Adidas Foundation Seeks Youth Participation Consultant to Strengthen Sport for Good Programs|Deadline 12 Jul 2026

The power of sport extends far beyond competition. It creates opportunities for young people to develop confidence, leadership, and resilience while addressing some of society’s most pressing challenges. Recognizing this potential, the adidas Foundation is seeking an experienced consultant or expert team to design and deliver an innovative Youth Participation and High-Quality Listening Learning Journey that will strengthen youth engagement across its global Sport for Good initiatives.

This exciting remote freelance consultancy offers professionals with expertise in youth participation, facilitation, and learning design the opportunity to shape how organizations meaningfully involve young people in decision-making processes.

About the Consultancy

The adidas Foundation is looking for a consultant capable of creating a comprehensive learning journey that equips partner organizations with practical skills to engage young people more effectively. Rather than focusing solely on theory, the programme will emphasize hands-on learning, practical tools, peer exchange, and real-world application.

The selected consultant will work with organizations at varying levels of experience, helping them strengthen their youth participation practices while fostering a culture of accountability, safeguarding, and continuous learning.

A key objective is ensuring that youth voices are not only heard but actively influence programme design, implementation, and evaluation.

Key Responsibilities

The consultant or consulting team will be responsible for:

• Designing a comprehensive Youth Participation and High-Quality Listening Learning Journey.
• Facilitating engaging learning experiences for adidas Foundation partners.
• Developing practical resources, tools, templates, and case studies.
• Creating opportunities for peer learning and knowledge exchange.
• Supporting organizations to integrate meaningful youth participation into Sport for Good programmes.
• Designing a Training of Trainers (ToT) model that enables the adidas Foundation to independently deliver and scale the learning programme in the future.

This combination of strategic planning, facilitation, and capacity building makes the consultancy particularly suited to professionals experienced in participatory learning methodologies and youth development.

Who Should Apply?

The opportunity is ideal for consultants with demonstrated expertise in:

• Youth participation and youth engagement.
• Sport for Development or Sport for Good programmes.
• Adult learning and instructional design.
• Facilitation of workshops and learning journeys.
• Safeguarding and accountability frameworks.
• Capacity strengthening for nonprofit organizations.
• Participatory programme design and evaluation.

Both individual consultants and expert teams are encouraged to submit proposals.

Why This Consultancy Matters

Across the development sector, organizations increasingly recognize that programmes are more effective when young people actively shape the decisions that affect them. However, meaningful participation requires more than inviting young people into discussions—it requires intentional systems, skilled facilitation, and organizational commitment.

Through this consultancy, the adidas Foundation aims to build these capacities across its partner network, helping organizations move beyond consultation toward genuine youth leadership and shared decision-making.

The assignment also places strong emphasis on sustainability through the creation of a Training of Trainers approach. This ensures that learning can continue long after the consultancy concludes, allowing the Foundation to expand its impact across future programmes.

About the adidas Foundation

The adidas Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization established by adidas AG to harness the transformative power of sport in addressing social and environmental challenges worldwide.

Working with nonprofit organizations, social entrepreneurs, and community partners, the Foundation supports initiatives that promote inclusion, equality, climate action, education, and community development through sport.

Its work spans direct grant-making, capacity building, advocacy, and research, helping organizations maximize the positive impact of sport in communities around the world.

While closely connected to adidas AG, the Foundation operates independently, allowing it to strategically invest in projects that align with its charitable mission of creating lasting positive change.

Application Information

Interested consultants must submit:

• A detailed proposal.
• CVs and portfolios of all experts involved, combined into a single PDF document.
• All application materials in English.

Applicants are encouraged to review the full Terms of Reference before preparing their submissions.

Questions regarding the consultancy should be submitted by 8 July 2026 to allow sufficient time for responses before the application deadline.

Deadline

Applications must be submitted by 12 July 2026.

For professionals passionate about youth empowerment, participatory learning, and the transformative role of sport, this consultancy offers an opportunity to influence global Sport for Good programming while helping organizations place young people at the heart of meaningful social change.

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