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AshokaPosted 1 month ago
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Youth Safeguarding & Autonomy Intern

On-siteArlington, Virginia, United States

InternshipEntry LevelSmall

Job Summary

Youth Safeguarding & Autonomy Intern supports design and improvement of Youth Safeguarding and Youth Autonomy trainings, makes them more engaging and aligned with real-world contexts, leads updates to Ashoka’s Youth Autonomy Toolkit with staff and young people, conducts research on the insurance landscape affecting youth-serving organizations, helps identify opportunities to influence the field, engages with young people and educators to gather insights, and contributes to internal strategy and external-facing materials. The role requires strong research and writing, comfort working independently in a remote environment, collaboration across a distributed team, openness to learning from young people as co-leaders, and a drive to contribute to systemic change in youth development and safeguarding.

Desired Qualifications

  • Curiosity about systems and change
  • Strong research skills
  • Clear writing ability
  • Ability to work independently in a remote environment
  • Collaborative work across a distributed team
  • Self-motivation and entrepreneurial mindset
  • Detail-oriented and organized
  • Comfort with ambiguity
  • Willingness to learn from young people as co-leaders

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