Call for Team Members (Volunteer)

In Ghana, only 1 in 10 Ghanaian tertiary graduates land a job within the first year after graduating; the other 9 can take up to 5 years to secure permanent work. My First Job is a virtual, 10-month Career Accelerator Program organized by the Global Shapers Accra Hub with the goal of bridging the gap between academic knowledge and workplace skills by training and mentoring recent graduates (National Service Personnel) and using National Service jobs as a platform to gain practical experience, refine their abilities, and enhance their employability, ensuring a seamless school-to-work transition process. The program won the maiden Global Innovation Prize award established by the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum, in conjunction with Accenture and Global Alliance 4 YOUth.

Role Overview

As a Team Member, you will be an integral part of the program's success by contributing to one of its key operational pillars. Depending on your assigned team, you will either support the recruitment and onboarding of fellows, ensure robust program monitoring and evaluation, foster critical partnerships, manage communications and PR, plan impactful events, or design and deliver learning experiences for fellows. Each role plays a critical part in driving the seamless execution of the program and providing our fellows with a transformative experience.

Team Responsibilities:

Recruitment
- Develops specifications to recruit all human capital resources for the project, including but not limited to fellows, mentors, facilitators and resource personnel
- Identifies channels of publicity to deploy recruitment campaigns in order to attract the best talents for the project
- Performs targeted outreach campaigns to recruit mentors, facilitators and resource personnel
- Screens talents against specifications and owns decisions on selection while staying conscious of bias and DEI
- Defines and implements onboarding processes for all the talent types to ensure full integration into the project.
M&E and Reporting
- Responsible for tracking project activities against set objectives to inform
- Decides on tooling to use in tracking the various activities and designs forms in collaboration with relevant stakeholders
- Analyzes all capture data and produces periodic reports through visualization and storytelling
- Extracts insights from data and makes recommendations on next steps.
Sponsorship & Partnership
- Responsible for identifying and engaging potential sponsors and partners
- Creatively develops a strong value proposition and proposals to create a win-win situation for sponsors and partners
- Reviews content of presentations to be delivered to sponsors and partners to eliminate any misalignment between the content and the value proposition
- Communicates the needs of sponsors and partners to all teams to ensure that these needs are met in events, communications etc.
Communications & PR
- Responsible for all internal and external communications across multiple channels like emails, socials, SMS, calls etc. to maintain momentum for the projects
- Owns design and publishing of the My First Job Guide to serve as a compass for all participating fellows, mentors and facilitators
- Creates digital posters and captions for all social media communications
- Engages media houses to build a solid reputation for the programme externally through articles, videos, live interviews etc. while managing costs
- Develops presentations and partner engagement documents to acquire partners/sponsors for the programme
- Builds our reports and leads communication of these reports to all relevant stakeholders
- Creates all relevant branding materials like course banners for Moodle to milestone celebration posters etc.
Events
- Responsible for organizing physical and virtual events, including launch events and facilitator sessions
- Scouts for venue for physical events and virtual platforms and leads vendor negotiations to maximize savings while maintaining quality
- Leads design of event experience and programme outline while liaising with guests, fellows, and participating stakeholders to stimulate attendance
- Builds relationship and maintains communication with facilitators and guests to ensure that they show up at scheduled times
- Coordinates upload of recorded events on LMS/YouTube while collaborating with L&D team to facilitate catch up for participants who missed
- Schedules sessions on Calendars and collaborates with the Comms and PR team to meet publicity objectives.
Learning and Development
- Owns content production and crafting of learning experience in collaboration with LX designer, media partner and facilitators
- Oversees content management and updates on a LMS to ensure that accurate learning materials are available at all times.
- Liaises with LX designer, facilitators and mentors to maximize learning outcomes
- Tracks learning outcomes and ensure they are reported to the M&E and reporting team
- Curates content from multiple sources and in different formats to support programme objectives and augment knowledge gained by fellows.

Team Member Qualifications:

3+ years of relevant work experience.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work collaboratively and contribute to a high-performing team.
Organizational and problem-solving skills.
A genuine passion for youth development and career readiness initiatives.

Benefits of Being a Team Member

Leave a positive impact on the lives of young professionals and experience the fulfillment of helping others achieve their career goals at the most critical point in their lives–the foundation.
Connect with other team members, mentors and facilitators as well as talented graduates to build new relationships and expand your network.
Full access to our suite of AI-powered career management tools
Enhance your facilitation skills in the context of skills building for entry level professionals.

Commitment to Inclusivity and Equity

The Program strongly values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage facilitators to embrace and champion these principles in their interactions with participants, creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all participants.

If you are interested in this volunteering opportunity, we invite you to hit the apply button.

Call for Team Members (Volunteer)