World Health Innovation Summit are building a sustainable platform for our children's future and their children's future.
We're always looking for volunteers to join the global team and help us scale our impact.
Remote volunteer
Join our team!
Types of volunteer roles we have: SDG Student Program, Global Membership Team, Global Networks etc
Administration
Operational roles are essential to keeping things run smoothly.
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Communications, Marketing and PR
Your role is to ensure our message is actually communicated to the end audience.
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Community, SDG Cities, SDG Hub Engagement
Your role aims to understand the needs, challenges and goals of your community, and provide support to address them - in order to engage the program community.
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Fundraising
The Fundraising Team is pivotal to expanding SDSN Youth.
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Learning & Development
Learning & Development team members aim to upksill volunteers so that they are best equipped to grow professionally and personally.
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Partnerships
Working together is important for us to achieve the SDGs - the goal is to identify how we can effectively collaborate.
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Growth, New Ideas, New Ventures
The Strategy Team and Growth Teams identify New Ventures that may help increase SDSN Youth's impact or ability to fundraise.
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Recruitment
The Recruitment/HR team is in charge of finding new volunteers to join the team, and engage current ones.
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Strategic Advisor
You would support the CEO in addressing strategic challenge statements in the teams, and working with the Team Leads to solve them.
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Team Management
Create a opportunity, Drive a vision. Leadership roles that manage our team of volunteers.
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HOW TO APPLY?
We have a 5-step process for positions our positions.
1. Written application + CV
This section shows us a glimpse of your skills and motivations for the role. Focus on a few examples that demonstrate the role's required skills. Show us that you understand our mission.
2. Online Assessment
The online assessments will vary per role. Typical assessment types are:
Video questionnaire
Being a remote network, open communication is critical to the network. We don't always get to meet our team in person - so we want to see how you communicate over video.All about how you solve a problem
Portfolio
If you've picked a design or marketing role, we'll ask you to show us your style of design (via sample work) or ask you to walk us through a recent project you've worked on. We want to understand how you designed a solution for the target audience.
Example case interview
Typically for strategic roles. We'll give you a hypothetical scenario, and ask you how you would go about approaching it. We want to understand how you would seek inputs and work with other people, in order to solve a problem.
The application process allows us to better understand you as a person. We want to learn about your goals, your experience and motivations - and give you a peek into our team culture, aspirations, and vision as well.
Interviewing is simply a way for our teams to understand 1) whether you are a good fit for the role, and 2) whether you would fit the team culture - nothing more! Just be your authentic self and have a clear idea of why you are the best person for the role.
3. Phone screen
Phone screens help us understand logistical information i.e. your availiability, professional goals, location or whether you are interested in multiple teams/roles.
4. Team Interview
Typically run with your future team members or team lead - could be combination of skills-related questions and behavioural, this is a last check for us to see whether you have the right experience/values. This interview allows you to ask questions about the projects you'll be working on, the team culture, etc.
5. Offer!
If we both agree that you would be a great fit (and you are interested in the team), we'll extend an informal offer and onboard you into the team.
Current opportunities - we are seeking expressions of interest from volunteers interested in community engagement and communications from around the world.
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At WHIS, we empower people to take meaningful action on the Sustainable Development Goals. By joining our global team, you will be working with a diverse and exceptional group of individuals with a variety of cultural, religious and political backgrounds, committed to sustainable development.
Please note that we have remote volunteer positions:
*Please note that we will not be reviewing any applications without a cover letter.
To learn more about us, and to prepare for interviews, we recommend you look at our website, and blog. We look forward to your application.
Role: World Health Innovation Summit has networks across the globe. Our networks localise SDG action in their respective countries. Our team, the Networks sub-team, supports our Network Coordinators, through helping them solve challenges, to drive the growth and scaling of their networks, aligning execution approach with our goals, and drive new initiatives via a regional strategy.
The role involves planning, partnerships, and strategy. This would be an ideal position for someone who has a strong network of connections or knowledge of their region, is unafraid to take initiative, enjoys problem-solving with people, and wants to dive deep into how different countries/cultures implement the SDGs.
Responsibilities
An example of your day-to-day responsibilities could include:
Job Qualifications
The candidate will be someone who has experience or wants to learn about communications and has a deep interest in the SDGs. They will be someone who possesses the organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, working in a team in order to maximize WHIS performance.
Minimum qualifications:
Nice to haves
Commitment
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Conditions
APPLY - applications will close Friday 14th January 2022 @5pm GMT - with phone screen, team interview and offers made by the end of February 2022.
At WHIS we empower people to take meaningful action on the Sustainable Development Goals. By joining our global team, you will be working with a diverse and exceptional group of individuals with a variety of cultural, religious and political backgrounds, committed to sustainable development.
You'll have opportunities to co-create solutions and work with global leaders implementing the SDGs.
We will be expanding our volunteer opportunities in 2022 and to revisit the site regularly for more opportunities.
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