Become an agent of transformation
Your location could become your assignment.
For Culture Engineering students, graduates, youth corps members, volunteers and mentors who want their time to leave something behind: a Purpose Club that keeps meeting, a project a community chose, and a record of what they did that others can trust.
Open for expressions of interestRoles are for adults aged 18 and over.
01 Who the movement needs
People who carry ideas into places.
An Africa-wide ambition is built through local relationships. Youth corps members, volunteers, school partners and programme staff form one accountable network.
- Culture Engineering studentsLearn the discipline, then practise it on supervised projects.The Fellowship pathway
- NYSC corps membersTurn your service year into field leadership: support schools, Purpose Clubs and Project 100,000 where you are posted.Field associate role
- Graduates & young professionalsBuild verified experience in project delivery, data, communication and community mobilisation.Associate & Assistant roles
- VolunteersGive regular, supervised time to activities, materials and events.Field volunteer role
- Mentors & future leadersShare experience with young people through screened, group-based, school-supervised channels.Mentor role
02 Culture Engineering Fellowship
Learn. Lead. Prove it. Contribute.
A structured pathway through which young Africans learn Culture Engineering, lead supervised projects, build evidence of competence and contribute to social transformation in their communities.
In development
Fellowship is not the same as Fellow. The Fellowship is a pathway you can join. “Culture Engineering Fellow” is the Academy's highest recognition, conferred selectively through governance and never awarded for attendance. See the recognition levels.
- 01
Learn
Begin with CE 101 Foundations: culture dynamics, purpose, ethics and observation, alongside fellowship development in project management, systems thinking, grant writing, data and impact.
- 02
Lead
Take responsibility for a supervised project: supporting a Purpose Club, coordinating a school relationship or co-designing a community response.
- 03
Evidence
Document what you do through fieldwork logs, reflections and artefacts, reviewed by supervisors and assessors.
- 04
Contribute
Leave behind practices that continue: active clubs, trained successors and learning that improves the next programme.
03 Field and volunteer roles
Real responsibility, properly supervised.
Every role sits inside an accountable structure: central programme leadership sets standards and oversight; associates and assistants carry the work locally; school focal persons provide continuity.
Field associate
Including eligible NYSC corps members
What you'll do
- Help establish and support Purpose Clubs with teacher patrons
- Coordinate activities and materials for Project 100,000
- Support OnPurpose Tour visits and club launches
- Record participation and quality through approved tools
What it requires
- Aged 18 or over
- Enrolment in CE 101 foundations
- Safeguarding training and screening
- Regular availability in one area
What you gain
- Supervised field experience
- Foundational Culture Engineering learning
- A documented record of your contribution
Culture Engineering Associate
Field coordination
What you'll do
- Coordinate field communication and training participation
- Look after school relationships and learner projects
- Organise events and materials
- Prepare reporting
What it requires
- Aged 18 or over
- Culture Engineering learning (CE 101 and beyond)
- Safeguarding training and screening
- Organisational and relationship skills
What you gain
- Coordination and leadership experience
- Evidence towards Academy recognition
- Supervision from central programme leadership
“Associate” is also the second Academy recognition level. Holding the field role does not by itself confer the recognition.
Culture Engineering Assistant
Data, documentation and communication
What you'll do
- Support volunteers
- Protect data quality and documentation
- Manage communication channels
- Manage media assets under consent rules
What it requires
- Aged 18 or over
- Care with data protection and media consent
- Data, communications or media skills
- Safeguarding training
What you gain
- Experience in data, evidence and communication
- A portfolio of documented work
- Supervision and feedback
Field volunteer
Activities, events and continuity
What you'll do
- Support sessions, book drives and events
- Help prepare materials
- Provide local continuity alongside school focal persons
What it requires
- Aged 18 or over
- Screening and safeguarding training
- Acceptance of the volunteer code of conduct
- Always working with trained adults present
What you gain
- Meaningful, structured service
- Training and a team
- A record of your contribution
Mentor
Experience shared safely
What you'll do
- Share career, life and leadership experience with groups of young people
- Support mentor events and student projects
- Contribute local-language stories and expertise, including from the diaspora
What it requires
- Aged 18 or over, with a verified identity
- Screening and safeguarding training
- Group channels only: no one-to-one or direct messaging with children
- School-supervised settings
What you gain
- Purposeful contribution of your experience
- Connection to a continental network
- Clear standards that protect everyone
Role descriptions follow OnPurpose Futures' field delivery architecture (organisational profile, §9). Time commitments and any stipends will be confirmed per role before onboarding.
04 Role finder
Three questions. One way in.
Answer for yourself and we'll suggest where you could start. Nothing is sent until you choose to express interest.
05 Where you are is where it starts
Posted somewhere new? That place needs you.
A service-year posting, a home town, a campus near a school without a club: the movement grows where people already are. You don't need to move. You need training, supervision and a team.
- 01Start where you are. Tell us your state or region; we connect you with partner schools and communities nearby.
- 02Get trained and supervised. CE 101 foundations and safeguarding come before any activity with young people.
- 03Leave something that lasts. A club that keeps meeting, a project a community chose and a record of what you did.
06 Safeguarding first
Scale must never outrun safeguarding.
Many roles bring adults into contact with children and young people. These requirements protect them, and you.
Our safeguarding commitments- Adults only. All field, volunteer and mentor roles are for people aged 18 and over.
- Screening. Appropriate screening and background checks where available, before any activity with minors.
- Training. Mandatory safeguarding onboarding and refresher training.
- Code of conduct. Clear staff and volunteer codes, with reporting and escalation routes.
- No unsupervised contact. Group channels and school-mediated communication only; no direct messaging with children.
- Consent for media. No photographs or video without proper consent, and never in ways that identify vulnerable young people.
Express interest
Tell us where you are and what you could carry.
This is an expression of interest, not a formal application. We will contact you about suitable roles near you, and explain training, screening and time commitments before you decide.
Please don't include your street address, ID numbers or any information about children.