Mission and objectives

Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD) supports the private sector and foundations to become transformative partners in development through research, advocacy for inclusive business, facilitation of public-private dialogue and brokering partnerships. IICPSD, established in 2011 in partnership with the Government of Turkey, is one of UNDP’s six Global Policy Centres. It leads UNDP’s global work on private sector and foundations and supports UNDP’s offices all over the world. The Center focuses on four thematic areas: 1. Inclusive Business; 2. Private Sector Engagement in Skills Development; 3. Impact investing; 4. Resilience and Crisis Response. The Center also hosts four global initiatives: Business Call to Action, SDG Philanthropy Platform, Global Islamic Finance and Impact Investing Platform and Connecting Business Initiative.

Context

Frontier Tech Leaders another global cohort of Machine Learning Bootcamp starts in September. The volunteer is expected to support the training coordinator and course guides during the live training sessions by moderating. Also, they are expected to provide support for the tasks related to community members such as tracking student progress, making announcements, communicate with the students, collect homework and projects etc.

Task Description

We are looking for 6 online volunteers to help with Community Communication and Administration Support. The online volunteers are expected to: -Support the team throughout the training (November-February). -Support FTL Local Chapter Trainings and volunteer teams. -Moderate live 20-30 training sessions (Evening sessions during the weekdays and morning sessions on the weekend). -Support the FTL community by communicating with the members via Discord, WhatsApp and other channels. -Support FTL team to contact students. -Track student progress. -Collect homework and projects.

Competencies and values

Living conditions and remarks

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements