Volunteer Digital Content and Communications Expert Sport making Team

Overview

This is an unpaid, volunteer opportunity. This opportunity is to work with Ashoka.

Ashoka, founded in 1980, pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship. We are the largest association of leading social entrepreneurs in the world, a network of 4000 Ashoka Fellows in 93 countries, working to create systemic change on pressing social and environmental issues. We find, support and collaborate with our Fellows to help scale their solutions across nations and continents, and we work with a wide range of partners to create an "Everyone a Change maker" world where everyone can contribute to meaningful change for the good of all.

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About Ashoka’s Sport for Change making Initiative:
The Ashoka Sport for Change making Team leverages more than 20 years of experience using sport as a platform to create societal change. Our work connects with social entrepreneurs, policymakers, and industry experts to explore opportunities and obstacles to foster a sports ecosystem where every person is a powerful contributor for the good of all.

Project: Sport for Change making Communications Campaign Development and Delivery

Ashoka’s Sport for Change making team is looking for a self-driven, collaborative, highly professional volunteer to deepen our communications and storytelling capabilities. As a volunteer, you will contribute to the development of external-facing communications campaigns and deliverables by tapping into existing research within our team and the broader Ashoka ecosystem.

Responsibilities include:

• Based on research and understanding of creating positive impact, develop a communications campaign and materials that convey Ashoka’s position and engagement in the sport for social change field
• Use written and visual communications materials to advance the Ashoka Sport for Change making movement in the broader sport ecosystem
• Write and design social media content, website copy and a monthly newsletter
• Translate research findings and interviews into exciting and thought-provoking communications materials
• Co-develop thought-leadership and other content pieces with the Ashoka Sport for Change making team and outline a dissemination strategy
• Work closely with Ashoka teams to ensure knowledge and learnings are presented in a way that can attract new partnerships and collaborations on areas of strategic need

Estimated hours required per week: 5 to 8 hours per week

The estimated duration of the project is: 6-12 months

This position is Virtual (Remote)

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Ashoka volunteers are typically individuals willing and able to work in several different capacities. This volunteer will be responsible for producing a number of documents and potentially interacting with social innovators from all over the world. Volunteers should therefore show:

• 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
• Ability to conduct desk-based research
• Writing experience with short form articles or blogs
• Comfortable using Linked In 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