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Position Description: Regional Directors<\/b><\/p>\n
July, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n Position Titles: <\/b>Africa Regional Director; Asia-Pacific Regional Director; Europe and Central Asia Regional Director; Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Director; North America Regional Director; West Asia Regional Director.<\/span><\/p>\n Term Length:<\/b> One year (August 2020 – July 2021); with possibility of extension dependent on funding.<\/span><\/p>\n Start Date:<\/b> August 17,<\/span> or as soon thereafter as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n About Youth4Nature<\/b><\/p>\n Youth4Nature<\/span><\/a> (Y4N) is a youth-led, international non-profit organization, headquartered in Canada, that educates, empowers, and mobilizes young people to lead on solutions for the ecological and climate crises that are ambitious, backed by science, and grounded in environmental and intergenerational justice. We act as the nexus between nature, climate, and the global youth movement. Our mission is three-fold: (1) advocate for the representation of nature in climate policy, (2) elevate youth voices by providing a platform, and (3) build capacity among youth as stewards for a nature for climate movement.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We officially launched in May, 2019. In just over a year, we have built a network of more than 5,000 youth leaders for nature and climate through knowledge-sharing, storytelling and capacity building. Our major accomplishments include running two delegations to the United Nations Secretary General Climate Action Summit in New York in September and to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change COP25Conference in Madrid in December.\u00a0 There, we organized several workshops, spoke on over 30 panels, delivered a three-day rotating Storytelling Exhibition, engaged in bilateral meetings with decision-makers and international organizations, and pushed hard for more space for young professionals, on-the-ground experience, and raised ambition for natural solutions to our climate crisis, reaching thousands. We have also launched a <\/span>global nature-based solutions storytelling campaign<\/span><\/a>, gathering over 90 stories from 35 countries in four months and, have conducted <\/span>eleven webinars<\/span><\/a> in four languages engaging over 800 people. We have also been featured in two viral videos (<\/span>1<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>2<\/span><\/a>) which have been viewed over 200,0000 thousand times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our goal over the next year is to scale up, focusing more strongly on local action on-the-ground, and to continue building a global large-scale youth movement for ambitious, science-backed, and justice-oriented nature-based solutions for climate action in 2020 and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n About the Position<\/b><\/p>\n Situation and Role Overview<\/b><\/p>\n Y4N is hiring six (6) Regional Directors to join our team on a one-year contract. Each Regional Director will lead Y4N\u2019s engagement work within one of six geographic regions (Figure I). The regions are aligned with the UN Environment Programme\u2019s Operational Regions and are as follows:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Regional Directors will be critical members of the Y4N team. Their responsibilities include developing a region-specific strategy for coordinating Y4N outreach and mobilization, launching campaigns and events, promoting Y4N programs and projects, building partnerships with local youth-led environmental groups, and growing networks amongst youth nature and climate leaders. Due to COVID-19, the majority of this engagement is expected to occur online; In-person engagement events will only be expected if\/when in-person gathering is safe again in respective regions. Regional Directors will also be expected to represent Y4N and their region at various meetings and events, both online and (depending on safety conditions regarding COVID-19) in-person.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There will be a lot of flexibility offered to Regional Directors to design and deliver engagement that is appropriate for their respective regions; therefore, Regional Directors will be self-motivated, will enjoy taking initiative and having ownership of their own projects, and will thrive within an independent working arrangement. Regional Directors will have relatively extensive experience with international climate and biodiversity policy and campaigning, and can demonstrate well established internal networks within their region.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Y4N is a rapidly growing, ambitious, and dynamic organization that is entirely youth-led. We are looking for Regional Directors who are excited to join a global youth team and motivated to contribute to an organization that is still in early stages. We welcome new team-members that are looking for a working space that they can actively shape and grow alongside.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is a part-time position, at 15 hours per week on a year-long contract (with the possibility of extension depending on funding).<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Key Responsibilities<\/b><\/p>\n Regional Directors will be responsible for the following:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What we\u2019re looking for<\/b><\/p>\n Requirements<\/b><\/p>\n Assets<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Compensation<\/b><\/p>\n Wages:<\/b> USD $16\/hour; contracted position.<\/span><\/p>\n Work Schedule:<\/b> 15 hours\/week; flexible workdays; some weekend work may be required.<\/span><\/p>\n Location: <\/b>This is a remote position; applicants must have access to a personal computer.<\/span><\/p>\n Benefits:<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We will never ask you to cover your own expenses for any travel that may occur within this role. If any travel is requested, Y4N will cover these costs.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How to Apply<\/b><\/p>\n To apply for one of the Regional Director positions, <\/span>please complete this form<\/span><\/a> by <\/span>July 24, 2020<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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