Community and Initiative Lead, Digital Inclusion

The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the international organization for public-private cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) helps leaders anticipate exponential technologies and drive responsible sectoral and industry transformation. It creates and scales initiatives in a global network of government- and not-for-profit hosted centres which give national trailblazers access to a trusted platform of sharing, learning, and problem-solving.

Why we are recruiting

Through its digital inclusion flagship initiative, the EDISON Alliance , the World Economic Forum made a positive impact on one billion lives by championing accessible and affordable digital services across healthcare, finance, and education. Building on this major milestone, the Forum will engage and expand its global multi-stakeholder community of 200+ digital inclusion champions to drive impact across new stakeholder groups, issue domains, technology levers, and geographies.

Reporting lines & interactions

The Community and Initiative Lead, Digital Inclusion, will be responsible for managing and growing the Forum’s digital inclusion initiatives, communities and knowledge platforms. The position reports to the Head of Digital Inclusion. The successful candidate will work internally across multiple Centres and teams, and externally with business executives, experts and practitioners from across industries and sectors. 

Breakdown of main responsibilities

Community Engagement (60%)

• Lead impactful community activities and events from deign to delivery

• Drive onboarding and engagement of new stakeholders

• Support community members in leveraging EDISON frameworks, tools and platforms to drive impact

• Respond to partner needs in a timely manner and resolve conflicts and tensions constructively

• Proactively identify and engage prospective community members in line with initiative vision and goals

• Catalyse high-impact collaborations and partnerships among community members

• Facilitate regular reviews with leadership to maintain community engagement and refine strategy.

• Develop agendas and materials for community and leadership/Board meetings

Initiative Leadership (40%)

• Support Head of Digital Inclusion in shaping the strategy and operationalization of the next phase of the EDISON Alliance and other digital inclusion programmes.

• Keep digital inclusion projects and initiatives on target and timeline

• Manage commitment reporting and ensure organizations are tracking progress effectively.

• Lead annual impact report from data collection and aggregation to publication

Preferred requirements and experience

• 7-8+ years’ experience in the public or private sector or non-profit, with exposure to digital inclusion, digital communications, investments, transformation; experience in more than one sector is an asset

• Master’s degree, preferable

• Strategic thinking with ability to identify trends and patterns of transformation

• Passion to shape the global and regional digital inclusion agenda

• Demonstrated ability to work across different cultures and with senior executives and leaders from private and public sectors 

• Demonstrated ability to cultivate communities

• Strong interpersonal skills and contextual and emotional intelligence

• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills

• Excellent verbal and written language skills in English, verbal proficiency in other languages is an asset

• Ability to work in a dynamic and flexible organizational structure

• Committed to improving the state of the world, with solid values and ethical principles

Why work at the Forum:

The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change!