Become an Ambassador

A Moving On Up Ambassador is a positive advocate of the programme and passionate about improving employment opportunities for other young Black men. As an Ambassador, you’ll decide which of Moving on Up’s activities you want take part in such as:

• Joining insightful discussions with other Ambassadors about issues that young Black men face around employment and progression.  
• Inputting into a creative media campaign to influence leading employers to recruit more young Black men.
• Shaping and co-delivering sessions in a new Ambassador leadership  programme 
• Attending employer events that our MoU partners hold, and inputting your views of their employment services and opportunities.  
• Helping the MoU team plan for an upcoming MoU Award Ceremony. Ambassadors will decide on an award for the young Black male category, the eligibility criteria, assess applications and potentially even give our the award at the ceremony!
• Attending MoU meetings, including meeting with employers in our Employer Champion Group; partners working on their own Moving on Up projects in Brent and Newham, among other internal meetings.  
• Feeding reflections into an external evaluation currently underway to look at how well our Moving on Up partnerships in Brent and Newham have worked. 
• Working with ARE’s wider Communications team, to feature your employment story and journey on our website with blogs, short videos, podcasts.  

Being an Ambassador will give you the opportunity to have your voice heard on important employment issues. You will be meeting employers, government Ministers, and people who work in organisations delivering employability programmes. Meeting these key stakeholders will help develop your networks and profile.

By attending events, meetings and speaking to people working MoU, you’ll also have the chance to develop soft skills in: communication, presentation, team building, assertiveness and public speaking.  You’ll also be able to increase your confidence, all whilst sharing your authentic experience of navigating the education and employment systems in London. 

Complete the following application form.

Please take care to proofread your response, making sure that all details are correct.

If you need reasonable adjustments to the application process to apply, please email Indra Nauth, Programme Director.

You will be committing around 2-3 hours per month to your work as an Ambassador – however there will be some months where you may be doing more and some months where there are fewer less activities running. As an Ambassador, you can decide and select which activities you want to get involved in. The more you do, the more you can earn. 

Yes, you’ll be paid £15 per hour – this doesn’t include any time spent on the Leadership Programme (e.g. attending programme sessions or working on activities). 

You will be paid monthly. The amount will depend on how many activities you take part in. At the end of the month, you will be asked to fill out a payment form with your bank details to receive your pay. 

Yes! There will be opportunities for you to take part in competitions where you can win prizes such as vouchers, subscriptions, one-to-one LinkedIn profile building and many more. As an Ambassador you will have an opportunity to determine the type of prizes that can be won.  

Yes, you have to be a young Black man aged 16-24 living in London to become an MoU Ambassador, as we are looking for people who can share their lived experience of being young Black men. If you don’t meet this profile, then we are also looking for young people to join our new Youth Panel which may be of interest.   

Meetings will largely take place online, but some employer and partner events, including careers or networking sessions, and the MOU Awards Ceremony, will be in person. There may be opportunities to attend other events or visit our offices too.

There is no specific job description or person specification for this role. We are looking for committed, enthusiastic young Black men, who want to share their experiences and help be part of a solution towards creating more inclusive workplaces and better employment opportunities for young Black men. 

After your application has been sent in you will receive an email to acknowledge that your application has been received. If successful we’ll send an email inviting you to a short conversation (via Microsoft teams or phone call) to get to know you better. 

There may be an opportunity to attend and take part in other events ARE holds. For example, our upcoming conference on employability services, as well as surveys and opportunities to join other programme events.