Job Opportunity: Working Student
🚨 Update: Please note that while we still encourage anyone who's interested to please apply, we have decided to move the deadline to November 15 2024, and will start to interview candidates on a rolling basis, due to the large number of applications we received thus far.
Passionate about changemaking and social innovation, and eager to contribute to a small and agile team with a big vision?
We are looking for an autonomous and flexible part-time, Germany-based working student to join us at ChangemakerXchange and The Possibilists from December 2024 to the end of December 2025 (with a possible extension) and support us with operations and tasks in regard to The Possibilists.
About ChangemakerXchange & The Possibilists
About us
ChangemakerXchange is a global support community and ecosystem of thousands of social entrepreneurs, activists, and innovators in 150 countries globally. We help changemakers thrive and sustain, deepen and scale their impact.
Initiated by ChangemakerXchange, The Possibilists is a growing global alliance of 20 of the world’s biggest and leading youth social innovation communities, including Ashoka, Enactus, Global Changemakers, Junior Chamber International, Kofi Annan Foundation, MasterPeace, One Young World, Peace First, Restless Development, SDSN Youth, Social Impact Award, Social Shifters, SOS Children’s Villages, The Diana Award, Unleash, We Are Family Foundation, and Yunus & Youth.
Collectively, we run scientific studies to explore the impact, challenges, and needs of young changemakers. The reports have become a leading resource for governments, foundations, civil society, and all stakeholders around the world interested in supporting young social innovators.
Our workplace
We strive for a workplace that is:
▪ Agile, fun, empowering, and fulfilling – somewhere all team members truly love to work.
▪ Optimally set up to deliver on our purpose and to serve our community of changemakers.
Check out our Modus Operandi to learn more about our work style!
About the role & responsibilities
We are looking for a working student eager to complement their studies with practical experience at a small and agile non-profit organisation and global community of changemakers.
This person will support us with various operational, administrative, and programmatic tasks, including but not limited to the following set of responsibilities:
▪ Support with the 2025 The Possibilists Study and Report.
▪ Preparation and documentation of regular check-in calls with the Alliance Members.
▪ Support with the recruitment and onboarding of Network Partners for The Possibilists
▪ Support with the preparation of a physical 3-day retreat of The Possibilists Alliance in October 2025 in Berlin, including logistics, agenda, and on-site support.
▪ Preparation and documentation of regular Check-In Calls with The Council, a group of 12 changemakers from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, MENA, and North America that provide feedback and guidance to The Possibilists.
▪ Administrative support.
▪ Content creation support (e.g. supporting with proofreading and creating presentations, research for proposals).
▪ Support with content updates across The Possibilists website.
▪ Support with communications through our social media channels.
Eligibility for working student position
▪ Must be enrolled full-time* for a course of study at a higher education institution such as universities, universities of applied sciences, as well as colleges of art and music.
▪ Must be currently studying (no interruptions of studies due to a holiday semester, etc.).
▪ Must have their domicile in Germany.
*This can also be part-time, if your studies take up more than half the time of a full-time student.
About you & your experience
▪ Must have an attention to detail and be process/operations oriented.
▪ Must be both willing to carry out repetitive tasks as well as step up to lead on tasks and find creative solutions to the everyday challenges of a dynamic global initiative.
▪ Must have an interest in changemaking & social innovation.
▪ Must have prior experience and fluency or very fast learning capacity with regular office programmes and software (e.g., MS Office, Google, WordPress).
▪ Must be fluent in spoken and written English (German is a plus, but not necessary).
About our offer
▪ A unique opportunity to be exposed to the field of changemaking and social innovation through our global community.
▪ A rewarding opportunity to gain insights into the operations of a non-profit organisation and learn new skills.
▪ A flexible work schedule of 1–2 days a week (up to 15 hours a week, with potential to increase to 20) and a combination of regular office and remote work.
▪ An hourly compensation of €15 for bachelor students or €16 for master students.
Diversity at ChangemakerXchange
At ChangemakerXchange, we celebrate diversity as one of the key values and strengths, which helps us to thrive as a global community. We strive to challenge our unconscious biases and create a fully inclusive environment for all our team members and community members. Our goal as a core team is to be as diverse as the community members we serve, and we explicitly encourage individuals of all backgrounds and abilities to apply.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in similar roles or who self-identify as marginalised.
We also want to encourage anyone reading this and feeling they may not qualify to not hesitate and still apply (as long as there is a fit with the key eligibility criteria above) – we look forward to hearing from you.
How to apply
▪ Apply using the following form by November 15, 2024, midnight GMT.
▪ If shortlisted, you will be invited to an online interview to assess the mutual fit for the ChangemakerXchange way of working as well as the fit for role & responsibilities.
▪ We aim to inform all applicants within two weeks of the close date.