Volunteer Communications Professional for Ashoka Sport For Changemaking with Ashoka
Sport for Changemaking
The Ashoka Sport for Changemaking Team leverages a collective 20+ years of experience using sport as a platform to create societal change. Our expertise draws across diverse experiences as practitioners, researchers, and innovators who understand how sport intersects across industries and impact areas. These experiences have allowed us to connect with and learn from social entrepreneurs, policymakers, and industry experts to explore the opportunities and obstacles to foster a sports ecosystem where every person is a powerful contributor for the good of all.
For more information, please visit https://sportforchangemaking.ashoka.org/.
About The Affiliated Organization
Founded in 1980, Ashoka pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship. We are now the largest association of leading social entrepreneurs in the world, a network of 4000 Ashoka Fellows in 93 countries at work creating systemic change on the most pressing social and environmental issues of our time. We find, support and collaborate with our Fellows to help scale their solutions across nations and continents and work with a wide range of partners to create an "Everyone a Changemaker" world, one in which we all can find and develop our power to contribute to meaningful change for the good of all.
Job Description
Sport for Changemaking Communications Campaign Development and Delivery
- Developing external-facing communications campaigns and creating communications deliverables based on existing research within our team and the broader Ashoka ecosystem.
- Advancing the Ashoka Sport for Changemaking movement in the broader sport for ecosystem through written and visual communications materials.
- Translating research findings and interviews into exciting and thought-provoking communications materials.
- Co-developing thought-leadership and other content pieces with the Ashoka Sport for Changemaking team and outlining a dissemination strategy.
- Working closely with Ashoka teams to ensure the knowledge and learnings are presented in a way that can attract new partnerships and collaborations on areas of strategic need.
Key Elements Of The Volunteer Role
- Writing and designing social media content, website copy, and a monthly newsletter.
- Translating research findings and interviews into exciting and thought-provoking communications materials.
- Co-developing thought-leadership and other content pieces with the Ashoka Sport for Changemaking team and outlining a dissemination strategy.
- Working closely with Ashoka teams to ensure the knowledge and learnings are presented in a way that can attract new partnerships and collaborations on areas of strategic need.
Volunteer Logistics
- Estimated hours required per week: 6 to 10 hours per week.
- Estimated duration of the project: 6-12 months.
- This position is Virtual (Remote).
Language Requirements
English
Desired Skills And Experience
- Excellent written communication skills.
- Professional experience a plus.
- Conceptual thinker/big ideas thinker.
- Ability to work independently; meet deadlines and targets in a collaborative, creative working environment.
- Experience and interest in sport for social change field.
- Comfortable with social impact trends and innovations.
- Experience synthesizing/summarizing insights.
- Writing experience with short form articles or blogs.
- Comfortable using LinkedIn as a media platform.
- Proficiency in and access to design platforms (Canva, Figma, Adobe Illustrator, etc.) a plus.
- Proficiency in English. Ability to communicate in other languages (Spanish, French and/or Portuguese) a plus.
- Great attention to detail.