Ashoka Careers Ashoka Lagos | Abuja Level not specified

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Ashoka seeks an entrepreneurial leader to drive the 'Everyone a Changemaker' movement across Africa. The role involves building partnerships, storytelling, marketing, and media strategies to promote changemaking. Ideal for candidates with social impact experience and strong communication skills.

• Lead the 'Everyone a Changemaker' movement across Africa
• Forge partnerships with media, education, corporate sectors
• Based at Lagos Hub, Nigeria

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Ashoka Careers | Ashoka Ashoka Careers Ashoka Lagos, Abuja Apply Summary by Impactpool Ashoka is seeking an innovative leader to drive the 'Everyone a Changemaker' movement across Africa. This role involves forging partnerships with various stakeholders to promote changemaking and instill core skills in society. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in social impact, entrepreneurial drive, and strong communication skills. Responsibilities include developing storytelling frameworks, marketing strategies, and social media campaigns to amplify Ashoka's mission across the continent. Candidate Requirements: Description Position at Ashoka Role: Africa Diamond Framework Change – Building and Communicating an “Everyone a Changemaker” World Reports to: Africa Diamond Leader Location: Lagos Hub, Nigeria About Ashoka Ashoka is the world’s largest community of leading social entrepreneurs and pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship over 40 years ago. We support a network of more than 4,000 Ashoka Fellows across 90 countries who have implemented systems -changing solutions to human and environmental challenges globally. By collaborating with our Fellows and social entrepreneurs, Ashoka identifies patterns and key levers to help society adopt a new framework for a world where everyone is a changemaker. Through the “Everyone a Changemaker” movement, Ashoka envisions a world where every person has the agency and skills to make positive changes in their communities. The Opportunity Ashoka is seeking a highly entrepreneurial and innovative leader to drive the “Everyone a Changemaker” movement across Africa, reporting directly to the Africa Diamond Leadership team. As the Africa Diamond Framework Change lead , you will forge partnerships with media, educational institutions, corporations, and other strategic stakeholders to activate networks that champion changemaking across the continent. This role is central to fostering a culture where changemaking becomes the norm, with a focus on instilling core skills—empathy, initiative, teamwork, and leadership—at all levels of society. Key Responsibilities Movement Storytelling: Design and implement a regional storytelling framework that showcases the shift toward youth empowerment and citizen agency, promoting a collaborative approach to solving shared challenges across Africa. Movement Marketing: Lead Ashoka’s efforts in developing a cohesive marketing strategy that advances initiatives like “Lead Young” and “Everyone a Changemaker.” Ensure the narrative aligns with Ashoka’s vision and empowers both internal teams and external partners. Media Partnerships: Develop and manage a media strategy that aligns with Ashoka’s regional objectives, fostering relationships with key influencers, media partners, and publishers to amplify the movement’s message. Strategic Partnerships: Identify, cultivate, and solidify partnerships with funders, corporations, foundations, unions, educators, and other entities to expand Ashoka’s reach and deepen the impact of the Everyone a Changemaker movement. Movement Messaging: Spearhead a social media campaign across Africa to spread the “Everyone a Changemaker” message, engaging a broad range of audiences through various digital platforms. Movement Building: Grow a network of young people, parents, educators, and citizens who embrace and identify as changemakers, helping to establish changemaking as a societal norm throughout the continent. Qualifications This leadership role within Ashoka’s Africa team requires an individual with significant experience in social impact and changemaking. The ideal candidate will possess: Experience in Social Impact: A demonstrated ability to identify systemic issues and develop innovative solutions with regional or sector-wide impact, ideally including the creation or expansion of impactful organizations or movements. Entrepreneurial Drive: Proven experience in launching or transforming initiatives, whether through founding an organization, reshaping an existing one, or leading systemic change in a sector. Strategic Partnerships: A record of building partnerships with key stakeholders to amplify social impact and drive systemic change. Communications Expertise: Strong communication skills, particularly in social media, storytelling, and public speaking, to elevate Ashoka’s mission across Africa. Movement Building: Experience in creating a movement’s marketing framework, including social media strategy, storytelling, and communications architecture. Fundraising Skills: Ability to support Ashoka’s mission through strategic communication that aligns with fundraising efforts, or direct experience in raising funds to support a mission-driven organization. Core Competencies Entrepreneurship: A demonstrated record of taking creative initiative and ownership in creating change (founding an organization, starting a movement, or reshaping an existing organization). Understanding of Ashoka’s Vision: Deep commitment to and understanding of the “Everyone a Changemaker” philosophy, with the intellectual curiosity to connect social trends and identify patterns. Emotional and Social Intelligence: Ability to work collaboratively and respectfully within teams, with a strong sense of empathy and ethics. Ethical Standards: High integrity and alignment with Ashoka’s values. Self-Definition: A strong sense of purpose in creating meaningful, positive change across Africa. Ashoka is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from individuals regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or religion. At Impactpool we do our best to provide you the most accurate info, but closing dates may be wrong on our site. Please check on the recruiting organization's page for the exact info. Candidates are responsible for complying with deadlines and are encouraged to submit applications well ahead. Before applying, please make sure that you have read the requirements for the position and that you qualify. Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager. Summary by Impactpool Ashoka is seeking an innovative leader to drive the 'Everyone a Changemaker' movement across Africa. This role involves forging partnerships with various stakeholders to promote changemaking and instill core skills in society. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in social impact, entrepreneurial drive, and strong communication skills. Responsibilities include developing storytelling frameworks, marketing strategies, and social media campaigns to amplify Ashoka's mission across the continent. Candidate Requirements: Fellowship Master the recruitment process of the impact sector! Become a fellow and gain access to Impactpool's premium material that will boost your career in the impact sector Explore fellowship Show Ashoka that you are interested in them Recruiters from the organization will be able to view your profile, contact you for current & future vacancies and engage you on opportunities that match your skills and interest. Connect with organization Ashoka Careers Ashoka Lagos, Abuja Apply