Ashoka · 2 months ago
Frame Change Leader, North America
Arlington, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
15+ years expAshoka is the world’s largest community of leading social entrepreneurs, and they are seeking a Framework Change Leader to drive the “Everyone a Changemaker” movement in North America. The role involves creating partnerships and leading initiatives that foster changemaking skills among individuals and communities.
InfrastructureNon ProfitSocial Entrepreneurship
Responsibilities
Develop a regional/global storytelling movement that encourages the sharing of stories of exemplary “new game” behavior, including breaking down walls between sectors to form problem-solving partnerships, the transformation of passive victims and onlookers into active changemakers, and a systems approach to solution development
Ensure Ashoka’s narrative leads with our vision and empowers our community of partners
Share and create stories that show, not just tell, the shift towards citizen and youth agency
Lead our efforts to build cohesive and leveraged approaches with movement partners to advance framework change initiatives such as Lead Young, and Everyone a Changemaker. Work with teams globally to ensure effectiveness and consistency
Launch, nurture, and guide media partnership strategy aligned with Ashoka’s strategy. Cultivate key influencers, media, and publishers
Ensure Ashoka’s web and social media properties align with and drive strategic messaging. Innovate ways for Ashoka to further develop a digital presence and brand
Raising resources to support and build the storytelling movement with partners
Qualification
Required
15-20 years of relevant experience, where you can demonstrate that you have identified a shared problem and created an innovative solution with system- or sector-wide impact
Created partnerships with key actors to advance an innovation and its social impact
Elevated the profile of an organization, cause or mission
Built knowledge about and experience with social media platforms and campaigns to multiply and advance impact
Created a strategic movement's marketing communications architecture including social media, writing, storytelling, and speaking events
Supported the building of marketing and communications capacity and needs across teams to advance a mission through fundraising efforts. Or, raised substantial funding to support their own organization and mission
An ability to adapt and thrive in an entrepreneurial, fluid, team of teams environment in which needs, strategy and short- / long-term goals may change to adapt to shifts in the ecosystem or social impact landscape
The ability to balance creative strategy design with day-to-day execution based on current needs
The skill to lead and manage a team that has autonomy and independence to further cultivate Ashoka's emphasis on creativity and entrepreneurial spirit
Understanding, empathy, teamwork, leadership and changemaking in your lived experience and has the ability to enable or share these capacities with others
Compelled to take creative initiative and ownership (e.g. founding an organization or company, starting a movement, or re-shaping the work of an existing organization). Demonstrates relentless and realistic how-to-thinking and passion for seeing their ideas come to life
Understands and believes the Everyone a Changemaker vision at a gut level. To be able to innately ‘get' this, candidates should have a broad and inquisitive intellectual and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context
Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams, putting organizational/team goal first (personal glory second)
Exceptionally strong ethical behavior. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy
The person expects that changing the world in big ways and on a continental scale is what he/she will do in life
Company
Ashoka
Ashoka is a civil and social organization that specializes in the fields of social entrepreneurship and social change.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-01-01Grant
Leadership Team
Bill Drayton
CEO
Arnaud Mourot
VP - Global Corporate Alliances and Changemaker Companies
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