Ashokas vision is of a future where everyone has the lifelong power to contribute to a rapidly changing world. If everyone is a changemaker and contributor humanitysnew solutionscan keep pace with thenew problems and a moreequitablefuture can be achieved. We are a passionate entrepreneurial team across more than 100 countries working together to achieve this vision.
Ashokas Integrity Team aims to help Ashoka balance entrepreneurial risk-taking and operational risk management in pursuit of its Everyone a Changemaker vision. The Leadership Group Member for Mutual Help Security will championnew ideasand systems thatleveragemutual securityamong Ashoka Fellows andourcommunity. The ideal candidate is a creative and entrepreneurial leader experienced indesigning mutual-helpsecuritymeasuresatthe metroregional andgloballevelsinfundraisingand inrelationship- and coalition-building with a strong commitment to Ashokas vision.
What Youll Do:
Develop and lead a purpose team as a field catalyst for Mutual Help Security disaster response and protection of social entrepreneurs and changemakers worldwide.
Create a working model/concept that turns risks to changemaking into opportunities in cooperationamong social entrepreneurs/changemakers as well as cooperation withleaders in security human rights think tanks and intergovernmental and corporate actors.
Build a global community of strategic partners for the field securing multiyear private funding and resource partners.
Lead a global team and core components of the program.
What You Bring:
15 years of experience in entrepreneurial and operational leadership in complexhigh-riskandpoliticallyvolatile environments
Strong fundraising experience especially with private foundations family funds and corporations
Exceptional communication skills with proven ability to lead through influence and ideas
Demonstrated ability to manage deliverables in a fast-paced unstructured environment
Strong problem solving conceptual and organizational skills
Track recordofhighly successfulcreative entrepreneurship with a history of generatingnew ideasand executing them to system-changing impact
Demonstrated effectiveness in developing strong partnerships and cross-sector coalitions in an entrepreneurial context
Openness and flexibility to think across fields and geographies
Strong weaving skills to be able to bringdifferent parts(teams resources)together for common purpose
Strong networks in the fields of security legal and human rights
Core Criteria
Entrepreneurial Quality: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.
Understanding and Belief in theEveryonea Changemaker:Understands and believes theEveryonea 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.
Emotional and Social Intelligence:Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams putting organizational/team goal first (personal glory second).
Ethical Fiber:Exceptionally strong ethical behavior. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy.
Self-Definition:The person expects that changing the world in big ways and on a continental scale is what he/she will do in life.
About Ashoka:
Ashoka is the worlds largest community of leading social entrepreneurs having pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship over 40 years ago. We support a robust network of more than 4000 Ashoka Fellows in 90 countries who have successfully implemented systems-changing solutions to human and environmental problems globally. By learning from and collaborating with our Fellows and other social entrepreneurs Ashoka identifies patterns and key levers to help society gain a new framework for living in the world as a changemaker.
Our current work is centered around the Everyone a Changemaker (EACH) movement which stems from our belief that everyone has the potential and responsibility to make positive change in an ever-changing world. We continue to grow a global movement of social entrepreneurship recognizing that the rate of change is accelerating and our problems are growing faster than our solutions.
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