Youthlinks Intern

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SOS Children's Villages, founded in 1949 by Hermann Gmeiner, is the world's largest non-governmental organization focused on supporting children and young people without parental care, or at risk of losing it.

Child neglect, abuse and abandonment is everywhere. Families are at risk of separation. Locally led, we work in more than 130 countries and territories to strengthen families who are under pressure so they can stay together. When this is not in a child or young person's best interests, we provide quality care according to their unique needs.

Together with partners, donors, communities, children, young people and families, we enable children to grow up with the bonds they need to develop and become their strongest selves. We speak up for each child's rights and advocate for change so all children can grow up in a supportive environment.

**Mission**

To support us with this important responsibility we are now looking for a committed intern who would be able to work with us for minimum of 6 months, to **support **the** **digital platform **YouthLinks**, part of the wider **YouthCan** employability initiative**.

What is YouthCan and YouthLinks?

YouthCan is a global initiative that supports young people, who have lost parental care or are at risk of losing it, on their journey to decent work and independent life. By mobilising employees, activating their networks and providing expertise, our corporate partners are making a measurable impact in the lives of young people around the globe whilst efficiently working to reduce youth unemployment. Through YouthCan, corporates are able to reinforce their Corporate Social Responsibility and become direct actors, contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Learn more about YouthCan in this video.
By using our online platform, the YouthLinks Community, we aim to break down geographical barriers and adapt to a social distancing environment to ensure access to employability-focused training, mentoring and peer networks to young people no matter their location or circumstances. Utilizing an innovative digital platform, we see great potentials to reach more young people with our program offers in the future. Interested to join our fast growing digital movement?

**Location**: International Office Vienna or Innsbruck/Austria
**Duration**: 38,5 hours/week - limited contract for 6 months

**Tasks & Responsibilities**

Global youth unemployment is a growing challenge, accelerated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The use of digital tools to overcome the digital divide by providing training and mentoring opportunities to young people from challenging backgrounds is of rising importance. The projects you will work on are part of a broader ICT4D strategy, a keyword in modern and forward-thinking NGO work.

**We are looking for someone with an innovative & creative mind-set to support us in unleashing the full potential of **digital program solutions.**

As member of the Youth & ICT4D team, your responsibilities will include working on different topics/projects; supporting the YouthCan and YouthLinks team, as well as Youth&ICT4D team lead upon need:

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**Support s**caling the **YouthLinks** **Community Platform** **(80%)** - a social media tool owned by SOS Children’s Villages and currently utilized to reach & connect young people under the umbrella of the YouthCan program. You will:

- Create & inform communication materials to attract new (corporate) partners.
- Support the general management of the online community.
- Support in the development and implementation of communication strategies to attract more young people into the platform; enabling the program to grow while keeping users engaged and active. E.g. through:

- The development of communication campaigns on the YouthLinks Community platform; marketing development opportunities and resources for young people.
- The development of an innovative, virtual training guide to facilitate onboarding SOS Children’s Villages internal target groups, as well as external partners to the platform.
- The translation of training & development approaches for young people into a virtual context.
- Support in the population of a central content library for different targets groups (young people, volunteers, colleagues, etc.),
- The development of mentoring content materials for volunteers.
- Planning a strategy and managing our YouTube channel as well as developing content to populate it.
- In order to ensure success, all above mentioned will happen in close engagement with our target groups, especially young people benefiting of SOS Children’s Villages programs to ensure their perspectives, ideas & needs are represented and addressed.

2. **Develop **innovative **communication** materials** for other **digital & ICT4D related projects** (20%)** - reaching children & young people through online learning & supporting them on their path to self-reliance within the wider Youth & ICT4D Te