CPA Youth Coordinator

Salary: £11,128 per annum for an employee, for a freelance arrangement the pay will be by invoice on actual hours worked up to a maximum of eight hours per week on average

Location: Remote, UK – it may be possible to do the job freelance from outside the UK (this can be discussed)

Hours: Part-time, 8-hour-a-week post (about one day per week)

Closing date for applications: Friday 31st October 2025

Are you someone with lived experience of the psychological needs of children and young people in relation to climate breakdown? Are you looking to play your part in the collective response to our worsening climate crisis? Could you use your own experiences to support engagement with children and young people? Might you be able to enable people from older generations to understand intergenerational injustice, facilitating intergenerational dialogue and improving support for children and young adults? Climate Psychology Alliance would love to hear from you.

In the role you’d be working alongside an existing youth coordinator and your roles would be similar, with close teamwork invited. You would support CPA to engage and support young people, and support older people to better meet the needs of children and young people during a time of climate breakdown. You would lead on the development of CPA’s Students and Young Members’ group and work alongside the other youth coordinator and the ICRA youth coordinator to develop CPA’s offerings.

This one-day per week role is available for 18 months, to start as soon as possible and ideally by December 2025. The length of the appointment is based on a time-limited grant from the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global. The appointed person would act as one of three CPA Youth Coordinators (links to details of these roles are provided below).

We seek to acknowledge systemic oppression, challenge assumptions and support an inclusive and diverse community. We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are from marginalised groups.

Background & Context
The Climate Psychology Alliance (CPA) explores psychological responses to the climate crisis to strengthen relationships and resilience for a just future. We use climate psychology, a methodology that is concerned with the emotions, and the social and mental processes that have contributed to the ecological and climate crisis, and our responses and processes of adaptation to it. We draw on psychotherapeutic approaches, psychosocial studies, the arts, spiritual and philosophical thought, literature, systems thinking and ecopsychology, all in the service of unpicking our collective and individual responses to the crisis, much of which is unacknowledged and unconscious.

The threats of climate change to the futures of young people create understandable anxieties. Young people may also be engaged in climate action without psychological support.

We recognise that dominant systems of power that are causing climate and social crises also silence the voices of young people. We are in a culture of separation where adults and older people do not know how to really listen to young people. Instead, young people are regularly dismissed and rejected by older generations. The education system is part of this culture, which causes huge anxiety to many young people while also failing to educate them in what is actually needed in this time of emergency. CPA is determined to do things differently because we deeply value what young people have to say.

Young people contribute so much that is not acknowledged in a culture that places disproportionate burdens on the young and yet withholds the power to change things. Thanks to the support of the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global (Ho Foundation), we have been able to develop our offerings for young people within CPA these past five years. Since 2021, CPA has been experimenting with different models of support for young people facing the climate crisis. The work has been innovative and important, led by experienced practitioners giving their time pro bono or for very little. The work has also often been challenging, reflecting the challenges and injustices faced by young people globally in relation to the climate and ecological crisis, for example facing the worst of the effects of climate change and ecological breakdown having done least to contribute to the causes.

Recognising that it can be harder for young people’s voices to be heard relative to older and more established members, a CPA Students and Young Members group was established in 2024 to begin to challenge adultism within the organisation and to empower and support younger members. This group has been co-chaired by two young members on a voluntary basis and has resulted in younger members getting involved in various aspects of CPA, including through representation on the Board. We are keen to build on the achievements of this group and better meet the needs of students and young people who join CPA.

Thanks to a final round of funding from the Ho Foundation, we are able to continue to employ youth coordinators for another 18 months. To support genuine co-production, CPA has decided to split this role between two people: one who has been in the role previously and will continue, and an experienced young person who will bring their lived experience as well as professional skills to the work.

Job purpose and values
This post will support CPA to engage and support young people, and to support older people to better meet the needs of children and young people during a time of climate breakdown. The post-holder will support the development of CPA’s Students and Young Members’ group and work alongside the other Youth Coordinator and the ICRA Youth Engagement Lead to develop CPA’s offerings. CPA is committed to equality of opportunity and to being a fair and inclusive organisation.

We are made up of many people brought together by common purpose, and with many different disciplines, cultures and approaches. Respect for difference is essential, as is solidarity and active engagement in the struggle for social justice. For this post, we particularly encourage applications from candidates who are from marginalised groups as these groups are currently underrepresented in community climate action and their engagement is a priority for this project. At the heart of the Climate Psychology Alliance are values of honesty, trust, care and respect and the post holder will be representing Our Values in work undertaken.

Job Description

1. Build relationships with and work alongside:

• CPA’s Student and Young Members’ group and other young members.
• CPA members engaged in youth work, including CPA’s Youth Support Team and the other Youth Coordinators employed by CPA
• Members of the CPA coordination group, attending weekly coordination group meetings when possible (Tuesday mornings; might be able to rotate attendance between youth coordinators).
• Members of CPA’s Board through attendance at monthly meetings (Thursday afternoons; attendance could be rotated with the other CPA Youth Coordinator).

2. Grow relationships with organisations to improve understanding, reach and collaboration of CPA’s youth work.
3. Work with the Communications Lead and other CPA members to engage more young people who might benefit from CPA’s support offerings, including through social media and other forms of outreach
4. Ensure the needs of children and young people are front and centre of CPA’s work, via training and development for CPA board and key members on intergenerational inclusion
5. Alongside the other CPA Youth Coordinator, co-coordinate the facilitation and running of CPA’s support offerings for young people and carers (e.g. Support Spaces for Young Adults; Parenting Circles; a residential for young adults).
6. Work with other members to develop CPA’s offerings for young people
7. Support the development and delivery of training/workshops on supporting children and young people.
8. Provide consultation to members and other organisations such that they can better meet the psychological needs of children and young people in relation to climate breakdown.
9. Contribute to reports on CPA’s Youth Work to both the CPA Board, the Ho Foundation, and the National Lottery.
10. Support the evaluation and monitoring of CPA’s work with children, young people, carers and educators.
11. Contribute, when required, to the accounting and management of CPA funds associated with the grant from the Ho Foundation
12. Work with CPA members and others on anti-discrimination practices and consideration of social justice issues, driving forward the vision of a diverse and inclusive community.
13. Abide by CPA’s safeguarding and other policies

Pay and benefits
All CPA posts are paid at the same rate of £26.75 an hour, with statutory pension contribution, six weeks’ annual leave plus bank holidays, and sick pay entitlement if the role is held on an employed basis. There is a higher hourly rate of £32.10 if the post is held on a freelance basis. We pay the same rate across all our posts in order to foster equality and enact our belief that while different kinds of work require different skills and levels of training, it is all valuable to CPA.

For this 8-hour-a-week post (about one day per week), the annual salary will be £11,128 for an employee. For a freelance arrangement the pay will be by invoice on actual hours worked up to a maximum of eight hours per week on average.

The post-holder will have six weeks’ leave per year, including Bank Holidays, if an employee. A person working freelance would be expected to follow a similar working pattern, whereby they would not invoice for six weeks a year when they are expected not to work.

CPA fosters a flexible approach to working hours within the demands of the role. Whilst the person appointed to this role does not necessarily need to be based in the UK, it is expected that a significant proportion of their working hours would be scheduled such that they could engage with CPA meetings (CPA is a UK based organisation).

We actively seek to support staff and volunteers with the emotional demands of the role, through emotionally-informed working practices, a weekly meeting of like-minded colleagues and regular supervision.

Location
Remote working. It is desirable, but not essential, that the appointed person is able to attend occasional in-person meetings and/or overnight visits to local communities within the UK. Reasonable travel and accommodation within the UK would be funded.

We prefer the postholder to be based in the UK, and this would be a requirement if the successful applicant wanted to be employed by CPA. However, it may be possible to do the job freelance from outside the UK. This can be discussed.

Please download the application pack below for the full job description and details on how to apply.

Other opportunities with the Climate Psychology Alliance

We currently have three other part-time, paid positions for people who want to join our growing community and help shape the collective response to our worsening climate crisis.

Closing date 31 October 2025. Interviews in November. All roles available immediately, for one year in the first instance with the possibility of renewal.

We are also seeking a voluntary Co-Treasurer.

Jump to individual roles by following these links:

Administrative coordinator

Inner Climate Response Alliance youth coordinator

Inner Climate Response Alliance community resilience coordinator

Co-Treasurer (voluntary role)