The four roles

Ambassador, local coordinator, regional lead, national coordinator. What each one is, what it gets, what it is asked to do, and what it does not get. Read this before you say yes.

Every role on this page is a volunteer role inside Stardust Inc. None of them is a job. There is no salary, no hourly rate and no employment relationship at any level, and no role carries the authority to sign, quote a price or commit Stardust to a cost, an event or a partnership. What every serving role does earn is a share of what Stardust receives from the members you personally bring in, on a ladder that starts at ten percent, and that share is paid only after a one-page agreement is signed by both sides.

Stardust Ambassador

The base role. A person who represents Stardust where they live: a school, a campus, a club, a city. Capped at 1,000 worldwide; serving ambassadors today are in 48 countries.

You get

  • The title, the badge and the patch, and a public profile on the ambassador roster.
  • Platform access with the ambassador dashboard and your country's own data.
  • Programme materials and event kits, in your language where we have it.
  • Your country's group chat, and the one room for all ambassadors.
  • Invitations to Stardust events, and a letter of reference on request.
  • The earn ladder below, on members you bring in, and 10% of the cash from a sponsor you introduce.

You are asked to

  • Run at least one Stardust event a year. A social media post is not an event.
  • Register every event on the platform before it happens; an unregistered event does not count and cannot be supported.
  • Log what you ran and how many were in the room, so the impact is counted without anyone chasing you.
  • Raise any safeguarding concern with Stardust immediately, and never handle one alone.

You do not get

  • A salary, a stipend or an hourly rate.
  • Expenses, unless agreed in writing before they are spent.
  • Authority to sign anything, take payment, quote a price or commit Stardust to anything.
  • Permission to speak to press on Stardust's behalf without written clearance.
  • Any accreditation, certification or official status, for Stardust or for yourself.
  • Contact with a young person outside the platform, or without their school or guardian present.

Local Coordinator (chapter lead)

An ambassador who leads a Stardust Chapter: the people in one place who run Stardust programmes where they live. A chapter is a local unit of Stardust Inc., not a separate organisation, society, charity or legal entity.

You get

  • Everything an ambassador gets.
  • A public chapter page carrying the chapter's own name and place, with you named as its lead.
  • Programme materials, event kits and platform access for every member of the chapter.
  • A national coordinator for your country where one is appointed, and a named contact at Stardust where one is not.
  • Help approaching local sponsors, schools and venues, and permission to use the Stardust name in that approach.

You are asked to

  • One Stardust event per chapter member, per year.
  • Register every event before it happens.
  • Stay the named point of contact, and tell us when that changes.
  • Run open meetings. A chapter that becomes a private circle is not doing the job.
  • Raise any safeguarding concern immediately.

You do not get

  • Everything on the ambassador list, and:
  • A bank account, employees, or any agreement in the Stardust name.
  • Membership dues. A chapter is free to join.
  • The Stardust name in public until the charter is signed and you are vetted.
Before a chapter is chartered: a named lead who has agreed to lead it, that lead vetted by Stardust, and the Chapter Charter signed by both sides. Either side may end it in writing with thirty days notice. A chapter that registers no events for twelve months becomes dormant and its page comes down until it runs something again.

Regional Lead

An ambassador who coordinates the other ambassadors near them, in a region of a country, and is an admin of the country group chat. Appointed by Stardust with the national coordinator where there is one.

You get

  • Everything an ambassador gets.
  • Admin of your country's group chat, and your name against your region on the chapters page.
  • A direct line to the national coordinator and to Stardust.

You are asked to

  • Know every ambassador in your region and help each one get their event run and registered.
  • Be the first call for a new ambassador or chapter in your region.
  • Tell the national coordinator what is blocked.

You do not get

  • Everything on the ambassador list. The rules do not change with the title.
  • Authority over anyone: a regional lead coordinates, they do not command.

National Coordinator

One per country. The link between Stardust and the schools, partners and ambassadors there, and the single named voice for Stardust to ministries and the national space agency. Modelled on the World Space Week national coordinator role: a target and an automatic lapse, not good intentions. 0 appointed so far.

You get

  • Everything an ambassador gets.
  • Platform access, the ambassador dashboard, and the country's own data.
  • Programme materials and event kits, in the country's language where we have it.
  • A named contact at Stardust and a standing monthly call.
  • Public recognition on our site as the national coordinator, and a letter of reference on request.
  • Admin of the country group chat, with the regional leads.
  • 15% from the day the commitment is signed, never lower while appointed, and the rung set by what the whole country brings in.
  • 15% of the cash from a sponsor you introduce.

You are asked to

  • Recruit and support the national network of ambassadors.
  • Make sure every active ambassador in the country runs at least one Stardust event a year. The target rises with every ambassador you recruit.
  • Register every event before it happens.
  • Be the single named point of contact for the country, and reply to Stardust within five working days.
  • Keep the country's school, partner and ambassador records current.
  • Open doors: schools and boards, ministries, the space agency, museums, universities, clubs, media.
  • Report once a quarter: events held, ambassadors active, schools reached, what is blocked.
  • Raise any safeguarding concern immediately, and never handle one alone.

You do not get

  • A salary, a stipend or an hourly rate. This is a volunteer position and it says so on the commitment you sign.
  • A government or agency appointment, accreditation, or certification authority.
  • Authority to sign anything, quote a price, or commit Stardust to any partnership, event or cost.
  • Permission to speak to press on Stardust's behalf without written clearance.
  • Use of the Stardust name for anything that is not a Stardust programme.
  • A provisional version of the role. It exists only once all four conditions below are met.
No appointment until all four are complete: 1. background and profile check; 2. identity and organisation confirmed in writing; 3. non-disclosure agreement signed; 4. coordinator commitment signed by both sides. Term: twelve months, renewable. Either party may end it in writing with thirty days notice; Stardust may end it immediately if any of the four conditions stops being true. Lapse: if the country records no registered Stardust events for twelve consecutive months, the appointment lapses, and the earn rate goes back to the ambassador ladder. A coordinator with nothing to coordinate is a title, and a title that means nothing devalues the ones that do.

What every serving role earns

Everything on Stardust stays free for the people you bring. When one of them chooses to pay for Plus, Pathway or a paid programme, a share of what Stardust actually receives comes back to you. It starts at ten percent and climbs as your country grows. A rate you have earned never slides back.

10%from the day you sign
15%250 members still with us after a month
20%1,000 members
25%2,500 members
Sponsors you introduce: 10% of the cash Stardust receives in the first year of the first agreement (15% for a national coordinator), 5% on the first renewal, nothing on in-kind, and only when the introduction was written on the sponsor's record the day it was made. The share is on what Stardust receives after card fees and refunds, on members still with us thirty days later, with a statement every quarter. Nothing is paid until a one-page agreement is signed by both sides. Where a payment would change your status in your country, the same value comes to you as scholarship places for students in your own country instead. The full terms.
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