Support Digital Advocacy for Innovation, Learning, Empowerment and AI for Good
Organizational Context
Action Lab for Development, established in Canada in 2024 and holding UN Economic and Social Council consultative status since 2020, advances education, food security, and advocacy. The organization empowers entrepreneurs and newcomers, fostering creative economies and promoting continuous improvement. Its mission includes enabling networking, educating on fair business practices, guiding emerging entrepreneurs, and encouraging youth involvement through digital platforms for community knowledge and local ingenuity.
Job Purpose
This role supports Action Lab for Development's 12-week Digital Advocacy and Knowledge-Sharing Initiative, aimed at expanding learning access and highlighting the organization's work in education, innovation, community development, and responsible artificial intelligence. Volunteers will utilize digital platforms to reach new communities, enhance knowledge sharing, and communicate learnings from ACTLAB's development activities. The initiative will also feature ACTLAB's AI4D/IDIA Cohort 2 project in Cameroon, focusing on AI literacy, ethical reflection, community voice, AI governance, and responsible AI use, potentially showcasing the MoralityCode AI technology.
Responsibilities
Online Volunteers will support awareness and knowledge-sharing regarding ACTLAB's educational content, MoralityCode AI, and the AI Literacy, Community Voice, and Responsible AI Governance Initiative. Key duties include sharing approved educational and project-related content across digital platforms and online communities, engaging with content through likes, comments, and shares to extend reach, and tagging relevant entities. Volunteers will adapt provided captions for specific audiences while maintaining message accuracy, adding personal voice through constructive engagement, and directing audiences to ACTLAB's resources. They will also share information promoting AI literacy and responsible AI use, and where possible, translate or localize content into French or other languages. Maintaining activity records and submitting weekly reports are also required. Volunteers will join a WhatsApp coordination channel, participate in weekly online meetings, and receive guidance on communication and social media use.
Work Experience
While no formal work experience is explicitly required, candidates should possess skills in digital communication and social media for engaging audiences, content creation and curation for adapting and sharing information, online outreach and networking for connecting resources with communities, and basic understanding of AI and digital technology concepts. Experience in team collaboration and ethical communication is also valued.
Skills
Required skills include digital communication and social media engagement, content creation and curation, online outreach and networking, AI and digital literacy, team collaboration in diverse virtual settings, and communicating with accuracy, integrity, inclusion, and respect. Fluency in English is required, and fluency in French is desirable.