One Young World Fellowship - Summit Fellow
Salary £ 26000
14 Irving Street, London WC2H 7AF
Vacancy listed 26/10/2023
Application deadline 16/11/2023
Details
The One Young World Fellowship is open for applications for 2024! We are seeking two new Fellows to join our Summit and Content team to help make our bold plans for One Young World 2024 Montréal a reality. The Fellowship is for a fixed term placement from 8 January 2024 until 11 October 2024.

Fellows will work with leaders from every country in the world and a huge range of backgrounds; from social entrepreneurs to campaigners, tech innovators to poets. The programme is ideally suited for recent graduates or early-career professionals with a passion for sustainable development and who want to learn more about pursuing a career in the charity sector.

Taking on this challenge calls for:
  • Passion for and strong general knowledge of social and environmental causes
  • An enthusiastic and professional personality
  • Excellent attention to detail and personal standards
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Fellows will graduate from the role as full members of the One Young World Ambassador Community, meaning you will receive life-time membership of the world’s most internationally diverse network of young leaders. You will be able to call yourself a One Young World Ambassador and take advantage of all the exclusive opportunities available to the Community.

To succeed in the Fellowship, you will:
  • Have an active interest in current affairs and good knowledge of international geopolitical issues
  • Be highly efficient and organised and have experience of complex admin tasks
  • Have experience using the Microsoft office suite, especially excel / google documents
  • Be a great teammate who takes the initiative and be able to cope well with deadlines and high-pressure environment
  • Be a confident personality, happy to speak to new people on the telephone: this is an outwardly facing role, so you will have a very professional manner
  • Must be fluent in English. Fluency in an additional language, particularly French, is very desirable but not mandatory
  • By the start of employment, you must have the right to work in the UK – ideally you are based within commuter distance to London, or you are planning to relocate to London from January 2024.

About the Summit and Content Team
We stage the award winning annual One Young World Summit. Our goal is to deliver a world class hybrid-form Summit that engages and inspires our delegates, delivers our partner and sponsorship agreements, and ensures our suppliers deliver their service agreements with a focus on safety, accessibility, sustainability, and equal employment opportunities.

In terms of content, we strive to facilitate well researched, thought provoking, action-oriented panel discussions and keynotes for the Summit.

Our Summit’s USP is our incredible delegate speaker programme. The speakers are impact driven young leaders with a story to tell, usually personal. The team hand picks these 30+ speakers and works with them on writing their speeches, guiding them through the process of public speaking, storytelling and relaying often personally harrowing details to a 2000+ audience.

To shape the agenda not only do we use our global network and longstanding relationships with our Counsellors and Corporate partners, we collaborate with the host city on content that relates to them, and in turn we engage with future host cities to identify any speakers they may wish to engage with.We produce 30+ hours of content for the Summit across all stages, plus we facilitate around 50 in person workshops and in 2022 curated around twelve hours of digital content for our platform.

Throughout the year we also work on the Summit on-boarding content, partner updates, the Accelerator programme content, the One Young World Academy lectures, caucuses, social media campaigns and partner events such as UNFCCC COP27 and Anthropy.

Your role as a Summit Fellow
  • Assisting in shaping the 2024 Summit agenda
  • Researching potential speakers, inviting speakers (for in-person and/or digital sessions) as well as managing the VIP’s in-person during the Summit
  • Assisting writing and reviewing copy for various communications including speaker briefing documents
  • Reviewing and writing scripts
  • Reviewing run of shows
  • Assisting with on-boarding sessions and partner update copy
  • Assisting with the workshops including reviewing applications, researching and inviting potential workshop hosts, selecting workshop hosts, editing and uploading workshop information onto the website and app, launching workshop applications, and coordinating workshops onsite in Montréal
  • Assisting in the delivery of the Summit logistics. For example, delegate and speaker / VIP’s transport plans, reviewing accessibility requirements, reviewing workshop requirements, organise VIP / crew travel and accommodation etc.
  • Managing relationships and deliverables with key partners who might include government, NGO’s, corporate sponsors, VIP’s, young leaders, suppliers etc.
  • Assisting the Sustainability and Accessibility teams
  • Preparing and amending a range of correspondence and presentations
  • Assisting with government and sponsor reports, as well as the One Young World Summit report
  • Assisting with other One Young World programmes / activities such as One Young World Academy, One Young World regional events, and COP28
  • Managing databases
  • Ad hoc administration tasks


About One Young World

We exist to develop young leaders who are taking action to solve the world’s big challenges. Our vision is a world where leaders with integrity are empowered to build a fair, sustainable future for all. We achieve this by:

  • Inspiring young leaders to increase their impact
  • Building young leaders’ expertise and capacity to act
  • Elevating young leaders’ profiles locally and globally
It all begins with our annual Summit - the beating heart of what we are about. For young leaders, this is the landmark event of the year. It is a chance for the individuals responsible for shaping the future of our world, to come together to confront the biggest challenges facing humanity. The Summit is the ultimate place to be inspired, share learnings, and connect.

But the Summit is not just a life-changing four-day experience, it is just the start of every attendee’s journey with us. Every leader who attends leaves the Summit as a One Young World Ambassador and a valued member of our global community. This is a lifelong membership to one of the most incredible networks in the world.

Our global Community is a community like no other. When we say global, that’s exactly what we mean. It comprises 15,200+ young leaders, partners, and supporters from over 196 countries, spanning every sector and industry. It is comprised of activists, humanitarians, world-leaders, business-leaders, thought-leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians, and innovators.

We partner with 180+ global businesses, NGOs, and educational institutions. Leading companies from every sector make One Young World an integral part of their global talent development, retention, and attraction. They also sponsor and support delegations of fully-funded scholars who are selected for demonstrating outstanding leadership and track records of impact in creating a fair, sustainable future for all.

Every year, we produce an Impact Report to analyse and summarise the social impact of our programmes and our Community. 

One Young World Sustainability Pledge

  • One Young World endeavours to ensure its Summit is accessible to all. We are committed to maximising the diversity and inclusiveness of Delegates, Speakers and Partners.
  • We will collaborate with our global community of Delegates, Ambassadors and Partners, to work towards a sustainable future for society, to address social and environmental issues, and thus enhance the quality of life throughout the world.
  • One Young World is built on respecting and embracing diverse cultures and values, and will contribute to the development of the local regions in which it operates. With its global reach, One Young World has a unique opportunity to leave a lasting legacy following each Summit.
  • We understand the impact of our business activities on the environment and society, and will work with our suppliers and partners to promote socially responsible procurement.
  • Toward achieving a sustainable society, we will strive to develop our Summit through the creation of environmental value. For this purpose, we will address environmental challenges through our business activities and will expand our environmental initiatives based on collaboration with people we work with.


Equal Opportunities Statement


At One Young World, we don’t just accept differences — we celebrate it, we support it, and we flourish with it for the benefit of our employees, our Summit, and our community. One Young World is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

What your colleagues say:

“As someone who enjoys working in an international working environment towards a higher purpose, One Young World is an ideal place to work. It is more than a job - working at One Young World also gives us all the opportunity to continuously learn and build a network of incredible change-makers from around the globe.”

“Working in such a purpose driven environment means that you become a more productive version of yourself. The team is so knowledgeable and supportive everyone wants to push themselves harder in order to achieve the best results. Knowing that we are changing the lives of people around the world makes it even more rewarding.”

“Our internationally diverse team means that everyone brings different experiences to the working environment which is very passionate whilst also being relaxed and friendly!”
Benefits

- We operate a 4 day working week policy, which we call Flexible Fridays. We encourage you to be super efficient with your time Monday-Thursday, so you don’t need to work (unless something super urgent comes up) on a Friday. We operate this policy all year round, apart from in the three months leading up to the Summit.
- Private medical insurance which includes physiotherapy, dental, eye care and mental health support
- Company pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Travel to events as necessary
- Regular opportunities to access paid-for training and professional development such as courses and qualifications
- Central London location
- A very sociable team – Christmas, Summer and post-Summit parties
- One Young World takes part in a huge variety of events that team members can attend.Previous international opportunities have included Cannes Lions and the UN ECOSOC Forum and local opportunities have included Student Pride and the Open Iftar Project
- An unparalleled network of changemakers around the world
- The opportunity to be inspired every week by young leaders!

Notes

To Apply: Please fill out the application form, including a CV and cover letter in the "upload additional documents" section. Please note that by the start of employment, you must have the right to work in the UK.

While we have set a closing date for this role, we will be interviewing as applications are received and we may make an appointment before the closing date. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible so that you don’t miss out.

This is an office based role and you will be expected to attend the office in central London.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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