JOB DESCRIPTION Manager, Youth Outreach
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1. Role Summary
RTIH Ambassador Program
The Manager will also collaborate with national-level youth organisations (e.g., YuWaah/UNICEF), entrepreneurship cells, student clubs, and state academic bodies to drive awareness, participation, and inclusion in RTIH programmes, hackathons, and startup initiatives.
2. Key Responsibilities
A. Statewide College Outreach (Primary Mandate)
- Create and execute a detailed plan to reach every single college in Andhra Pradesh—approx. 1,000+ institutions.
- Build and maintain a district-wise database of colleges, principals, innovation coordinators, and faculty champions.
- Conduct presentations, orientation sessions, innovation talks, and in-person visits across districts.
- Work with Spoke CEOs to establish regional youth networks.
B. RTIH Ambassador Program (Flagship Initiative)
- Design the structure, selection criteria, incentives, and responsibilities for college-level
RTIH Ambassadors
. - Recruit and onboard a minimum of one Ambassador in every college in the State.
- Create digital communities (WhatsApp, Discord, e-mailers) for Ambassador coordination.
- Train Ambassadors to run college-level awareness drives, micro-events, and challenges.
- Manage monthly reviews, reporting, and performance-based recognition systems.
C. Youth Engagement & Capacity Building
- Organise youth-centric activities:
- Innovation Bootcamps
- Entrepreneurship 101 workshops
- Thematic problem statement sessions
- Career pathways in innovation
- Support student teams in participating in RTIH innovation challenges and hackathons.
- Work with education departments and university bodies (e.g., APSCHE, JNTU, AU, SRM, BITS, GITAM, KL University).
D. Partnerships with Youth-Focused Organisations
- Build partnerships with:
- YuWaah / UNICEF
- NCC & NSS
- Student Clubs (E-Cells, IEEE, ACM, IICs)
- Skill development organisations
- NGOs working with youth empowerment
- Co-create youth programmes, leadership series, and volunteer-driven innovation campaigns.
E. Digital Engagement & Communication
- Develop communication plans for students:
- Social media campaigns
- Monthly youth newsletters
- Event announcements
- Ambassador achievements
- Ensure consistent messaging between Branding & Communications Manager and Youth Outreach initiatives.
- Maintain an active youth-focused presence on relevant platforms.
F. Internal Coordination
- Collaborate closely with:
- Manager – Challenges (for student participation in hackathons)
- Manager – Branding & Comms
- Spoke CEOs for district-wise deployments
- APIS and Education Department where needed
- Provide structured feedback from students and colleges to improve RTIH’s statewide programming.
G. Reporting & Knowledge Capture
- Maintain:
- College outreach tracker
- Ambassador database
- Participation dashboards
- District-level youth maps
- Provide monthly reports, insights, and case stories in consultation with the Strategic Initiatives Lead.
3. Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree in any field; preference for social sciences, business, engineering, or youth development.
- 2–5 years experience in:
- Youth outreach
- Higher education engagement
- Campus programmes
- CSR education initiatives
- EdTech, skill development, or community organising
- Strong understanding of Andhra Pradesh’s education system and districts.
Preferred
- Experience working with organisations like YuWaah, Teach For India, UNICEF programmes, or youth leadership platforms.
- Demonstrated experience in managing volunteers, ambassadors, or large student cohorts.
- Telugu fluency and comfort with extensive travel.
4. Skills & Competencies
- Strong public speaking and presentation skills.
- Relationship management with principals, faculty, student leaders.
- Ability to design youth-friendly programmes and events.
- Community-building across digital and offline channels.
- Strong organisational and tracking abilities.
- High energy, reliability, and ease with large-scale coordination.
- Empathy, patience, and a youth-first mindset.
5. KPIs (First 12 Months)
Minimum 500 colleges
directly reached through physical or virtual sessions.Ambassadors appointed in 300+ colleges
across districts.15,000+ students engaged
across RTIH programmes.50+ student-led events
coordinated by Ambassadors.3–5 partnerships
established with youth organisations (YuWaah/NSS/E-Cells etc.).District-level youth innovation dashboards
maintained across all 26 districts.High participation
in statewide hackathons and challenges.
6. Compensation
₹10-12 LPA CTC