Young ChangemakersExpression of interestHIF-DEL-YCC
Young Changemakers Challenge Lead
Create an equitable health-innovation challenge that helps young people move from problem insight to responsible testing.
Location
Global
Arrangement
Remote
Commitment
4–5 hours per week
Duration
Six-month challenge cycle
Level
Program leadership
Contribution track
Deliver programs
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Role mandate
Create an equitable health-innovation challenge that helps young people move from problem insight to responsible testing.
Why this role exists now
Young people need access to expertise, feedback and implementation pathways—not another competition that rewards polished pitching.
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Outcomes you would own
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An accessible challenge model with transparent selection criteria.
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Mentor-supported teams working on validated health problems.
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Feedback for every finalist and a responsible pathway beyond awards.
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A learning review covering access, fairness and implementation value.
Core responsibilities
Co-design challenge themes, entry routes and judging criteria.
Create an open application and supported case-competition pathway.
Recruit mentors and reviewers with clear conflict rules.
Build safeguarding, access and feedback into every stage.
Connect selected teams to Academy learning and Living Lab testing.
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Your first 90 days
Days 1–30
Listen, learn and locate the work
Complete HIF induction, role boundaries and required checks.
Review the Young Changemakers brief, evidence, partners and unresolved decisions.
Agree a 90-day workplan, communication rhythm and escalation map.
Days 31–60
Build the first useful thing
Build or test the first delivery-ready program component.
Invite review early from the people who will use or be affected by the work.
Record changes, risks and decisions instead of hiding uncertainty.
Days 61–90
Deliver, learn and hand over
Complete the agreed first milestone or document why it should change.
Review progress against success measures with your supervisor.
Publish a next-quarter plan and keep files ready for another volunteer.
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What you need
Essential criteria
Youth-program, innovation challenge or education experience.
Strong facilitation, safeguarding and equitable selection judgement.
Ability to value problem understanding over pitch performance.
Desirable, not required
Global health, entrepreneurship or design-sprint experience.
Experience supporting high-school or university participants.
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How good work will be judged
Success measures
Selection recognises insight and learning potential, not privilege alone.
Teams test assumptions before building solutions.
Participants receive safe, useful pathways whether or not they win.
Decision rights & escalation
Set day-to-day priorities within the approved role brief and agreed hours.
Recommend changes to scope, timing or method and document the rationale.
Pause your own activity and escalate when safety, consent, quality or capacity is unclear.
Escalate budget commitments, external promises, partner agreements and material changes to HEAL Program Coordinator / Director of Programs & Impact.
Clinical, safeguarding, privacy and public-claim decisions remain with the named qualified approver.
Role boundaries
This is an unpaid volunteer role. It does not create an employment relationship or expectation of future paid work.
Do not represent HIF publicly, sign agreements or commit money unless authority is explicitly documented.
Use only approved systems for personal, partner or program information.
The agreed weekly commitment is a ceiling to manage, not a minimum to exceed silently.
This role does not provide clinical advice, diagnosis, treatment or unsupervised patient contact.
No travel is assumed. Any future travel would require a separate brief, risk review and written approval.
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Support, learning and wellbeing
Safeguarding, Academy and Living Lab colleagues.
Approved mentor, reviewer and participant communication protocols.
A small first cohort with explicit capacity limits.
Scope and safety
Volunteers must not work outside their competence. Clinical, safeguarding and community-facing work requires role-specific supervision and escalation pathways.
Checks before you begin
Identity and reference verification.
Working with Children Check or local equivalent where required.
Youth-safe communication and conflict-of-interest induction.
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How selection works
Evidence to include
A short statement explaining why this role and HIF’s health-equity mission fit your experience.
One specific example showing how you handled work relevant to youth innovation.
Your realistic availability against the published commitment of 4–5 hours per week.
Any required qualifications, registrations, portfolio links or work samples.
Conflicts, access needs or support adjustments you want the selection panel to consider.
Selection stages
Eligibility and completeness review
Assessment against the published essential criteria
Structured interview or practical conversation, if required
Relevant reference, credential and safeguarding checks
Outcome, induction and role-specific onboarding
Final selection decisions are made by people. AI is not used to automatically reject applicants.