Youth Engagement and Active Citizenship Consultant
Pubblicato il 23-10-2026 - Global Roles in Roma
The consultant will support the National Youth Advisory Board and six Local Youth Advisory Boards in developing a common vision of active citizenship and meaningful youth participation. Responsibilities include developing capacity-building packages, strengthening capacities of youth members through workshops, and facilitating youth-led action plans to advance child rights and social cohesion.
Responsibilities
- Support the National Youth Advisory Board (YAB) and six Local Youth Advisory Boards in developing a common vision and understanding of active citizenship, meaningful youth participation, child rights, social cohesion, and peacebuilding.
- Develop a capacity-building package comprising training modules, facilitation tools, and practical guidance materials.
- Strengthen the capacities of YAB members through a series of participatory and youth-friendly learning workshops.
- Facilitate the co-creation of youth-led action plans (one national and six local) aimed at advancing child rights, strengthening social cohesion, and fostering a more inclusive culture through youth-led advocacy actions, awareness-raising campaigns, and community engagement initiatives at national and local levels.
Requirements
- Masters in social or political sciences, law, psychology, pedagogy, human rights, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of professional experience in designing and delivering training programmes for adolescents and young people.
- Demonstrated experience in facilitating youth engagement, active citizenship, civic participation, advocacy, leadership development, and/or community mobilization initiatives.
- Proven experience working with youth groups in diverse socio-cultural contexts.
- Fluency in Italian and English is required.
- Knowledge of human rights-based approach to programming.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of the Italian context regarding adolescents and youth, including relevant legal, policy and social service provision frameworks would be an asset.
- Previous experience working with international organizations, UN agencies, NGOs, public institutions, or youth-focused programmes is considered an asset.
- Experience delivering training across multiple locations and coordinating with local stakeholders is highly desirable.
Skills
- Training Programme Design
- Youth Engagement Facilitation
- Active Citizenship Promotion
- Civic Participation Advocacy
- Leadership Development
- Social Mobilization
- Rights-based Programming
- Youth Capacity Building
- Workshop Facilitation
- Multi-Location Training Delivery
- Stakeholder Coordination
- Knowledge of Italian Youth Context
- Social Service Frameworks
- Policy Frameworks
- Communications Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
Languages
Italian, English