Volunteer Opportunity with the International Youth Federation: IYF Representative

The International Youth Federation is offering a volunteer opportunity as the IYF Representative. The IYF Representative is the leader of the IYF Country Team (IYFCT) and as such plays a central role at the country-level in making possible the coordination of the IYF activities for youth development in order to ensure alignment of the IYF assistance with national priorities of young people, plans and capacity building in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. 

The Representative is the accredited senior IYF official in the Member country who represents, leads, and is accountable for, harnessing and directing the full potential of IYF’s global capabilities, and those of its associated funds and programs, in support of national youth development strategies and collaborative partnerships. He/she will be responsible for positions IYF as a strategic partner for youth empowerment, with the capabilities to partner at scale and deliver world-class knowledge and technical expertise. The Representative assumes overall responsibility for the programmatic, operational, partnership, advocacy, and communication activities of the IYF.

Mission Statement:

To voluntarily represent, positively promote, and uphold the mission of “Empowering youth for a better world” in various programs and opportunities throughout the IYF interventions across member countries.

Duties and Responsibilities

(A) Formulation and articulation of the vision and strategies for the IYF’s engagement at the country level:

• Articulates and actively communicates a credible and convincing strategic vision for the IYF at the country-level which is consistent with national youth priorities, IYF values, IYF Internal Strategy, and aligned with the 2030 Agenda.
• Positions the IYF as a key leader in the field of youth empowerment and introduce integrated services as a platform to promote youth empowerment and improve youth status.
• Continuously assesses the socio-economic situation and trends in the country to ensure that IYF’s support, programs, and services are relevant and responsive to emerging youth priorities and needs.
• Leads the IYF in the strategic design and application of IYF’s policy and programmatic offer, operational capabilities, and partnership mechanisms, which are aligned to national youth priorities.
• Determines the strategic focus and allocation of resources in consultation with the Government, international partners, and other constituents.
• Leads the identification of innovative approaches and modalities of the IYF program to achieve planned targets through different modalities that facilitate partnership building, engagement of diverse stakeholders, innovative solutions, and external communication.
• Oversees the creation of an enabling environment for safe program delivery and business continuity.

(B) Represents the IYF, and leads partnership building and resource mobilization:

• Represents the IYF in international and national fora, and represents the organization in its engagement with the government, and with other national and international stakeholders engaged in youth development;
• Leads the IYF’s approach to building and deepening partnerships, engaging diverse stakeholders, and external communication to ensure that IYF’s value-added and results are visible externally;
• Assumes responsibility for designing and driving the partnerships, resource mobilization, marketing and external communications strategy at the country level, and for directly engaging local partners, resulting in concrete contributions to results and enhanced financing for the youth empowerment in the Member Country;
• Anchors advocacy activities, information-sharing, and relationship management with the aim of keeping the public well informed of IYF activities, while fostering strategic partnerships with the Government, private sector, NGOs, community-based organization, and the media;
• Strengthens IYF’s visibility with potential stakeholders through conventional media as well as digital and social media channels and provides efficient communication to all partners in relation to activities and projects implementation;
• Ensures that common services and joint arrangements benefit IYF in its objective to provide efficient and cost-effective support services to the implementation of the country program.

(C) Country Team Leadership:

The Representative is responsible for establishing and leading the IYF Country Team (IYFCT) to serve as a cooperative and interactive unit. Team development and leadership is therefore an important component of the IYFCT, as they will be responsible for the facilitation of IYF activities at the country level.

Benefits:

• Self-Satisfaction
• Worldwide Friendship
• Global Members’ Recognition
• Community Participation
• Leadership Development
• Network
• Improves Your Profile
• Personal Development

About the International Youth Federation:

The Fédération Internationale de la Jeunesse in English International Youth Federation (IYF), is an international non-profit youth organizations network governed by the current Statutes and the Swiss Civil Code. It is politically neutral, and non-denominational, aim to empower youth worldwide. The IYF is a part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Youth Network.