Application Opens: Youth Activists Leadership Council (YALC)

Application Opens: Youth Activists Leadership Council (YALC) 2016/17 Recruitment Information Pack

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Youth Activists Leadership Council (YALC), 2016
Recruitment Information Pack

 YALC Member
Position Number:  10
Location: Kathmandu based but open nation wide
 Contact e-mail: yalc@yuwa.org.np
Contact Number: 01-5522347, 5523174
For more information on YALC 2016
Log in to www.yuwa.org.np/yalc
 CLOSING DATE: 27^th January, 2016

Youth Activists Leadership Council
YUWA has been hosting an advocacy movement called the Youth Activists Leadership Council (YALC), which is designed to develop youth leaders in the areas of sexual reproductive health and rights, international family planning and global HIV and AIDS and also focusing Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). The Council consists of 10 members, a diverse group of young people from different regional and academic background. Members should be living in Kathmandu and is not mandatory.
Council members serve as youth peer educators, advocates and spokespersons on the issues of adolescent sexual and reproductive health specifically focusing on Comprehensive Sexuality Education.
Goals:
The goals of the Youth Activists Leadership Council are to:

1. Advise policy makers on the importance of young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights
2. Increase public awareness on sexual and reproductive health and rights (with focus on Comprehensive sexuality education) nationally.
3. Sensitize and make noise on national & global platform on the issues of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of young people.
4. Strengthen advocacy for sexual and reproductive health and rights issues through formal and informal youth groups and initiatives to solicit universal access to reproductive health along with Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, emphasizing Comprehensive Sexuality Education.

Council members will work under the direction of YUWA. To fulfill these goals, Council members will organize events, utilize media outlets, develop educational workshops and lobby policy makers at the national and international level on the importance of responding to the issues of sexual reproductive health and rights
Council members will meet frequently at YUWA’s office.  It is mandatory for the council members to participate in the training sessions organized by YUWA after the selection process on peer education, advocacy, media relations, public policy, and other events and conferences. However majority of the Youth Activists Leadership Council’s working hours are flexible.
Position Description
Position Title: YALC Member
Duration: January 2016-December2016
Based at: Preferably, but not limited to Kathmandu
Stipend: Minimum travel and communication support.

The Selection Process
The selection will be based on the motivation letter, online application group work and interview.
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for the second phase of the selection process. If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted within a week of application closing. To those who are not shortlisted, we’ll extend our gratitude for applying and hope to work in future days.
Eligibility
The eligibility criteria for selection in Youth Activists Leadership Council are:

• Young people between ages 16 to 24 years.
• Completed school (at least SLC or more) and should have an interest in social involvement regarding Young people’s  Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
• Supportive to the goals of YALC.
• Be willing to commit at least 20 hours a month to Council activities and events
• Be available to attend the Capacity Building Training after the selection process.
• Should have access to internet at least once in every two days for the updates.
• Should be highly motivated to work on SRHR and its related issues.

How to Apply
To apply for a position in YALC, you must fill up the e-form at http://bit.ly/1Pp0xC3 and submit your CV along with a motivation letter describing the reason for your wish to be involved in YALC. The letter should be of no more than 1000 words and should include the following aspects

• What is your understanding of YALC?
• What makes you a good candidate for YALC?
• Your experience in the field of Sexual and reproductive Health and Rights (specifically with examples).
• How do you expect to develop yourself as a part of YALC?
• What specific skills can you contribute to the YALC?

The form should be attached in your email along with your CV and the motivation letter, then send it to yalc@yuwa.org.np prior to the closing date. You will not be able to edit your application once you have sent it.
Please acknowledge that your application will be considered complete only if it contains:

• Your CV (including at least two referees; one preferably being your academic advisor or recent supervisor)
• Your motivation letter
• Duly filled application form

You can also post your complete application to:
YALC, YUWA
P.O.Box-8973 NPC 593, Kathmandu, Nepal
Closing Date
To be considered, your application must be submitted by 5:00 PM on January 27, 2016. Late applications will not be accepted.
 Referees
Written referee reports are not required with your application. If needed for further assessment, we will duly inform.
Confidentiality of Information
Information supplied for this selection process will be used for selection purposes only and will not be shared or used later.