The Local Organising Committee is working alongside England Athletics to offer the opportunity for approximately 180 people, aged between 16 and 18, to experience being part of the Championships.

They are encouraging track and field and running clubs, and "invited schools", to apply to bring a team who will carry out the role for all competing athletes.

Each team will require 10 young athletes and two supervisors and will have the opportunity to volunteer at either one or both of the Championships.

"The role of kit carrier is invaluable for ensuring that athletes can feel safe in the knowledge that their belongings will be looked after, allowing them to concentrate on the task of being competitive and trust that they will be able to access their belongings after they have competed," London 2017 said in a statement.

"England Athletics also wish to utilise this opportunity to empower the young volunteers to gain a positive experience with the aim to gaining better leadership, organisational and professional skills and of course watch athletes focus and prepare to compete at world class level.

"We would wish to see these volunteers going back to their local club or community and continuing to support within the sport, having gained the invaluable experience from these Championships."

The deadline for applications, which can be submitted by clicking here, is midnight on February 5.

Currently 10,000 volunteers are going through the recruitment process and being interviewed with the first of London 2017’s "Runners" being chosen and announced in March.

Organisers have also confirmed they will soon be launching the mascot design competition for London 2017, allowing children to be part of its creation.

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, the women’s heptathlon Olympic gold medallist at London 2012 and silver medallist at Rio 2016, has been lined up as a judge along with Richard Whitehead, the two-time Paralympic gold medal-winning sprinter in the men’s 200 metres T42 event.

Further information on how to get involved is due to be detailed on the BBC’s Blue Peter television programme on January 19.

Additionally, London 2017 are keen to see schools involved in the Championships and have confirmed that announcements are due to be made regarding some free curriculum resources that can be accessed by all, and the best ways for pupils to see some world class athletics action.

Details behind their inspiration programme are also due be revealed early this year, highlighting a range of participation opportunities running during the summer.  

The World Para-Athletics Championships are scheduled for July 14 to 23, while the IAAF World Championships are set to take place from August 4 to 13.

It marks the first time both Championships are hosted in the same city in the same year, with more than 3,000 athletes from more than 200 nations competing over 20 days of action at the Olympic Stadium in London.

More than one million ticket applications were entered into the ballot.

All available tickets are on sale now here, from £10 ($12.31/€11.74) for adults and £5 ($6.15/€5.87) for children.

It was claimed last month that the 2017 IAAF World Championships are set to become the best attended in the history of the event.

Championship director Niels de Vos, the British Athletics chief executive, told the IAAF Special Congress in Monaco "we are well on the way to selling more tickets than any previous IAAF World Championships".

The target for London 2017 to surpass is reckoned to have been the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, where the official total of tickets sold over a nine-day period was 417,156.