalized teams.

How to Apply

Submit your application by June 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM (UTC+5:45) through the online form.

Selection Process: Applications shall be reviewed collaboratively by present YLC members and GFC employees. Shortlisted candidates shall be invited for a dialog. All candidates shall be notified of their standing.

Learn extra:

For any questions, contact: ylc@globalfundforchildren.org

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The Youth Leadership Council is greater than a volunteer alternative — it’s a highly effective platform to remodel methods, affect funding priorities, and amplify youth management in world improvement. Apply at this time and assist construct a world the place each child can thrive.

For extra alternatives, please go to the Opportunities For Youth platform.