Behaviour Change & Community Engagement Associate (Sustainability)

Flexing It; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 800,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Flexing It is hiring a Project Consultant - Sustainability to support a leading FMCG organization in Mumbai, driving recycling infrastructure, waste management, and circular economy initiatives.

You will manage end-to-end programs, coordinate with partners and communities, develop communications assets, and monitor impact, with a hybrid work mode: 3 days in office, 2 days work-from-home, for a 12-month contract (extendable).

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end program execution, including project plans, timelines, budgets, deliverables, trackers, dashboards, reporting, and risk management to ensure timely delivery of project outcomes.
• Apply understanding of sustainability, circular economy, and partnership ecosystems to strengthen program design, implementation quality, and impact.
• Coordinate with implementation partners and external stakeholders to support program planning, execution, reviews, field visits, assessments, and performance reporting.
• Support development and management of program documentation, including proposals, presentations, MoUs, contracts, compliance records, and reports, while ensuring adherence to governance, statutory, and audit requirements.

Job description

Our Client, a leading FMCG Organization, is looking to engage with a Project Consultant - Sustainability to support sustainability and circularity initiatives by driving recycling infrastructure projects, waste management operations, and resource recovery programs. The consultant will play a key role in advancing plastic circularity agenda by supporting the design, implementation, and scale-up of initiatives focused on behaviour change, community engagement, communications, and circular economy programs.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

• Manage end-to-end program execution, including project plans, timelines, budgets, deliverables, trackers, dashboards, reporting, and risk management to ensure timely delivery of project outcomes.
• Apply understanding of sustainability, circular economy, and partnership ecosystems to strengthen program design, implementation quality, and impact.
• Coordinate with implementation partners and external stakeholders to support program planning, execution, reviews, field visits, assessments, and performance reporting.
• Support development and management of program documentation, including proposals, presentations, MoUs, contracts, compliance records, and reports, while ensuring adherence to governance, statutory, and audit requirements.

Behaviour Change & Communications

• Support the design and execution of behaviour change interventions to promote waste segregation at source and responsible waste management practices.
• Coordinate community engagement program across urban and rural geographies, working with NGOs, local governments, schools, resident welfare associations, and community groups.
• Develop communication assets, behaviour change toolkits, campaign content, training materials, and stakeholder engagement resources.
• Support planning and execution of awareness campaigns, workshops, events, field activations, and community outreach initiatives.
• Monitor program effectiveness through field assessments, surveys, data collection, and impact measurement frameworks.
• Document learnings, best practices, success stories, and impact narratives for internal and external communications.

NOTE

Duration: 12 months (extendable)

Location: Mumbai (should be open to travel)

Capacity: Full time

Mode: Hybrid (3 days WFO, and 2 days WFH)