Regional Director, Asia & Pacific (voluntary)*Please note - this is a fully remote part-time voluntary unpaid position.
Hours can be worked on a fully flexible basis, including evenings and weekends, from 3-7 hours per week, TBC at interview.
This role must be based remotely across the Asia and Pacific region.
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The Fédération Internationale de la Jeunesse in English International Youth Federation (IYF), is an international non-profit youth organization network governed by the present Statutes and the Swiss Civil Code.
It is politically neutral, and non-denominational, aiming to empower youth worldwide.
The IYF is a global youth network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to empower young people across the world.
IYF works in over 50 countries and territories, helping to achieve youth empowerment and improve the status of youth.
The IYF Regional Director (RD) is the senior member of the International Youth Federation who will serve as a senior official for IYF in one of the five regions.
The primary responsibility of the Regional Director is to ensure successful engagement of the Country Teams in the region with the IYF global strategies, missions, and vision.
She/he is a member of IYF's Executive Board and contributes to shaping and monitoring overall corporate strategic directions of the IYF interventions in the region.
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.
Responsibilities
Managing the IYF Regional Administration in the assigned region IYF:Providing overall leadership and shaping strategic thinking for IYF's engagement in the region;
Identifying existing and emerging youth empowerment challenges and priorities in the region, and defining the strategic programming priorities at the regional and country levels;
Assisting the IYF Headquarters in the implementation of corporate strategies and support resource mobilization and delivery efforts;
Providing guidance to the IYF Representatives, including playing a facilitating role with host governments, donors and counterparts as needed;
Building and maintaining strategic partnerships for IYF in the region, focusing on knowledge sharing, joint activities and resource mobilization, and representing IYF in high-level events relating to the region.Advocacy, Leadership and Representation:Leading and directing the Regional Administration (RA) staff members, ensuring the proper functioning of the RA in the region;
Leading RA's effort in Representatives' nomination, selections, and appointments;
Assisting the Representatives in establishing IYF Country Teams (IYFCT) which comprises National Volunteer Officers responsible for facilitating IYF activities at the national level;
Communicating and advocating on behalf of the IYF at the regional level and creating new opportunities to improve the situation of young people and women through relationships and networks with regional partners;
Representing the IYF in the region and establishing and maintaining the highest level of contacts and effective relationships with regional partners, including national partners, intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, NGOs and civil society;
Providing intellectual guidance for region-specific knowledge products;
Exercising leadership to manage the decision-making process for the region on policies, strategies and human and financial resources allocations, monitoring implementation and evaluation of regional results and lessons learned.Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting:Monitoring progress, effectiveness and relevance of the IYF country programmes within the region to improve country programme performance;
Keeping the IYF Headquarters informed of any significant organizational issues such as emergencies, conflicts, developments and/or resolutions in the region which affect IYF's intervention/programmes of cooperation;
Regularly conducting performance evaluations of IYF Representatives in the region to ensure the achievement of performance objectives;
Overseeing Representatives to ensure the protection of organization's assets, financial resources and condition of services including staff security in the region, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Organization.Regional Coordination Duties:Developing and expanding IYF Member Countries in the Region both qualitatively and quantitatively;
Assisting IYF Representatives with engaging in fundraising activities, through strategic partnerships and public engagement activities and initiatives;
Liaising with donors to develop proposals and secure funding to ensure ongoing IYF functions;
Generating sponsorship and other income to meet or exceed budget targets;
Managing a programme of high-quality events for IYF members across the region on a break-even or better basis.Communications Duties:Maintaining active communication among IYF Representatives and other interested agencies at the regional level;
Acting as a Regional focal point for Members by responding to inquiries, welcoming new Staff Members, general liaison, and personal contact;
Promoting continuous improvements in quality of IYF activities and communications;
Reporting youth achievements, success stories, youth progress and related news at the regional level to HQ press;
In collaboration with the Representatives in the region, creating and managing a Regional PR strategy promoting the IYF, including media interviews, production of articles for press/media and overseeing the regional thematic newsletter;
Providing annual reports about IYF region activities, stats, member organizations.Experience
Experience and results preferred at national or international level in youth empowerment role, management, coordination, development, NGO, communications, international relations, youth studies, sport, women empowerment, international development, youth-led organizations or other relevant field.
Seniority levelExecutive
Employment typePart-time, Voluntary
Job functionBusiness Development and Sales
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