Ashoka

Global network supporting social entrepreneurs

Empathy Movement Leader

Business & StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeJakarta, IndonesiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Have a track record of creating new ideas that have resulted in systemic change in a field.
Believe deeply in social entrepreneurship and understand Ashoka’s Everyone a Changemaker vision.
Demonstrate ability in innovative revenue and resource generation, major client and partner relationship management, resource mobilization, and balanced budget management.
Have profound empathy and cultural sensitivity.
Have experience working with and/or managing programs centered around furthering empathy, be able to tap into the power of a network, and see trends.
Have a track record of innovating solutions and successfully bringing them to fruition.
Have clear career experience in significantly scaling the social impact of organizations.
Demonstrate ability to lead through influence and ideas, and have exceptional communication skills.
Take creative initiative and ownership, such as founding an organization or company, starting a movement, or reshaping the work of an existing organization; demonstrate realistic how-to thinking and commitment to implementing ideas.
Understand and believe in the Everyone a Changemaker vision, with an inquisitive intellectual outlook and the ability to connect historical trends with current social context.
Work efficiently and respectfully in teams, prioritizing organizational and team goals.
Demonstrate exceptionally strong ethical behavior, self-reflection, empathy, and trustworthiness.
Expect to change the world on a large, continental scale.

Responsibilities

Lead, grow, and collaborate with Ashoka’s teams to build the Start Empathy initiative in Southeast Asia as part of a collaborative global entrepreneurship movement.
Work with Ashoka’s CEO, Southeast Asia regional leader, and other senior stakeholders to build the region as an integrated, fluid team of teams by connecting Ashoka Fellows and selected movement partners, including teachers’ organizations and education schools, publishers and media, government agencies, youth organizations, and parent organizations.
Raise resources, pioneer new revenue models, and garner strategic support to help make “Every child must master Empathy” the new normal.
Design and lead systems to uncover compelling insights from Ashoka Fellow innovations.

Ashoka is unleashing demand for empathy as a 21st century skill. Our Global Empathy Initiative has mobilized a powerful group of social entrepreneurs (Ashoka Fellows), schools (Ashoka Changemaker Schools), media thought leaders, and other partners to drive a fundamental shift in children’s education and coming of age.

We are looking for an extraordinary entrepreneur to lead the Start Empathy initiative for Southeast Asia.

We have a powerful opportunity for an imaginative, collaborative entrepreneur. If you are an accomplished leader (from any field) who has built or grown an organization from early stages to large size, has built teams, believes in the power of networks, and are looking for the next big challenge, come join us.

What You'll Do:

Lead, grow, and collaborate with Ashoka’s teams to build the Start Empathy initiative in Southeast Asia as part of a collaborative entrepreneurship global movement.
Work with Ashoka’s CEO and Southeast Asia regional leader, and other senior stakeholders to build the region as an integrated, fluid team of teams by weaving together Ashoka Fellows, carefully selected movement partners - teacher’s organizations and ed schools, publishers/media, government agencies, youth and parent organizations
Raise resources, pioneer new revenue models, and garner strategic support to help make “Every child must master Empathy” the new normal.
Design and lead systems to unleash compelling insights from Ashoka Fellow innovations

What You Bring:

The Start Empathy Leader should have a track record of creating new ideas that have resulted in a systemic change in his/her field. He/she should believe deeply in the power of social entrepreneurship and understand Ashoka’s Everyone a Changemaker™ vision.
Demonstrated ability in innovative revenue & resource generation, major client/partner relationship management, resource mobilization, and balanced budget management.
Profound empathy and cultural sensitivity
Experience working with and/or managing programs centered around furthering empathy, able to tap into the power of a network and see trends
A track record of innovating solutions and successfully bringing them to fruition
Clear career experience in significantly scaling the social impact of organizations
Proven ability to lead through influence, ideas, and exceptional communication skills

Core Criteria

Entrepreneurial Quality: Compelled to take creative initiative and ownership (e.g. founding an organization or company, starting a movement, or re-shaping the work of an existing organization). Demonstrates relentless and realistic how-to-thinking and passion for seeing their ideas come to life.
Understanding and Belief in the Everyone a Changemaker: Understands and believes the Everyone a Changemaker vision at a gut level. To be able to innately ‘get’ this, candidates should have a broad and inquisitive intellectual and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context.
Emotional and Social Intelligence: Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams, putting organizational/team goal first (personal glory second).
Ethical Fiber: Exceptionally strong ethical behavior. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy.
Self-Definition: The person expects that changing the world in big ways and on a continental scale is what he/she will do in life.

About Ashoka:

Ashoka is the world’s largest community of leading social entrepreneurs, having pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship over 40 years ago. We support a robust network of more than 4,000 Ashoka Fellows in 90 countries who have successfully implemented systems-changing solutions to human and environmental problems globally. By learning from and collaborating with our Fellows and other social entrepreneurs, Ashoka identifies patterns and key levers to help society gain a new framework for living in the world as a changemaker.

Our current work is centered around the "Everyone a Changemaker" (EACH) movement, which stems from our belief that everyone has the potential and responsibility to make positive change in an ever-changing world. We continue to grow a global movement of social entrepreneurship, recognizing that the rate of change is accelerating and our problems are growing faster than our solutions.

About the Company

Ashoka

Global network supporting social entrepreneurs

Ashoka is a global organization that supports social entrepreneurs who tackle big societal problems. It identifies changemakers, awards fellowships, and provides resources, mentorship, and funding through a worldwide network to help scale social innovations. The way its products work is by connecting fellows, partners, and programs to share best practices, offer collaborative opportunities, and build capacity for systems change across sectors and regions. Ashoka differentiates itself by being the world’s largest network of social entrepreneurs with a focus on catalyzing systemic change and building an international, cross-sector platform for collaboration and learning. The goal is to enable social entrepreneurs to expand their impact, redefine social frameworks, and create lasting improvements for communities globally.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Arlington County, VA
Founded: 1980

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