Youth Movement Coordinator, Dehradun

Waste Warriors; Dehradun; On-site; INR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Waste Warriors seeks a proactive Youth Engagement facilitator in Dehradun to curate climate-themed youth events and spaces. You will connect young changemakers with opportunities, and support on-ground initiatives to drive long-term environmental impact.

Ideal candidates have 2–4 years working with youth, strong communication skills, and fluency in English and Hindi. This role emphasizes hands-on community engagement and fun, meaningful experiences.

Qualifications

• Passion for waste management and climate action.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; strong presentation skills.
• Ability to curate meaningful youth experiences from a behavior-change perspective.

Responsibilities

• Curate experiences and engagements for youth to inspire climate action.
• Link youth to opportunities like forums, workshops and talks.
• Provide project support including timelines, invoices, and on-ground event execution.

Skills

Youth engagement

Public speaking

Event facilitation

Community outreach

Bilingual English/Hindi

Job description

• Curate Experiences & Engagements for Youth: Create climate themed events that feel less like a classroom and more like a hangout. Workshops, pop-ups, or meetups that are genuinely fun, and relatable. Facilitate gatherings; enable meaningful conversations and give youth a social space to share their own ideas for the environment, and leave feeling inspired to take actions.
• Link Youth to Opportunities: Explore opportunities and platforms for our young changemakers to get exposure, build capacities or showcase their work. For example: Different youth climate forums, workshops, talks etc.
• Support Project Implementation: Provide proactive project management support, including monitoring timelines, invoices, and deliverables. Help with execution of on-ground events and initiatives. Help with overall strategy and long-term approach of the movement.

Key Requirements

• Passion for waste management & climate action.
• Ability to facilitate/host gatherings; a good speaker and orator.
• Ability to curate meaningful experiences for youth from a behavior change standpoint.
• 2-4 years of experience working with youth, preferably in community building, youth engagement, or mobilisation will be preferred, however Freshers with a strong interest in working with youth and community development are also encouraged to apply.
• Understanding of youth behavior, triggers and motivations (Gen Z & Gen Alpha).
• Excellent written and verbal communication; along with presentation skills.
• Proficiency in English & Hindi (spoken & written).
• Lastly, you bring smiles at work, inspire teammates and have fun while at it!