"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

- Winston Churchill

Join Our Community

IAWA is seeking dedicated, creative, and passionate professionals in the United States and South Africa to join our team. To apply for any of the positions posted below, please send your resume and a cover letter that details why you are interested in this position, how position aligns with your passions, and how this position is connected to your future goals to info@iamweareyouth.org.  Questions may be directed to info@iamweareyouth.org.

HOW YOU CAN SERVE

GRANT WRITER

As the Grant Writer, you will assist our Development Team with researching, preparing, writing and submitting grant proposals. This includes but is not limited to writing high-quality grant proposal narratives, applications, and supporting documents, working with development team to compile financials and impact data and managing the proposal submission process to ensure timely submission of all required materials.

Mentors

IAWA is seeking dedicated mid-career professionals with a passion for youth development to volunteer as career mentors.  Mentors are a key component of the support network IAWA strives to create for our “Ambassadors” (high school students/secondary school learners) that includes nurturing adults, peer mentors, advocates, role models, and a cohort of positive peers.   

Youth Facilitator South Africa

IAWA is seeking two dedicated, socially-oriented and intrapreneurial university students or recent graduates in the Rustenburg area or North West Province to help facilitate a one-year leadership development program for secondary school students.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Desire to serve youth and represent the principle of Ubuntu (human cooperativeness or I am because we are)

• Commitment to sustainable solutions, rather than "quick fixes"

• Honesty, respectfulness, resourcefulness, resiliency, self-discipline, and flexibility

• Innovation and Intrapreneurship (ability to work within structures to create something new)

• Team-oriented and collaborative

WHAT YOU WILL GET

• Hands-on and real time experience in an international context; we work with people and organizations around the world

• Opportunities for leadership and decision-making; your work is integral to the development of IAWA

• Visibility; we are a small, close knit group and your voice will be seen and heard

• Both a macro and micro-level perspective on development; we work with young people, teachers, community members, as well as larger organizations and policy makers. You will get to see the ways in which these sort of partnerships unfold and the effects that they have.

• Extended network for future career options; wherever your interests may lie, IAWA can help you make unique connections with people who can help you along the way

LOCATION

We have operations in Washington, DC, USA and Rustenburg, North West, South Africa but most work will be done virtually.