Ashoka

About Ashoka :

Ashoka (www.ashoka.org) is the world’s largest association of social entrepreneurs — men and women who are creating new institutions and system-changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems. Since 1980, Ashoka has pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship, electing and connecting more than 2,000 individuals with system-changing ideas in over 70 countries.

Currently Ashoka Indonesia immediately need for experienced staff to be part of our YV team. All position will be based inBandung.

The position we are looking for are:

1.    

1    1.   Programming Manager

Position Overview :

The role of Program Manager is centered on developing and strengthening Youth Venture programming offerings that support young people to become changemakers while helping different parts of society improve through engaging with changemakers. Interested individuals must be able to manage partnerships, (identifying and supporting partners), oversee programming development, create evaluation models for the programming, direct documentation, project manage, and refine the design of the programming offerings to enhance and build their scalability.

The Program Manager will also manage and mentor programming facilitators, who are selected from the Youth Venture network. The candidate will develop and manage strategic partnerships with corporations, civil society organizations, universities and other key partners.

Qualifications, Skills, and Core Competencies Required:

• Graduate with minimum 3 years of experience in building and managing operations and institutions
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills
• Preferably, have some educational or work experience in  social work, communications and/or marketing
• Preferably, have experience working with people of highly diverse backgrounds at all education levels
• Be an entrepreneur, with a track record of launching and leading successful ventures, either stand-alone or within an existing entity
• Preferably, have experience in creating system change with youth
• Have strong conceptual and analytical skills
• Have strong project management and problem solving skills
• Have strong interpersonal, relationship building, and facilitation skills
• Have experience in corporat client management

2.       2.      Empathy

Position Overview :

The Empathy primarily is accountable for enabling the Young Changemakers to develop and grow their venture in terms of venture ideas, play an active role in realizing a world where empathy is integrated as a core principle and practice, organizational & financial sustainability and collaboration among young changemakers in order to leverage social impact. Under the coordination of the Program Manager, responsible for developing program, facilitating mentorship program for Young Changemakers, building networks and partnership particularly with funding/investors, organizing and developing YCM community (regional and national) and linking to global community and network of young changemakers. The Empathy Coordinator mustwithin the Ashoka policies and procedures.  

Qualifications, Skills, and Core Competencies Required:

• Graduate with minimum  2 years of experience in building and managing operations and institutions
• Good Microsoft Office skills
• Excellent communication skills and telephone manner
• Ability to work unsupervised and develop the job
• Creative, change driven, high initiative
• Having comprehensive knowledge of social business and civil society organizations
• Having experience in developing social business initiative

3.       3.     Community Facilitator

Position Overview :

The Community Facilitator is responsible for two core YV programming offerings.

• This individual is expected to organize and coordinate the workshops that provide information, experiences and tools for the young c hangemakers to access in designing and launching their civic ventures. In addition, the Community Facilitator will build a training of facilitators for the workshops. This individual will also manage the outreach to colleges and youth organizations to recruit the “ Venturers ” . ‘

• During the Youth Venture cycle, the Community Facilitator will make visits to all of the Venturers ’ ventures to see their progress and support them in their efforts. The individual in this position is involved in all programming offerings that engage with the Venturers, doing everything possible to provide support to help them to launch successful civic ventures.

This position will work closely with the Programming Manager to execute and follow through with mentorship and the YV Network to build a growing community of c hangemakers.The candidate will also spend time developing new client / sponsor partners for the programming.

Qualifications, Skills, and Core Competencies Required:

• Graduate with minimum 2 years of experience in building and managing operations and institutions
• Good Microsoft Office skills
• Excellent communication skills and telephone manner
• Ability to work unsupervised and develop the job
• Creative, change driven, high initiative
• Having comprehensive knowledge of social business and civil society organizations
• Having experience in developing social business initiative

Youth Ventures’ Hiring Criteria

• Entrepreneurial: Must posses an entrepreneurial spirit – as demonstrated by personal experiences in taking initiative to improve one’s community, school, college, and/or the workplace. Must have a track record of developing new ideas, taking initiative, making the ideas a reality and then successfully leading the initiative.
• Innovative: Must be able to create significant impact with limited resources.
• Passionate: Must resonate with Youth Venture’s mission and have the positive energy and drive to help achieve it.
• Enthusiasm for Youth: Must be able to connect with and inspire young people to become powerful members of society.
• Corporate relationships: Must have experience in engaging corporate partners and clients.
• Team player: Must be collegial and capable of working with other creative individuals in a lively, start-up environment.
• Dynamic: Must have high energy levels, the ability to work and thrive under pressure, and the motivation to make meaningful contributions to the program.
• Communication Skills: Must have the capacity to effectively engage with various stakeholders from all sectors.
• Ethical Fiber: Must possess a high sense of personal integrity.
• Language: Fluent in English, verbal and written.

Updated CV and application letter should be sent to rospiana@ashoka.org

Closing date for application is 10 (ten) days after this advertisement or up to 31 October 2012
(Only short-listed candidates will be notified)