BECOME A VOLUNTEER
The volunteers work directly with excluded Youth, putting their skills to use on the field. Discover the list of possible missions!
WHAT
At least 2 years of engagement through local contracts or volunteering contracts for international Catalysts (such as VSI or French Civique Service)
WHERE
In Asia, Middle-East, France or the US, in the LP4Y centers, working directly with the Youth
Live both a fulfilling professional experience and a transforming personal one
Be part of a strong ecosystem where all members work together towards the same objective: accompany the Youth to become actors of their own life
Benefit from the Talent Package : all mission’s cost (accommodation, basic food, insurance, flight) reimbursed, seminars and skills development during the mission, personal follow up after the mission from a job search mentor, ..
Discover a collaborative non-hierarchical workflow where each Catalyst is empowered to take initiatives
Experience a very strong philosophy of sharing and community mindset
We are looking for candidates with professional business experience, who are passionate about development, entrepreneurship, are open, dynamic, and seeking opportunities to develop their character and skills in an intercultural environment. Fluent English is required.
DISCOVER OUR MISSIONS!
COACH
Once trained to the LP4Y Pedagogy and to the use of our tools, you will take part in supporting a team of Young Adults (18 to 25 years old) by developing your skills in the following domains:
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Pedagogy and follow up of the Young Adults, so that they gain confidence in their capacity to act and therefore find and keep a decent job.
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Development of a Micro-Economic Initiative (social entrepreneurship) to enable them to develop :
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Soft skills; business, management, organization, planification, communication, professionalism, time management
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Hard Skills; digital literacy, english / globish basic communication skills
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Partnership development to create and develop an integration ecosystem for the Youth.
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Organisation and management: organisation of program activities in collaboration with other Catalysts, budget management, follow up and reporting of the activities along with the coordination team in support.
You can be a coach:
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in a Green Village (GV); rural area, the Youth live on site for a 3-month training period
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in a Training & Development Center (TDC); urban area, the Youth live in the community near the center and receive 6-month training
PROJECT LEADER
PEDAGOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
​LP4Y's objective is to support the Youth in their professional integration through the acquisition of skills during their program. 80% of the time is dedicated to the MEI (Micro-Economic Initiative), to put skills into practice (learning by doing) and ​​enable them to develop a professional posture and to understand the meaning of their training. 20% of the time is dedicated to “guidance”, in individual meetings with the coach or in collective discussions on various social, professional and personal subjects.
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In this framework, the ” Project Leader Pedagogical Development” has a transversal vision of the MEIs (or micro-businesses) and of the pedagogy of the centers, allowing to best accompany coaches and the Youth in the management of their MEI and their training.
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He/she listens, supports and challenges coaches and the Youth
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He/she assists in the global coordination of pedagogy and MEIs
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He/she gathers ideas from different parties in order to innovate and meet the needs on the field
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He/she shares “best practices”, connects centers with common issues and creates synergies
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He/she follows the centers in their development and updates the follow-up documents
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He/she creates and updates the tools necessary for the proper functioning of the training and the MEIs, for the Youth and the coaches according to the needs
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He/she participates in the preparation and organization of Welcome Weeks, seminars, handovers, and other specific events.
ALLIANCE FINANCE MANAGER
The different missions of the Project Leader Alliance Reporting and Finances are:
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Aggregation of the accounts of the 18 LP4Y structures and edition of a "consolidated" presentation brochure of the LP4Y organizations,
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Global audit of each of the 18 LP4Y structures
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Audit and implementation of concrete solutions for major projects such as the South Asia development project,and the Mediterranean development project,
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Creation of the "financial" replication model of the centers,
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Overall financial reporting to Alliance members,
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Development of partnership relations/long-term financing in coordination with the Alliance communication-fundraising team
PROJECT LEADER
ORGANIZATION & FINANCE
The Project Leader Management, Organization & Finance mission is divided into 3 categories.
Finance:
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Validation of the monthly budget of all the programs of the zone + catalysts expenses
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Training on different cash management tools. (budget balances, cashbooks, LPM follow ups, bank transfers, etc.)
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Reporting (Call for Funds, Cash Invested, Cash follow up, Cash flow statement, Bank reconciliation)
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New processes / new tools implementation
HR
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Support to the recruitment of local catalysts
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In charge of the visas (issuance, renewal, etc.) and contact with local authorities
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Management of local contracts database
Safety / Security
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Organization of trainings/ events per country (bi-annually)
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Evaluation of risks per country and update processes
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Audit of centres
PROJECT LEADER
PARTNERSHIP & FUNDRAISING
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The Project Leader Partnership & Funrdraising is responsible for deploying the global partnership development strategy in the zone he/she is responsible for.
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​The PLD supports catalysts, coaches & supports, taking into account their projects to develop local, national or, from a more global point of view, international partnerships,
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Coordinate and ensure the efficiency of the action plan focused on partnerships,
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In coordination with the Communication Team, he builds solid partnerships, develops and updates the tools to enroll them in the long term and allows them to widen the field of jobs possible for the Youth. If necessary, the he helps to orient the Youth towards identified opportunities,
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He accompanies the catalysts in the management and development of the partnerships for which they are responsible, as well as in the learning of tools to ensure the follow-up of the professional integration of the Youth,
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He ensures the empowerment of volunteers in building partnerships, and their good knowledge of the LP4Y tools existing on the LP4Y extranet.
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He participates or organizes events in favor of Youth inclusion , working in collaboration with other support functions with the same objective (YIN, job forums, ...).
communication, fundraising & partnership
PARTNERSHIPS & FUNDRAISING
CORPORATE, INSTITUTIONAL & PHILANTHROPIC POLES
As part of the Partnerships Fundraising (PF) team, you will be responsible for:
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Develop financial and non-financial partnerships, in close collaboration with the Project Leaders Partnership Development and the Coordination team
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Raise funds for LP4Y's field activities, but also for projects in development. You regularly do prospecting and look for LP4Y ambassadors. You respond to calls for funds and coordinate the "field" and financial follow-up
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Coordinate and support all LP4Y Alliance entities in their fundraising and communication needs
PROJECT LEADER
ALLIANCE REPORTING AND FINANCES
PROJECT MANAGER
YOUTH INCLUSION NETWORK (YIN)
PROJECT LEADER
MICROECONOMIC INITIATIVES DEVELOPMENT ​
DIGITAL SUPPORT
PROJECT MANAGER
YOUTH 4 change NETWORK (Y4cN)
PROJECT MANAGER
TALENT RECRUITMENT
LP4Y LAB TEAM
DIGITAL SUPPORT
The different missions of the Digital Support are:
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Make our collaborative tools accessible and properly used by all (Google Drive, Gmail, social media, video conferencing tools, contact database ...) and develop them for a better productivity of the team (volunteers and Youth)).
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Work with information technology (IT) providers to equip the new LP4Y centers with a computer room to provide the Youth with access to new technologies.
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Improve the Digital Inc. e-learning app created by the LP4Y Digital project manager and with our IT partners to enable distance learning and support the Youth even in remote locations (soft skills, career management, networking)
=> The need for digital technology is growing and the evolution is even more spectacular in Asia. Here, the Youth, LP4Y's targets, own a smartphone despite poverty. Hence the obvious need to make young people very agile on all digital media.
LP4Y SELECTION PROCESS
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CATALYSTS' TESTIMONIALS
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ALBANE d'HARCOURT
Philippines Coordinator, 2022
"LP4Y is the most beautiful experience I ran into.
Seeing the evolution of the Youth, from the first day to the last one, gives me so much confidence on how much they will bring to the world, and how unique they are. Being a witness of them reaching their goals, this is what LP4Y offers me.
LP4Y, it’s also the amount of emotions you live and how alive you can feel. Why do I feel so much alive? Because I am a Catalyst. I am Catalyst of Change, and I love it. I love to impulse actions, to convince, to create links between actors to finally build the bridge between different worlds and make everyone realize that there is no future without inclusion. Because being a Catalyst gave me so many opportunities to have a big smile on my face and the will to dance!
Believe me, you will love it! Join us to become a Catalyst"
MANISHA CHAPAGAIN
Coach of Green Village Kathmandu, Nepal, 2022
” In a nutshell, my LP4Y journey all started with Batch 13. And witnessing their improvement and growth has immensely helped me in understanding how people may acquire and master their personalities when they are hungry and enthusiastic to overcome their flaws. Not only have the Youth evolved in the previous three months, but I have as well, I evolved, I fostered. This reciprocal link between Youth and catalysts tells me that by working together, we may overcome our pitfalls, weaknesses and flaws.”
LISA BONNION
Coach of Yummy program, India, 2017 -
Coach of Deco Me program, Philippines, 2018 - Leader of Green Village Mekong, Vietnam, 2019 - Green Village Coordinator, 2020 - 2022
“My contact with the Youth has taught me to trust, to have faith in myself and to be firm while retaining the ability to reexamine myself. When you’re a coach you have to make 15 decisions a minute, support the Youth in their Life Projects, give them confidence, and room to develop … This year strengthened my belief that challenges, caring and humor are the keys to a positive pedagogy. This experience has given me the strength to continue coaching, this time in the Philippines. I see this mission as a new challenge: getting to know new Young Adults, learning to work together in a new environment with new cultural codes, and above all, succeeding once more in developing a coaching system that combines high standards, appreciation of the Youth and team spirit!
LILAS VERRON
Coach - Project Leader Pedagogical Development & Coaching, India, 2018 & Myanmar, 2019
"For the first 6 months, I was coaching a team of 17 Youth in one of the LP4Y centers in Delhi, India. I worked with them on their life project, and accompanied them on their path to professional integration. The coaching mission requires a lot of organization because it is very versatile. Our missions consist in coaching the young people individually and in teams, giving trainings (English, IT, professional communication), developing partnerships, helping the young people to manage a micro-business and of course managing the budget of the program. This mission is very rich on the human level, and we see daily the impact of his commitment which is really motivating. For the next 6 months I was entrusted with the mission of Project Leader Partnerships and Pedagogy, to accompany the coaches on these two subjects. Training the coaches, creating tools, taking a step back to find ways to improve... This mission within the coordination team allowed me to have an overall vision of LP4Y's action."
