Youth Engagement Coordinator

About the organization

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 RAIN Project

RAIN has been designed to support and contribute to the overarching early action and climate resilience aims of the British Embassy Kathmandu’s (BEK) Resilience, Adaptation and Inclusion in Nepal (RAIN) program. The RAIN project aims to bring significant value and sustainable scale-up to the RAIN program, particularly by reaching the most vulnerable and marginalized communities at risk of multiple hazards. To achieve this, RAIN employs evidence-based approaches tailored to local contexts, promoting systemic resilience building through localization, inclusion, and strategic mobilisation of government fiscal resources for climate adaptation. Its two core outcomes focus on 1) enhancing community resilience, and 2) strengthening sub-national government systems for early warning (EW), early action (EA), and adaptation, in line with NDRRMA’s strategic goals and key national frameworks including the National Disaster Risk Financing Strategy (2020), the DRR Policy (2018), and the National Strategic Plan for Action (2018–2030).

RAIN is grounded in long-term, equitable partnerships between international, national, and local organizations, combining technical expertise with deep contextual knowledge. The project will work directly with 35 +grassroots Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) representing marginalized populations in 11 local governments across two provinces in year 1. These CBOs will receive training and sub-grants to actively co-design and implement EW, EA, and adaptation actions in their communities. Together with thematic leads, RAIN Technical Assistance (TA), and other stakeholders, they will also work to hold local and provincial governments accountable while helping unlock public funding for inclusive climate resilience measures. Central to RAIN is the use of science, technology, innovation, and proven best practices to strengthen multi-hazard EWS at the sub-national level, enhance access to risk information for the most at-risk groups, and improve data-driven, inclusive planning and coordination. The insights generated will directly inform DRR and anticipatory action policy frameworks, ensuring that localized, inclusive, and gender-responsive strategies are embedded into government systems and sustained through national fiscal mechanisms.

Youth Innovation Lab (YI-Lab) is a technical partner of RAIN, leading the integration of digital innovation, youth engagement, and risk communication. YI-Lab is responsible for the localization and expansion of the Bipad, enabling local governments and communities to access and use real-time, multi-hazard risk data for timely decision-making. It also leads inclusive communication strategies, such as the use of art, and storytelling, to ensure early warning information is understandable and accessible to all, including youth, women, and marginalized communities. By engaging youth networks and CBOs, YI-Lab empowers young people to actively participate in the design and implementation of early warning, early action, and climate adaptation activities, fostering a generation of climate-resilient leaders and bridging the gap between data, technology, and community action.

Job Description 

Qualifications 

• Design and deliver localized training modules on Bipad Portal and its uses, early warning interpretation, and anticipatory action planning for youth, LG officials, and CBOs.
• Ensure GEDSI-sensitive training practices including multilingual content, accessible venues, inclusive facilitation for people with disabilities and low literacy.
• Support digital literacy among youth and local users to increase long-term platform adoption.

• Coordinate closely with YI-Lab’s technical team, DHM, LGs/PGs, and other stakeholders for Bipad Portal integration into local disaster governance.
• Act as a liaison between local youth/CBOs and provincial/national data systems to support data flow, feedback loops, and platform updates..

• Co-create youth-led, culturally appropriate communication tools and campaigns that improve understanding of early warning information (e.g., IVR, community theatre, murals, social media).
• Pilot risk communication strategies that reflect local languages, gender norms, and media consumption patterns especially in areas with low literacy or digital access.
• Document and promote innovative practices for broader scaling and replication 

• Facilitate youth representation in DRR committees, CDMCs, and EWS taskforce at local and provincial levels.
• Empower youth to advocate for inclusive risk governance and equitable resource allocation through Bipad Portal data insights.
• Promote the use of Bipad Portal data in local DRR/AA planning and fiscal decision-making.

• Facilitate participatory discussions to identify local hazard thresholds and early action indicators based on lived experiences and scientific forecasts.
• Coordinate with UK Met, Red Cross Climate Centre, DHM, and YI-Lab to test, validate, and update early action triggers embedded in the Bipad Portal.

Community Mobilization and Data Collection

• Identify, engage, and train youth networks, CBOs, and community groups (especially from marginalized backgrounds) to contribute data for hazard exposure, vulnerabilities, and local capacities.
• Facilitate participatory risk mapping exercises and community vulnerability profiling.
• Promote citizen science approaches and empower local actors to collect and validate context-specific data (e.g., flash floods, fire, drought).

Monitoring, Learning, and Documentation

• Regularly collect and analyze feedback on the usability, accessibility, and impact of Bipad Portal from youth and CBOs.
• Document learnings, innovations, and use cases for national and global sharing, including contributions to adaptive management and policy dialogue.
• Support disaggregated data analysis (age, gender, disability, ethnicity, landlessness, SSA eligibility) for tracking inclusion in the Bipad Portal system.

We highly encourage all interested applicants, especially youth and young professionals and candidates from discriminated groups (women, Dalit, Janajati, Madhesi/Terai, and other minority communities) to apply.

We are having interviews on a rolling basis, and encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible. Only shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview.

Deadline for submission of application

28 May 2025.