Support Youth Employability!

Strengthen Children International’s Web Presence.

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Design challenge

How might we empower Children International’s local agencies to talk about their youth employability programs through a coordinated and centralized web presence? 

Challenge Context

Local employers specifically look to hire youth who have participated in CI’s programs, demonstrating the growing need for local offices to be able to talk about and run their youth employability programs on a CI-coordinated website. However, due to the nature of working with minors, not only do these websites need to meet general internet regulations in their respective countries, they must have sufficient cybersecurity to protect children’s information. As these requirements become more complex, it becomes a necessity to have local staff running the website. 

Both local and international CI staff have attempted to centralize and coordinate the websites over the years, but the complexity and volume of work to be done led to it not being completed. Now, CI wants to consult with all the local offices and leadership, define the requirements and goals for each, and prioritize them into a feasible workload for phase 1 of this project, with the end goal of empowering the local CI offices to promote and implement their youth employability programs.

Having both international and in-country teams presents many challenges, especially around communication; having similar messaging but different audiences, purposes, and ownership can lead to misunderstanding and a lack of information and digital presence. Given the wide-reaching nature of Children International (CI)’s work, they had endeavored to empower local country offices to manage their own websites back in 2015; unfortunately, due to competing priorities among other reasons, in-country CI websites have become defunct or failed to follow the evolution of the main CI website, leading to inconsistency in terms of brand, information, and security. 

Project Deliverables

Skilled volunteers will support the advancement of the following initiatives.

Discovery:

Interview internal stakeholders including leadership, IT and in-country offices to understand their website usage and primary audiences they serve.

Landscape Analysis:

Conduct research on global website best practices and how global organizations organize and their multi-country websites 

Report and Recommendations:

Provide an update on the findings of the discovery and landscape analysis conversations, as well as, recommendations to move forward

Use or Develop the following skills!

Project Management

Number of volunteers needed: 1

Expected deliverables: Create use cases; Understand stakeholder needs

When expertise will be needed: 2-3 hours per week

Research & Discovery

Number of volunteers needed: 2+

Expected deliverables: Gather requirements; Conduct discovery conversations with relevant stakeholders

When expertise will be needed: 2-3 hours per week 

Web Strategist

Number of volunteers needed: 1-3

Expected deliverables: Provide feedback and input on requirements based on knowledge & experience

When expertise will be needed: 2-3 hours per week

Design / UX / UI

Number of volunteers needed: 1-2

Expected deliverables: Design wireframes; Update wireframes after stakeholder consultation

When expertise will be needed: 2-3 hours per week

Marketing Strategist

Number of volunteers needed: 1-3

Expected deliverables: Provide feedback and input on requirements based on knowledge & experience

When expertise will be needed: 2-3 hours per week

Developer

Number of volunteers needed: 1-2

Expected deliverables: Design wireframes; Update wireframes after stakeholder consultation

When expertise will be needed: 2-3 hours per week

Strategic Thinking

Number of volunteers needed: 1-3

Expected deliverables: Provide feedback and input on requirements based on knowledge & experience

When expertise will be needed: 2-3 hours per week

Content Marketing

Number of volunteers needed: 1-3

Expected deliverables: Design wireframes; Update wireframes after stakeholder consultation

When expertise will be needed: 2-3 hours per week

Product Management

Number of volunteers needed: 1-2

Expected deliverables: Provide feedback and input on requirements based on knowledge & experience

When expertise will be needed: 2-3 hours per week

Want to be involved?

Email bryanna@venture2impact.org to help!

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About our partner

Children International (CI) is a global non profit humanitarian organization that has been helping children break the cycle of poverty for over 80 years. It addresses children’s critical needs through early intervention and regular interaction in community centers.

CI’s mission is to connect people around the world in the fight to end poverty by working together, investing in the lives of children and youth, building the healthy environments they need to thrive, and empowering them to create lasting change in their own lives and communities.


CI works with country offices in 10 countries, and since their inception, they have reached 1 million children through 67 community centers in those 10 countries. 


Frequently Asked Questions

I'm interested in a particular role but I'm still developing my skills in that area. Can I still participate?

Definitely! Volunteering is a great way to develop your skills. You will be responsible for certain deliverables so if you’re uncertain if your skills are what is needed for the project, reach out to Bryanna at bryanna@venture2impact.org.

Can I invite a friend or colleague to participate?

Sure! If they have the right skills, we’d love for them to join us! 

Sounds interesting?

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