Youth Safeguarding & Autonomy Intern

What Will You Do:
Support the design and improvement of Youth Safeguarding and Youth Autonomy trainings, making them more engaging, practical, and aligned with real-world contexts Lead updates to Ashoka’s Youth Autonomy Toolkit, working alongside staff and young people to ensure it reflects lived experience and is easy to use Conduct research on the insurance landscape affecting youth-serving organizations, including policies, trends, and key actors shaping definitions of risk and safety Help identify opportunities to influence the field, including mapping strategies to shift how institutions understand youth agency as a strength rather than a liability Engage with young people, educators, and partners to gather insights and test ideas Contribute to internal strategy discussions, synthesis documents, and external-facing materials

Who Are You:
You care deeply about young people and believe in their ability to lead and create change You are curious about how systems work and motivated to challenge assumptions, especially around risk, safety, and control You are a strong researcher and clear writer, able to synthesize complex ideas into actionable insights You are comfortable working independently in a remote environment and collaborating across a distributed team You bring a thoughtful, reflective approach and are open to learning from young people as co-leaders You are driven, well-organized, and detail-oriented while finding fun opportunities to innovate every day You have an ability to go deep...into a model, into a field, into an idea You are comfortable working in ambiguity. Experience making something ambiguous concrete and actionable You have self-motivation and an entrepreneurial ability You can work independently in a collaborative, creative environment You have a desire to cause systemic change

What You’ll Gain:
Hands-on experience contributing to systems-level change in youth development and safeguarding Exposure to Ashoka’s global network and approach to changemaking Opportunities to shape tools, trainings, and strategies used by educators and organizations Mentorship from a team working at the forefront of youth agency and autonomy