Climate Champions are committed to integrating and delivering on the plan for COP27 and beyond
By Eugene Onyeji
Following the events of COP26 in Glasgow, Race to Zero and Race to Resilience is hosting a 9-month Climate Champions Youth Fellowship in 2022.
This is a paid fellowship programme, an opportunity for interested Nigerian youth to earn additional income from the comfort of their homes.
After the success of their pilot Fellowship program in 2021, the aim of the 2022 Fellowship is to further drive ambitious climate action by creating a team of early career professionals eager to advocate for their communities.
This fellowship — led by the High Level Climate Champions team — will provide a platform for young people to work with the Champions and to contribute to our work on driving ambitious climate action. Fellows will join the High Level Climate Champions Team for a nine month fellowship in the following sectors — energy, finance, food and agriculture, oceans, communications, transport and climate resilience.
The fellowship will include modules on leadership development, engagement with business, NGO and/or policy leaders, mobilisation and outreach in broader networks, opportunity for the fellows to work together as a collective and a personal capstone project.
Selected applicants will be expected to commit up to 16 hours per week. The program will run from April to December 2022.
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What will the fellows receive?
Remuneration for hours committed and applicable experience into a sustainability sector.
Who should apply?
If you’re an early career professional, under 30, with a record of engagement or expertise in one or two of the sectors hosting the fellowship or a history of climate/sustainability advocacy and familiarity with multi-stakeholder organising, we highly encourage you to apply.
Eligibility criteria
- Under the age of 30 as on April 1 2022
- Minimum five years of work experience, either in one of the fellowship sectors, climate leadership or organising
- Good communication skills
- Self-motivated and willingness to be flexible (you will be working with teams across different time zones)
- Adequate network relevant to sector-specific or climate related work
- Ability to commit minimum 16 hours a week to the fellowship
- Sufficient English language skills
- Laptop and reliable internet connectivity
- A commitment to the values of the Climate Champions to raise non state actor commitments to the global goals of the Paris Agreement
Applications are open!
Each sector has specific skills requirements; therefore, we highly recommend you to please read the job descriptions below thoroughly before applying.
- Job description for Climate Champions Communications Youth Fellow
- Job description for Climate Champions Energy Youth Fellow
- Job description for Climate Champions Finance Youth Fellow (coming soon)
- Job description for Climate Champions Food & Agriculture Youth Fellow
- Job description for Climate Champions Oceans Youth Fellow
- Job description for Climate Champions Resilience Youth Fellow
- Job description for Climate Champions Transport Youth Fellow
Click here to view the application form. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so we would recommend applying early.
The deadline for submitting complete applications is 9pm GMT on Sunday February 13.