Youth Capital – Mobiliser Strategist at DG Murray Trust

Role

Are you interested in advocacy or social justice within the youth development sector with a focus on solving youth unemployment? Are you passionate about building and maintaining relationships with young people across the country? Do you have experience creating a mobilisation strategy? Are you comfortable facilitating group discussions? Are you comfortable working in a fast-paced environment? We are looking for a confident individual who is energised by meeting with people (individuals, groups and organisations), able to facilitate meetings and engagements, and skilled to assist the team with the continued development of the mobilisation strategy.

This is a full-time Cape Town-based post, with frequent domestic travel required. Currently incubated by the DG Murray Trust, Youth Capital is a campaign advocating for youth-centred and evidence-based solutions to youth unemployment. You will be working in a small but motivated team, growing and supporting Youth Capital’s in-person (offline) community through facilitating activations and supporting young people in their communities to endorse Youth Capital’s campaigns.

Minimum requirements

• A relevant degree or diploma in social sciences, youth development or similar.
• Outstanding English writing and verbal communication skills.
• Strong IT skills (e.g. Google Suite, Excel, Word, Powerpoint).

Experience

• At least 3 years’ experience in designing and executing mobilisation strategy.
• Have experience in designing and facilitating workshops, with particular expertise with young participants (aged 20-35).
• Understand the role of in-person community-building.
• Understand what the ingredients are for a successful and engaged community of young people.
• Have some understanding of online courses’ learner journeys.

Additional qualifications or experience that will be an added advantage

• Excellent time management skills and an ability to self-manage and work towards deadlines.
• Love contributing to and working in a team, and appreciate feedback from team members.
• Have a love for learning and an interest in social justice and advocacy.

Responsibilities

• Developing a clear mobilisation strategy that supports the offline journey and compliments the online community strategy for young people to join and remain engaged with the Youth Capital in-person community.
• Facilitate and build an ongoing relationship between Youth Capital and the key identified youth development organizations/formations.
• Manage logistics and planning of all Youth Capital engagements with key youth development organizations/formations, with support from the broader team;
• Work with the Project Lead to re-design the Youth Capital online course and develop a strategy for engagement of the Youth Capital in-person community with the course.
• Surface insights and stories from the Youth Capital in-person community for Youth Capital’s online communities and communication products.
• Represent Youth Capital in local media interviews.