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About the Organization

We build and support movements to advance the fight for an open, just, and habitable world.

We use public mobilization and storytelling to help the leading organizations, activists, businesses, and philanthropies engaged in this fight, and we create campaigning labs and new initiatives that can shift policies and change public narratives when it matters most.

Job Description

The right candidate comes with a background in campaigning (including digital), communications or advocacy, proven experience of working on behaviour change campaigns, working with communities, managing and nurturing partnerships, has a keen understanding of/interest in waste management systems, the ability to think on their feet, and deliver high-quality results.

Job Responsibilities

The person in this role will support on-ground execution for the project. This may include:

• Community Engagement:Lead on local community engagement to raise awareness about waste management at source. This will include identifying relevant community groups, individuals who are particularly active in this space and also identifying local channels of communications for community groups
• Using local language and leveraging knowledge of the local cultural context to effectively communicate campaign messages.
• Encourage community participation and feedback to refine campaign strategies.
• Partnership Management:Manage relationships with project partners for day-to-day coordination on project activities and ensure smooth coordination among them.
• Engage with Municipal Corporation stakeholders including securing meetings and insight sharing between project and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with partners to amplify campaign messages and co-organise events.
• Build and maintain relationships with local partners including community groups, artists, civil society organisations.
• Prepare material/collaterals required for such interactions, presenting the work along with project partners, developing text and translation support as required.
• Campaign Planning:Support with brainstorming on and adapting campaign plans and execution based on real-time insights from the field, partner conversations and the wider ecosystem.
• Support in identifying ways (local and digital) where the campaign can reach target audiences in an effective and efficient manner
• Digital Skills: Utilise digital platforms to promote campaign events and increase community engagement.
• This includes ideation of digital content, and working with the creative team to develop localised content for social media channels to amplify campaign messaging
• Basic monitoring skills are required - using digital tools to track online engagement, analyse campaign performance, and adapt strategies accordingly.
• Event & Activation Management:Plan, organise, and execute campaign events and activations in Mumbai.
• Coordinate logistics, including venue selection, material preparation, and participant engagement.
• Monitoring & Reporting:Maintain and record ongoing activities and share back with the team  (photos/videos/other important data that may be useful from a reporting standpoint).

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• 3-4 years of experience working with governments, CSOs and mobilising communities - especially on IEC projects/campaigns
• Must be based in Mumbai, and available for partner meetings, on ground activations/events as required
• A background in social impact, campaigning, with digital campaigning skills  is expected
• Knowledge of organic waste issues, methane emissions or environmental sustainability is highly desirable.
• Strong organisational and project management skills
• Experience in managing logistics/events  and community management is a plus

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