Education Thematic Focal Point

Overview

About the Role Thematic Focal Points in the #DELIVER unit lead advocacy efforts within their assigned area, coordinating positions, interventions, and campaigns. They act as bridges between youth constituencies, the #THINK unit’s research outputs, and external stakeholders, ensuring that policy engagement is impactful, inclusive, and evidence-based. They report directly to the Director of Advocacy & Campaigns. There is currently a vacancy for the thematic area of education. This thematic area involves championing inclusive and equitable education for migrant and refugee children and youth, emphasizing education as a pathway to empowerment, integration, and peace. This is a fully remote volunteer position, with expectation of 5-7 hours per week. Key Responsibilities Lead advocacy strategies and initiatives within the assigned thematic area, drafting policy briefs, interventions and talking points for high-level engagements and representing MYCP and youth perspectives externally at relevant events and engagements Collaborate with the Research Leads in the #THINK unit to ensure evidence-driven advocacy and campaigns, building methodologies for increased youth and constituency engagement through collaborations with the #ENGAGE unit, and feeding inputs into MYCP programming within the Secretariat Creating communications and campaigns around your thematic area, and working with other Thematic Focal Points and supporting Officers on cross-cutting priorities Build relationships with key governments, UN agencies, NGOs and youth networks around your thematic area, working closely with the MYCP International Representatives Oversee, engage and support the Advocacy & Campaigns officers Person Specification Aged between 18 and 30 years old Background in advocacy, policy engagement, or campaigning around one or more of the available thematic issues Familiarity with migration governance, human rights, or global policy processes Understanding of migration and migration policy issues, preferably with lived experience Excellent writing, public speaking and communication skills and command of English (fluency in one or more other UN languages is desirable) Collaborative mindset and commitment to youth empowerment and MYCP’s values Organised, reliable, and proactive problem-solver We strongly encourage applications from individuals with lived experience of migration, displacement, or statelessness, and from underrepresented communities.