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H-1B visa jobs for Youth Leaders exist at nonprofits, community organizations, and educational institutions that structure the role around degree-level program development, curriculum design, or social work. Employers must file a certified Labor Condition Application and an I-129 petition with USCIS before you can begin work.
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Ashoka has changed the framework of the social sector by introducing the idea that there is nothing more powerful than a bold, new idea in the hands of an exceptional entrepreneur. We build fellowships of people who catalyze an irreversible social change through an innovative idea and encourage others to do the same.
ROLE
Ashoka is looking for a dynamic changemaker to take charge in transforming Ashoka's Youth Years programming.
Ashoka is looking for an exceptional changemaker to join its Global Leadership Team to lead this change from our Global Office.
- Spearhead a Global Movement: Increase the number of young people, parents, educators, partners, and citizens that identify as changemakers so that “Changemaking” becomes the new norm.
- Unleash Systems-Level Insights: Design and lead systems to extract and scale compelling insights from Ashoka Fellow innovations.
- Drive Resource Generation: Pioneer new revenue models, raise vital resources, and garner strategic support to make “Every Young Person Practicing Changemaking” the new societal normal.
- Build a Team of Teams: Work closely with Ashoka’s Leadership, 6 regional leaders (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, and MENA), and senior stakeholders to integrate each region by weaving together Ashoka Fellows, business entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and strategic partners.
- Strategic Partnerships: Search out, nurture, and solidify partnerships with funders, corporations, foundations, unions, educators, and other entities.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Given that this role is in Ashoka’s Leadership Group and involves international influencing and impact, the right candidate will have the skills and 15-20 years of related experience to effectively execute deliverables. They will have already:
- Identified a shared problem and created an innovative solution with system- or sector-wide impact.
- Founded their own social impact organization to scale their innovation, advanced a mission/cause through an innovation that has since changed a sector or system, or launched a movement driven in part by innovative approaches with measurable systemic impact; this work may have started as early as one’s student years.
- Created partnerships with key actors to advance an innovation and its social impact.
- Elevated the profile of an organization, cause or mission.
- Supported the building of a systemic change movement and needs across teams to advance a mission through fundraising efforts. Or, raised substantial funding to support their own organization and mission.
The right candidate also:
- Has an ability to adapt and thrive in an entrepreneurial, fluid, team of teams environment in which needs, strategy and short- / long-term goals may change to adapt to shifts in the ecosystem or social impact landscape.
- Demonstrated ability in fundraising and resource generation, major client/partner relationship management, resource mobilization, and balanced budget management.
- Has an ability to balance creative strategy design with day-to-day execution based on current needs.
- Is skilled at leading and managing a team that has autonomy and independence to further cultivate Ashoka’s emphasis on creativity and entrepreneurial spirit.
- Understands and exhibits empathy, teamwork, leadership and changemaking in their lived experience and has the ability to enable or share these capacities with others.
- Proven ability to lead through influence, ideas, and exceptional communication skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Entrepreneurial Quality: Compelled to take creative initiative and ownership (e.g. founding an organization or company, starting a movement, or re-shaping the work of an existing organization). Demonstrates relentless and realistic how-to-thinking and passion for seeing their ideas come to life.
- Understanding and Belief in the Everyone a Changemaker: Understands and believes the Everyone a Changemaker vision at a gut level. To be able to innately ‘get’ this, candidates should have a broad and inquisitive intellectual and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context.
- Emotional and Social Intelligence: Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams, putting organizational/team goal first (personal glory second).
- Ethical Fiber: Exceptionally strong ethical behavior. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy.
- Self-Definition: The person expects that changing the world in big ways and on a continental scale is what he/she will do in life.
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: $145,000 - $150,000 a year
The US-based Leadership Group Member base salary range is $145,000 - $150,000 (based on relevant experience, skills, and qualifications), plus an annual 10% on base for performance, as well as a full range of benefits. In addition, for extraordinary institutional contributions, Ashoka may provide an award of $33,000 that vests over three years.
LOCATION
The position is based in the global Ashoka office in Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Ashoka is an equal opportunity employer and invites applications from candidates regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or religion.
ABOUT ASHOKA
Ashoka is the world’s largest community of leading social entrepreneurs, having pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship over 40 years ago. We support a robust network of more than 4,000 Ashoka Fellows in 90 countries who have successfully implemented systems-changing solutions to human and environmental problems globally. By learning from and collaborating with our Fellows and other social entrepreneurs, Ashoka identifies patterns and key levers to help society gain a new framework for living in the world as a changemaker. Our current work is centered around the "Everyone a Changemaker" (EACH) movement, which stems from our belief that everyone has the potential and responsibility to make positive change in an ever-changing world. We continue to grow a global movement of social entrepreneurship, recognizing that the rate of change is accelerating and our problems are growing faster than our solutions.
INTRODUCTION
Ashoka has changed the framework of the social sector by introducing the idea that there is nothing more powerful than a bold, new idea in the hands of an exceptional entrepreneur. We build fellowships of people who catalyze an irreversible social change through an innovative idea and encourage others to do the same.
ROLE
Ashoka is looking for a dynamic changemaker to take charge in transforming Ashoka's Youth Years programming.
Ashoka is looking for an exceptional changemaker to join its Global Leadership Team to lead this change from our Global Office.
- Spearhead a Global Movement: Increase the number of young people, parents, educators, partners, and citizens that identify as changemakers so that “Changemaking” becomes the new norm.
- Unleash Systems-Level Insights: Design and lead systems to extract and scale compelling insights from Ashoka Fellow innovations.
- Drive Resource Generation: Pioneer new revenue models, raise vital resources, and garner strategic support to make “Every Young Person Practicing Changemaking” the new societal normal.
- Build a Team of Teams: Work closely with Ashoka’s Leadership, 6 regional leaders (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, and MENA), and senior stakeholders to integrate each region by weaving together Ashoka Fellows, business entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and strategic partners.
- Strategic Partnerships: Search out, nurture, and solidify partnerships with funders, corporations, foundations, unions, educators, and other entities.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Given that this role is in Ashoka’s Leadership Group and involves international influencing and impact, the right candidate will have the skills and 15-20 years of related experience to effectively execute deliverables. They will have already:
- Identified a shared problem and created an innovative solution with system- or sector-wide impact.
- Founded their own social impact organization to scale their innovation, advanced a mission/cause through an innovation that has since changed a sector or system, or launched a movement driven in part by innovative approaches with measurable systemic impact; this work may have started as early as one’s student years.
- Created partnerships with key actors to advance an innovation and its social impact.
- Elevated the profile of an organization, cause or mission.
- Supported the building of a systemic change movement and needs across teams to advance a mission through fundraising efforts. Or, raised substantial funding to support their own organization and mission.
The right candidate also:
- Has an ability to adapt and thrive in an entrepreneurial, fluid, team of teams environment in which needs, strategy and short- / long-term goals may change to adapt to shifts in the ecosystem or social impact landscape.
- Demonstrated ability in fundraising and resource generation, major client/partner relationship management, resource mobilization, and balanced budget management.
- Has an ability to balance creative strategy design with day-to-day execution based on current needs.
- Is skilled at leading and managing a team that has autonomy and independence to further cultivate Ashoka’s emphasis on creativity and entrepreneurial spirit.
- Understands and exhibits empathy, teamwork, leadership and changemaking in their lived experience and has the ability to enable or share these capacities with others.
- Proven ability to lead through influence, ideas, and exceptional communication skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Entrepreneurial Quality: Compelled to take creative initiative and ownership (e.g. founding an organization or company, starting a movement, or re-shaping the work of an existing organization). Demonstrates relentless and realistic how-to-thinking and passion for seeing their ideas come to life.
- Understanding and Belief in the Everyone a Changemaker: Understands and believes the Everyone a Changemaker vision at a gut level. To be able to innately ‘get’ this, candidates should have a broad and inquisitive intellectual and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context.
- Emotional and Social Intelligence: Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams, putting organizational/team goal first (personal glory second).
- Ethical Fiber: Exceptionally strong ethical behavior. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy.
- Self-Definition: The person expects that changing the world in big ways and on a continental scale is what he/she will do in life.
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: $145,000 - $150,000 a year
The US-based Leadership Group Member base salary range is $145,000 - $150,000 (based on relevant experience, skills, and qualifications), plus an annual 10% on base for performance, as well as a full range of benefits. In addition, for extraordinary institutional contributions, Ashoka may provide an award of $33,000 that vests over three years.
LOCATION
The position is based in the global Ashoka office in Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Ashoka is an equal opportunity employer and invites applications from candidates regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or religion.
ABOUT ASHOKA
Ashoka is the world’s largest community of leading social entrepreneurs, having pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship over 40 years ago. We support a robust network of more than 4,000 Ashoka Fellows in 90 countries who have successfully implemented systems-changing solutions to human and environmental problems globally. By learning from and collaborating with our Fellows and other social entrepreneurs, Ashoka identifies patterns and key levers to help society gain a new framework for living in the world as a changemaker. Our current work is centered around the "Everyone a Changemaker" (EACH) movement, which stems from our belief that everyone has the potential and responsibility to make positive change in an ever-changing world. We continue to grow a global movement of social entrepreneurship, recognizing that the rate of change is accelerating and our problems are growing faster than our solutions.
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Frame your degree for specialty occupation
Youth Leader roles qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations when tied to a bachelor's degree in social work, education, psychology, or human development. Document how your coursework directly maps to the program design and counseling duties in your job description.
Verify prevailing wage before accepting offers
Run your offered title and worksite zip code through the OFLC Wage Search before signing anything. Your employer's LCA must certify wages at or above the Level I or II prevailing wage for your SOC code and location, or USCIS will issue a Request for Evidence.
Target nonprofits with established HR sponsorship capacity
Smaller community organizations often want to sponsor but lack in-house immigration counsel. Prioritize employers with a dedicated HR department or prior H-1B filing history. Migrate Mate lists employers with verified LCA sponsorship records, searchable by role and city.
Get your credentials evaluated before the I-129 filing
If your social work or education degree is from outside the U.S., obtain a credential evaluation from a NACES-member service before your employer files the I-129. USCIS scrutinizes foreign degree equivalency heavily for Youth Leader petitions where the specialty occupation argument is already marginal.
Confirm a separate LCA for each program site
Youth Leader roles often span multiple community centers or school sites. Each worksite requires its own certified LCA from DOL before work begins there. Confirm your employer knows this before accepting a role that involves rotating locations or seasonal program moves.
Account for cap timing in your job search calendar
H-1B cap selection rules have changed recently, and the annual filing window is narrow. Time your offer acceptance so your employer can file a complete petition during the registration period. Starting a cap-subject role before USCIS approval is a status violation.
H-1B Visa Youth Leader: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Youth Leader role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Not automatically. The role qualifies when the employer structures it around duties that require a specific bachelor's degree, such as social work, education, psychology, or youth development. If the job description lists duties any qualified worker could perform without a degree in a specific field, USCIS will likely issue a Request for Evidence or deny the petition. Work with your employer to align the job duties with your degree field before the I-129 is filed.
Which employers commonly sponsor H-1B visas for Youth Leader positions?
Nonprofits running afterschool programs, community development organizations, and educational institutions are the most common H-1B sponsors for Youth Leader roles. These employers typically have existing relationships with immigration attorneys and understand the LCA certification process. Browse Migrate Mate to find employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history for program and community roles in your target city.
How long does H-1B status last for a Youth Leader, and can it be extended?
USCIS grants H-1B status for up to three years on initial approval. Your employer can then file an extension for an additional three years, bringing the maximum to six years. Beyond six years, extensions are only available if you have a qualifying green card application pending at a specific stage. Maintaining continuous employment with an H-1B sponsor is required throughout.
What happens to my H-1B status if my employer ends my Youth Leader program funding mid-year?
If your employer terminates your position, your H-1B status ends with the employment relationship. You have a 60-day grace period to find a new H-1B sponsor, change to another valid status, or depart the U.S. Your former employer is legally required to pay for your return transportation to your home country if they terminate the relationship before your petition expires.
Can my employer use one LCA for a Youth Leader role that rotates between program sites?
No. DOL requires a certified LCA for each physical worksite where you perform H-1B work. If your Youth Leader role moves between community centers, schools, or seasonal camp locations, your employer must file a separate LCA for each address before you begin working there. Short-term placements under 30 days may qualify for a short-term placement exception, but recurring or extended multi-site work does not.