Mobilisation Lead (Volunteer)

at The Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP)
Location Kampala, Uganda
Date Posted July 17, 2026
Category Management
NGO
Job Type Volunteer
Currency UGX

Description

About the Role

The Mobilisation Lead works with youth-led organizations across different regions to support advocacy campaigns and initiatives, helping amplify their impact and connect them with decision-makers. The role collaborates closely with MYCP Regional Representatives to strengthen regional networks, coordinate collective action, and elevate youth-led voices to influence migration policy and practice.

Key Responsibilities

  • Facilitate connections between youth organizations and MYCP's thematic and advocacy structures (#THINK and #DELIVER).
  • Support youth-led organizations in planning and implementing advocacy campaigns and initiatives.
  • Collaborate with the Capacity Building Focal Point and Regional Representatives to align outreach efforts across regions.
  • Identify opportunities for joint campaigns, solidarity actions, and collective mobilization on migration issues.
  • Ensure regional campaigns align with MYCP's global priorities and advocacy strategies.
  • Support capacity-building initiatives to strengthen campaigning and advocacy skills among member organizations.
  • Promote youth-led initiatives through MYCP communications and visibility activities.

Minimum Requirements

  • Aged 18–30 years.
  • Experience in youth engagement, advocacy, or grassroots mobilization, preferably within youth-led organizations or civil society.
  • Understanding of migration issues, preferably through lived experience.
  • Excellent organizational, facilitation, and communication skills.
  • Strong command of English; proficiency in one or more additional UN languages is an added advantage.
  • Ability to work effectively with people from diverse cultural and geographical backgrounds.

Key Competencies

  • Youth engagement and community mobilization.
  • Advocacy and campaign coordination.
  • Networking and stakeholder engagement.
  • Cross-cultural communication.
  • Collaboration and teamwork.
  • Creativity and innovation.
  • Problem-solving and initiative.
  • Commitment to youth empowerment and MYCP's values.

Diversity & Inclusion

MYCP strongly encourages applications from individuals with lived experience of migration, displacement, or statelessness, as well as candidates from underrepresented communities.

Applying Instructions

To apply, please complete the application form here:

https://forms.gle/1md7u3j8AkQnYAro6

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