Youth Engagement Specialist at MS TCDC with ActionAid Denmark (AADK)

Youth Engagement Specialist

Youth Engagement Specialist at MS TCDC March 2025

Job Type: Full-time
About MS TCDC and ActionAid Denmark
MS
TCDC, in collaboration with ActionAid Denmark (AADK), is dedicated to
strengthening the Global Platforms Secretariat—a network of youth-led
spaces active in over 30 countries. This initiative fosters youth
leadership, activism, and capacity-building for young people advocating
for social justice.

The key objective is to ensure the Global
Platform Network is collectively owned at both global and federation
levels, creating a dynamic, youth-led movement that drives meaningful
change. To achieve this, the secretariat’s functions will be distributed
among various stakeholders, embedding the concept deeply within the
federation and enhancing its ability to advance youth-led
transformation. Key partners in this effort include MS TCDC and
ActionAid Bangladesh.

The MS TCDC Global Platform Secretariat
unit is housed within the MS TCDC Learning and Training Unit, serving as
a key pillar of the Global Platform Secretariat. It plays a central
role in facilitating and supporting the Global Platform network by
providing cross-cutting support to all Global Platforms. Specifically,
the Secretariat unit focuses on:

1. Implementing the Learning Framework across the Global Platform network.
2. Designing,
   planning, and delivering Global Gatherings (both online and offline)
   focused on the Global Platform Learning Framework, methodologies, tools,
   and practices.
3. Offering thematic support on Feminism and
   Humanitarian initiatives, strengthening the Global Platforms’ ability to
   apply the Learning Framework in fragile and crisis contexts.

JOB OVERVIEW:
As
a Youth Engagement Specialist, you will be instrumental in implementing
Global Platform’s Pedagogical Framework, emphasizing youth-led
methodologies across the Global Platform Network. You will collaborate
with network members, enhancing their impact by empowering them through
participatory and action-oriented learning approaches.

Your
responsibilities will include training, mentoring, coaching, and
providing direct support to Global Platforms in adopting youth-led
methodologies. This encompasses leadership in crisis contexts,
facilitating youth-led safe spaces, conducting youth-driven research and
advocacy, promoting feminist leadership, and developing campaign
strategies.

Currently, MS TCDC is recruiting for a role within
the Global Platform Secretariat, with a strong focus on Humanitarian
Action through a feminist and intersectional lens. These positions will
primarily support the implementation of the pedagogical framework and
the broader Global Platform concept, prioritizing intersectionality and
engagement with marginalized youth in both stable and crisis-affected
environments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Strengthen the Global Platform Learning Framework (30%)

• Enhance and implement youth-led tools such as Global Platforms’
  Pedagogical frameworks, learning methodologies, and engagement
  strategies.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to youth activists and Global Platforms.
• Develop learning materials.
• Facilitate trainer exchange programs.
• Organize peer-learning spaces and quarterly network meetings.
• Ensure
  quality assurance of the learning and methodological framework through
  quarterly check-ins with GPs, updating GP Secretariat support plans, and
  coordinating with relevant colleagues.
• Provide ad hoc support and assist with GP-related tasks as needed.

2. Design & Deliver Global Gatherings (15%)

• Plan
  and facilitate global training to build the capacity of the Global
  Platforms Network to align learning approaches and initiatives.
• Lead digital learning initiatives to support the Global Platforms Network.

3. Provide Thematic Support (15%)

• Support
  GP Network with youth-led research methodologies to enhance efforts on
  feminism and young people’s leadership in humanitarian action.
• Develop digital learning solutions to enhance engagement with young people in fragile contexts.
• Coach GP Network in applying feminist and intersectional approaches.
• Assist
  GPs in developing and applying GP pedagogical framework within fragile
  and crisis contexts using a nexus approach, while coordinating with
  relevant colleagues in Action Aid Denmark and Action Aid Global
  Secretariat’s International Humanitarian and Resilience Team.

4. Facilitate Digital Communities (20%)

• Manage and grow The Other Fword, a digital feminist youth platform.
• Design and execute advocacy campaigns focused on youth and gender justice.
• Build partnerships with like-minded feminist organizations and youth networks.
• Co-lead, Trainspire, a digital community for trainers within the Global Platforms Network.

5. Drive Joint Initiatives Between MS-TCDC & Global Platforms Secretariat (20%)

• Contribute to youth-led capacity-building programs.
• Collaborate with the Global Platform Secretariat team to align strategies and best practices.
• Support the digital transformation of youth-led learning initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience

• A Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a relevant field.
• At least five years of experience in youth-led programming, advocacy, or movement-building.
• Expertise in alternative learning methodologies and participatory education models.
• Strong experience in mentoring, coaching, and facilitating youth leadership.
• Prior engagement with ActionAid Global Platforms is an added advantage.

Skills and Competencies

• Deep understanding of youth-led initiatives, activism, and community organizing.
• Excellent facilitation and training skills in diverse cultural settings.
• Strong ability to coordinate networks and build partnerships.
• Knowledge of digital engagement strategies and online learning platforms.
• Capacity to work across multiple time zones and regions.

→ This position is open to all nationalities.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Applicants must submit the following documents by uploading them onto the online application form:

• Application letter: explaining why you are the best fit for the role.
• Resume(s): highlighting relevant experience.

Application Deadline: 09th April 2025, midnight EAT (East African Time)
How to Apply:
This is Full-time Job, To submit your application, please follow the link provided below.