About Youth Innovation lab
Youth Innovation Lab (YI-Lab) is a not-for-profit civic tech company that works at the intersection of emerging cutting-edge technological tools and their applications by equipping young professionals to solve emerging challenges in our community. YI-Lab’s mission statement is, ‘to engage young people to bridge science to people and policy through innovation’. YI-Lab harnesses indigenous knowledge, citizen science approach, develops low-cost technological solutions, promotes open data, promotes entrepreneurship, and conducts evidence-based advocacy campaigns. YI-Lab provides a conducive environment for young people to co-create solutions for inclusive development.

About the project 
The HeatAI project (Harnessing Equitable Actionable Technologies through Artificial Intelligence) is a climate resilience initiative led by Youth Innovation Lab (YI-Lab), based in Kathmandu, Nepal, with a requested funding of 500,000 SEK from the Global Resilience Partnership. Running from March to December 2026, the project is piloted in Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City in Banke District one of Nepal's hottest urban areas where temperatures regularly exceed 38°C and severe heat events occur approximately twice a year. The city's most vulnerable populations, including women, youth, Dalit and Muslim communities, and roughly 3,309 residents living in informal settlements, bear the brunt of these heatwaves, facing health risks, school closures, and livelihood disruptions. To address this, HeatAI deploys a multi-layered solution combining an AI-powered mobile app and dashboard capable of issuing push notifications up to seven days in advance of predicted heatwaves, 20 low-cost temperature and pollution sensors installed across schools and community hubs. Alongside its technological components, the initiative strengthens local capacity through targeted training programs, fellowship, school-based awareness campaigns, and open-access e-learning modules hosted on Shikshya.org. With a structured Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) framework tracking 15,000 direct beneficiaries, 170 trained personnel, and integration into three municipal policy frameworks, HeatAI presents a scalable, technology-driven, and governance-anchored model for urban heat resilience across Nepal and beyond.

Key Responsibilities

1. Coordinate Technical Development

• Work closely with the development team to support the design and rollout of the HeatAI platform. 

• Coordinate across mobile, web, and backend components developed in Flutter, React, and Django. 

• Help track progress, resolve coordination gaps, and support timely delivery of technical milestones. 

2. Support Platform Deployment and Implementation

• Assist in the deployment of digital tools, dashboards, and related system components in project sites. 

• Coordinate with technical and field teams to ensure the platform functions properly in real implementation settings. 

• Support testing, troubleshooting, and improvement of the system during rollout. 

3. Liaise with Stakeholders and Partners

• Serve as a coordination point between the technical team, municipality, schools, and community actors. 

• Support communication and follow-up with local stakeholders for smooth implementation. 

• Ensure user needs and field feedback are shared with the technical team for ongoing refinement. 

4. Contribute to Training and User Adoption

• Support orientations and demonstrations for municipal staff, schools, and other users of the platform. 

• Help prepare simple technical guidance, user support materials, and documentation. 

• Encourage effective use of the system by helping users understand key features and functions. 

5. Support Innovation, Learning, and Reporting

• Contribute to identifying practical ways to improve the platform using user feedback and emerging technologies. 

• Maintain basic documentation on implementation progress, technical issues, and lessons learned. 

• Support reporting on platform adoption, coordination progress, and key implementation updates.