COMMUNITY MANAGER NORTH AMERICA – YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS

Inkom den 20 mars 2010     

The Forum of Young Global Leaders (www.younggloballeaders.org) is an independent, Geneva-based foundation set up in partnership with the World Economic Forum. Its mission is to build a unique, multistakeholder community of the world’s most extraordinary leaders under the age of 40, improve their leadership skills, and give them the opportunity to work collaboratively on projects that will address key issues facing our world. The community includes heads of state and government, politicians, CEOs of multinational companies, entrepreneurs, scientists, journalists, artists, social entrepreneurs and civil society leaders. They work on projects to address global challenges with particular focus in the areas of development and poverty, global governance and security, environment, health and education. Each year, the Forum of Young Global Leaders identifies and engages a new group of 200 exceptional men and women in business, politics, academia, the media and civil society from every region in the world. Together, they form a powerful international force for the global common good.

The Forum of Young Global Leaders is looking for a new Community Manager

You will be responsible for new and existing members of the Young Global Leaders (YGL) community in the North America region.
You will coordinate several YGL task forces and have functional and/or project responsibility with the YGL directorate. You will manage the
nomination and selection process for your region, including participating in the process of soliciting new nominations, conducting due diligence on their background and preparing profiles of top candidates for external due diligence and the YGL Selection Committee.
You will manage the relationship with the community of Young Global Leaders across all stakeholder groups (business, politics, academia,
the media and civil society) in line with the YGL Community Charter. You will engage active Young Global Leaders in regional and
annual YGL events and ongoing activities and work to increase the engagement and commitment of non-active YGLs.

You will join the Forum as part of our Global Leadership Fellows Programme (www.weforum.org/glf). As such, you will be fully
integrated in the World Economic Forum and benefit from an intensive work and learning experience intended to develop and
train future leaders of global enterprises and international organizations.

The Global Leadership Fellows Programme is designed by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with its worldwide network of distinguished experts and leaders.

Kvalifikationer
We expect you to have demonstrated leadership capabilities; excellence in the fields of business, culture and
geopolitics; and a proven interest in global affairs. You possess a broad intellectual background with a Master’s
degree (or equivalent) in international relations/geopolitical studies. You have 5-7 years of professional
international experience. You are fluent in English and at least one other language, preferably French or
Spanish.

Sista ansökningsdag: 2010-05-08

Kontaktuppgifter
www.younggloballeaders.org