Communication Support for Skill Our Future Initiative

Volunteering

Overview

Support youth empowerment through communication and content creation

You have:

• Have graduated from or enrolled in the senior year of an undergraduate degree program in communication, social, political, education, or development-related disciplines.
• Experience in developing promotional materials, including but not limited to social media campaign posts or videos, posters, and email marketing.
• Experience assisting with copywriting tasks such as drafting captions for social media posts is a plus.
• Experience in a support role within a communication or marketing team in their respective organizations is a plus.
• Commit to the Online Volunteering assignment schedule, with flexibility for occasional meetings and deadlines.

Contract

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The Skill Our Future initiative, co-led by UNDP and other partners, aims to create digital pathways for youth, enhancing their employability and empowering them to thrive as globally engaged citizens contributing to sustainable development locally and beyond. With a marked context focus on providing opportunities for youth from underserved communities, the programme equips young people with the necessary 21st-century and digital skills they need to prepare for the future of work. More information can be found at https://www.skillourfuture.org/learn.

For the Skill Our Future initative, we seek support from 2 Online Volunteers, who under the guidance of the Youth Empowerment team will: - Support in creation of engaging and fun content for Skill Our Future’s social media, expected to support creation of two social media’s content per week. - Support in drafting human interest stories for EmpowerU participants. The selected Online Volunteers will be provided with background information and material needed to support and implement the program. They will not be asked to participate or conduct/implement the teaching/training and will not be requested to develop content themselves without the guidance of the Youth Empowerment team.

Have graduated from or enrolled in the senior year of an undergraduate degree program in communication, social, political, education, or development-related disciplines.

Candidates should have: o Experience in developing promotional materials, including but not limited to social media campaign posts or videos, posters, and email marketing. o Experience assisting with copywriting tasks such as drafting captions for social media posts is a plus. o Experience in a support role within a communication or marketing team in their respective organizations is a plus. o Commit to the Online Volunteering assignment schedule, with flexibility for occasional meetings and deadlines.

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