Overview

Founded in 2009, the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) is the leading international think tank on business and human rights. IHRB’s mission is to shape policy, advance practice, and strengthen accountability to make respect for human rights part of everyday business.

In 2022, IHRB launched Gulf Sustain, a regional initiative working to advance workers’ rights in the green transition of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Gulf Sustain aims to develop knowledge, drive dialogue, and promote stronger policies, accountability, and collaboration on an integrated approach to achieving environmental commitments while advancing the welfare of all workers as GCC countries look to diversify their economies and increase investments in non-hydrocarbon sectors. Gulf Sustain’s aspiration and approach are to deliver impact by building leverage through collective action.

Expected Impact and Outcomes:

• Advancing execution of the programme’s strategy and contributing to programme management and fundraising
• Delivering a post-2027 programme strategy building on existing work streams across the GCC region and identifying new entry points and opportunities for continued engagement
• Undertaking research and generating actionable insights to support evidence-based decision-making
• Representing Gulf Sustain through events, delivery of activities/strategic dialogues, training sessions, engaging with stakeholders across the GCC, etc.

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The Role

The Institute for Human Rights and Business’ (IHRB) regional initiative, Gulf Sustain, is seeking a dynamic Programme manager to work with the team.

The programme manager will play a critical role in supporting implementation of the programme’s 2027 strategy, and contributing to the development of a post-2027 programme strategy. This role will include, but not be limited to, stakeholder engagement, delivering training and capacity building sessions, fundraising and contributing to research development. The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role with strong knowledge of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Region.

• Title: Programme Manager, Gulf Sustain
• Reporting to: IHRB Head of Migration
• Start date: September 2026
• Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week) or part time (30 hours per week)
• Location: Remote/Home-based, preferably within 1-3 hours of GMT timezone. Must be based in the GCC or within easy access to travel across the GCC on a semi-regular basis. Candidates must have permission to work in the country of their location.
• Duration: 1 year, with 3-month probationary period. Potential to extend, subject to funding.

• Pay: 44,000 – 64,000 GBP subject to level of experience
• Good to know: The successful candidate will be engaged through a consultancy agreement. They will need to be registered as self-employed and will be responsible for managing their own taxes, insurance, and any other legal or financial obligations.

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Your Responsibilities

Reporting to the Head of Migration, and working closely with other IHRB teams & external consultants, the Manager will support in various tasks, including but not limited to:

Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory (20%)

• Growing the profile of Gulf Sustain through strategic stakeholder identification, relationship management and trust building with new and existing contacts
• Serve as a programme and IHRB spokesperson at external events and other networking opportunities
• Organise and facilitate multilateral and sectoral convenings, including participant and speaker outreach, stakeholder management, agenda development, event summary drafting and other event follow up tasks. Delivery of such events will require travel across the GCC region.
• Deliver training and capacity building sessions around responsible business and worker welfare to business and government stakeholders across the GCC region.
• Providing informal advisory services to key partners, including reviewing internal policies, worker welfare frameworks, responsible recruitment strategies etc. and providing globally grounded and locally relevant feedback

Fundraising & Donor Relations (20%)

• Identifying new opportunities for Gulf Sustain funding, and building relationships with potential donors
• Working with the wider Gulf Sustain and IHRB teams to develop funding proposals, strategies and donor deliverables

Programme Management & Collaboration across IHRB (20%)

• Contribute to day to day programmatic management, including team calls and Steering Committee meetings; preparation of presentations, management of external consultants, among others.
• Proactively work with other IHRB teams, particularly the Migrant Workers, Shipping, Commodities and Just Transitions Programmes, to identify synergies and opportunities for ongoing collaboration
• Monitor progress in line with Gulf Sustain’s monitoring and evaluation framework, existing deliverables and execution of planned activities
• Overseeing the execution of Gulf Sustain’s communication strategy and website alongside the IHRB communications team

Future planning & strategic direction (40%)

• Contributing to the programme’s overall strategy, including the identification

and development of new initiatives and piloting workstreams for the programme’s evolving post-2027 strategy

• Identifying practical leverage points to influence policy and decision-making

by business leaders and policymakers

• Bringing expertise or demonstrable interest in one or more of the following work streams:
  • Shipping and trade routes
  • Port resilience
  • Commodities, particularly mining
  • Responsible investment / engagement with investor communities
  • Climate-labour nexus
  • Deep expertise in at least on GCC country

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Experience, Skills & Culture Add

Key Skills & Experience

• Project management: Demonstrable experience of contributing to the management of projects with multiple partners that span across countries and years.
• Strategic thinking: Proven track record of identifying opportunities or leverage points for engaging diverse stakeholder groups
• Communications: Proven track record of contributing to the execution of a communications strategy and creating content/key messages Ability to write and present clear, well researched pieces of content based on internal briefings.
• Language: Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English required.
• Diplomacy: Ability to undertake work with awareness of political and commercial sensitivities and careful diplomacy

Bonus skills & experience (not necessary but may be advantageous)

• At least 2 years of work experience in a similar role.
• Excellent understanding of and strong interest in issues relating to one or more of the following: responsible business, worker welfare, shipping and trade, responsible investment etc.
• Strong writing and research skills.
• Proven experience working with topics relevant to or actors operating in the GCC region.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand Arabic.

Location & Travel

• Location: Remote/home-based,within 1-3 hours of GMT in order to coordinate well with the rest of the project team. Candidates must already have permission to work in the country of their location.
• We particularly encourage applications from individuals in regions where we currently have a limited presence (e.g. Africa, Middle East), as well as those from backgrounds typically underrepresented in our field.
• Candidates based in the Gulf or MENA region are preferred
• Travel will be required for this role, sometimes at short notice.

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Timeline & Process

Deadline for application: 21 August 2026

Interviews: First round interviews will be held on the week of 23 August 2026 via Zoom. Short-listed candidates will be notified and invited by email prior.

Following this stage, there will also be a written task and a second round of interviews.

Expected start date: September 2026 or as soon as possible. A job offer will be subject to the receipt of at least two satisfactory references.

Application Instructions

Please upload your CV and cover letter on the portal. In your cover letter you should address your suitability for this role based on the relevant skills and experience outlined in this job description.

In your covering email, please state:

1. If you are applying for the full time role or part time role
2. Your earliest possible start date
3. Where you saw the vacancy advertised.

As part of our ongoing commitment to an accessible recruitment process, applicants with disabilities are encouraged to contact IHRB to discuss any support or assistance they may have during the application or recruitment process. Please contact Kathy McLeish via email – recruitment@ihrb.org – in the first instance.

IHRB is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. This means we will not discriminate against candidates or employees based on their protected characteristics.

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About Institute for Human Rights & Business

The Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) was founded in 2009. Our vision is to achieve a more just, regenerative global economy where:

• Workers and communities are free and able to use their voices effectively to ensure their rights are respected.
• Businesses demonstrate respect for the rights of workers and communities, and the natural systems they depend on, in their purpose, operations, relationships, and value creation.
• Financial actors use their leverage to positively impact the scale and performance of their partners’ human rights and environmental responsibilities.
• Governments actively implement a smart mix of long-term incentives and disincentives that drive rights-respecting and planet-aligned business.

IHRB’s mission is to make respect for people and planet part of everyday business. We advance our mission through human rights-based research, targeted convening, and development of collaborative action with businesses, governments and civil society to shape policy, advance practice, and strengthen accountability at all levels.

JOB DESCRIPTION

About Green Card Voices

Founded in 2013, Green Card Voices (GCV) uplifts immigrant and refugee voices through first-person storytelling. Through bilingual books, youth anthologies, video narratives, traveling exhibits, Story Stitch programs, and educator partnerships, GCV advances belonging, equity, and connection nationwide

Position Overview

Green Card Voices is seeking a part-time Graphic Designer to support the organization’s growing print and digital designneeds. Working closely with the Co-Executive Directors and program staff, this contractor will design across our full body of work, including books, traveling exhibits, Story Stitch materials, event collateral, and social media graphics. Our ideal candidate is a skilled visual designer who can hold a consistent brand identity across many formats, work independentlyagainst deadlines, and bring care to how immigrant and refugee stories are presented visually.

Green Card Voices is an equal opportunity employer and will consider any applicant regardless of their race/ethnicity/sexual orientation or gender expression. However, we wish to hire people to our team who have a connection to our work. Our ideal candidate will have a passion for storytelling, a background in immigration related work and/or advocacy for underserved communities.

Rate: $30–$40 per hour depending on experience. This is an independent contractor position. The contractor is responsible for their own taxes, equipment, and software licenses.

Position Type: Part-time contractor, flexible hours, remote. Estimated 10–20 hours per week with volume varying by project cycle. Contractor may be based anywhere in the United States, though Twin Cities-based candidates are preferred.

Hours fluctuate with production cycles. Book releases, exhibit launches, and annual events create heavier periods.

• Turnaround expectations will be set per project. Some event and social media work requires same-week turnaround.
• Contractor provides their own design software and hardware.

Main responsibilities include:

Publication Design

• Design book interiors and covers for publications
• Prepare print-ready files and coordinate with printers on specifications and proofs.
• Maintain consistency across the publication series.

Marketing and Event Collateral

• Design flyers, postcards, invitations, programs, and signage for community events and annual fundraisers.
• Create sponsor recognition materials and donor-facing pieces.

Digital and Social Design

• Create social media graphics, templates, and campaign assets.

• Design email headers, web graphics, and digital ads.
• Build reusable templates that staff can adapt in Canva.

Brand Stewardship

• Maintain and apply Green Card Voices’ visual identity across all materials.
• Organize and hand off working files, fonts, and assets in a shared system.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional graphic design experience, or an equivalent portfolio.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating both print and digital work.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop).
• Experience preparing print-ready files and working with commercial printers.
• Familiarity with Canva for template creation and staff handoff.
• Experience designing multi-page publications is strongly preferred.
• Experience with large-format or exhibit design is a plus.
• Ability to work with bilingual layouts and non-Latin scripts is a plus.
• Highly organized, responsive, and able to manage several concurrent projects against deadlines.
• Contractor must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Our Ideal Candidate will be…

a strong visual designer with range across print and digital. They can hold a brand consistent while adapting it to a book interior, an exhibit panel, and an Instagram post. They understand that our materials carry real people’s stories and treat that with care. They communicate clearly about timelines, work well with feedback, and thrive in a collaborative, mission-driven team.

How to Apply

Email Aaliyah Hannah at aaliyah@greencardvoices.org

Include your resume and a portfolio or link to your work (at least 5 examples must be included)

Compensation and Benefits

Salary: $123,000

Location: Flexible / Remote position with a requirement to work 2-3 hours between 8AM and 12PM PST, at least four days per week (Monday–Friday)

Job Classification: Full time, Regular, Exempt

Reports to: Senior Director

Supervision Responsibilities: This position does not have supervision responsibilities

Travel Requirements: This position requires approximately 3-5 trips per year both in and outside of the U.S.

Start Date: January 4th, 2027

Application Deadline: August 31 by 5pm PT

The CLIMA Fund

The CLIMA Fund is a collaboration among Global Greengrants Fund, Grassroots International, Thousand Currents, Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism, and Youth Climate Justice Fund. The CLIMA Fund offers a way for large funders to efficiently and effectively reach grassroots work in over 160 countries. We holistically support climate movement-building, from rapid response for environmental defenders to long-term partnership and support to social movements. We partner with movements advancing food sovereignty, water and forest protection, gender justice, and Indigenous rights, recognizing that systemic transformation is led from the ground up.

Position Overview

The Director of Programs & Learning is responsible for strengthening CLIMA’s programmatic collaboration through leading strategic initiatives and our learning structures. This role serves as a connector across member organizations, helping coordinate and facilitate the Learning and Evaluation Team and Programs Team. They will develop and lead organizational learning, and advance key initiatives and research that support our work influencing large climate philanthropies and visibilizing movement-led climate solutions. 

The ideal candidate brings strong facilitation, learning, and strategic coordination skills, with an ability to translate insights into action and support collaboration across diverse people and organizational cultures. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable stewarding learning processes, coordinating initiatives, and supporting strategic planning.

Key Responsibilities

1. Programmatic Leadership & Initiative Coordination (Approximately 60% of the role)

• Lead implementation and evolution of the Let It Flow Initiative, which is raising funds for grassroots-led watershed protection and restoration work in three pilot regions globally, including strategy development, partnership coordination, fundraising support, and learning and evaluation components.
• Support implementation of the Democracy’s Immune System Initiative, including contributing to narrative materials, partnership engagement, and fundraising. 
• Support and lead development and implementation of emerging programmatic initiatives as relevant. 
• Ensure alignment between programmatic priorities and external communications and fundraising narratives by translating movement analysis and programmatic learning into compelling stories, evidence, and framing.
• Facilitate and coordinate the cross-fund Programs Team, including supporting collective learning, identifying collaborative activities that can strengthen members’ respective work, and ensuring transparent communication. 
• Represent CLIMA in philanthropic and partner spaces as appropriate.

2. Learning, Evaluation & Research (Approximately 25% of the role)

• Work closely with member organizations and Learning & Evaluation colleagues to synthesize lessons, emerging trends, and strategic implications for CLIMA’s work.
• Steward CLIMA’s learning and evaluation processes, including evaluating CLIMA’s strategies and advancing our collective learning agenda. 
• Facilitate and coordinate the Learning and Evaluation Team.
• Support development of impact frameworks and learning tools for initiatives, CLIMA’s influencing strategy, and CLIMA’s collective learning processes. 
• Manage ongoing research initiatives, including research on the mitigation impact of grassroots movements (e.g., Soil to Sky report series).

3. Collaborative Leadership & Facilitation (Approximately 15% of the role)

• Support strategic planning and organizational reflection processes.
• Identify areas to strengthen collaboration and communication across CLIMA’s member organizations as needed. 
• Help steward organizational culture rooted in collaboration, equity, and care.
• Bring programmatic insights and political analysis into organizational decision-making.

Candidate Profile

Experience and Competencies

• At least 10 years of experience in climate justice, philanthropy, movement-building, organizational learning, or related fields, with direct experience partnering with grassroots climate justice movements. 
• Experience managing complex initiatives across organizations, networks, or collaborations.
• Strong facilitation and relationship-building skills.
• Experience designing learning and evaluation processes.
• Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills with an ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and produce compelling written and digital materials
• Strong understanding of climate justice, systems change, and movement-led approaches.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, coordinating across teams and geographies. Has the ability to stay on top of multiple projects: plans backwards, anticipates obstacles, identifies and involves stakeholders appropriately, and uses resources wisely.
• Demonstrated success translating learnings into strategy and actionable initiatives from ideation to implementation.
• Deep commitment to justice, equity, and solidarity practice.
• Collaborative leadership style and comfort working across organizational boundaries.
• Curiosity, humility, and a learning orientation.

Application Instructions

To apply, please submit a resume and respond to our screening questions.  The deadline to apply is Monday, August 31st at 5pm PT. We anticipate holding interviews in September through early November and our desired start date for the candidate is January 4, 2027.

Do you think this might be you?

If you see yourself in this job description but don’t feel like you meet every single criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway! Research shows that individuals from historically marginalized groups, particularly women, trans, non-binary folks, and BIPOC, tend to self-select out of opportunities at higher rates. We take a holistic approach to all of our hiring practices and want to hire those who best align with our mission and goals.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary: $123,000

Location: Flexible / Remote position with a requirement to work ~3 hours between 8AM and 12PM PST, at least four days per week (Monday–Friday)

Job Classification: Full time, Regular, Exempt

Reports to: Senior Director

Supervision Responsibilities: This position doesn’t currently have supervision responsibilities, but may have a direct report in the future

Travel Requirements: This position requires approximately 5-8 trips per year both in and outside of the U.S.

Start Date: January 04, 2027

Application Deadline: August 31 by 5pm PT

The CLIMA Fund

The CLIMA Fund is a collaboration among Global Greengrants Fund, Grassroots International, Thousand Currents, Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism, and the Youth Climate Justice Fund. The CLIMA Fund offers a way for large funders to efficiently and effectively reach grassroots work in over 160 countries. We holistically support climate movement-building, from rapid response for environmental defenders to long-term partnership and support to social movements. We partner with movements advancing food sovereignty, water and forest protection, gender justice, and Indigenous rights, recognizing that systemic transformation is led from the ground up.

Position Overview

The Director of Strategic Partnerships (DSP) will expand CLIMA Fund’s philanthropic growth strategy—growing investments in grassroots climate justice movements while helping reshape how climate philanthropy understands impact, scale, and systems change. The DSP will be responsible for expanding CLIMA’s philanthropic influence, strengthening its internal fundraising systems, and cultivating strategic donor relationships. This role sits at the intersection of fundraising and philanthropic influencing, helping translate movement-led climate solutions for philanthropic audiences while growing CLIMA’s long-term sustainability.

The CLIMA Fund has raised $35M+ in five years. Our annual budget was $6.1M in FY26, supported by 26 foundations and 18 individuals, and our aim is to grow to more than $8M in multi-year funding in FY27. Although the majority of our budget comes from family foundations and individual donors, our influencing strategy aims to bridge to large mitigation-focused foundations, philanthropic advisors, and new climate philanthropists, where much of global climate philanthropy is concentrated. 

Climate philanthropy is undergoing rapid transformation. As new wealth enters this philanthropic sector, there is an unprecedented opportunity to expand investment in effective climate solutions. This role will help shape both CLIMA’s growth and the broader evolution of climate philanthropy. The CLIMA Fund is uniquely positioned to expand understanding of what constitutes climate impact and scale, and to channel greater resources toward grassroots climate justice movements worldwide.

The ideal candidate combines strong fundraising experience with a sophisticated understanding of climate philanthropy and the ability to engage institutional funders, family philanthropies, and high-net-wealth donors. The successful candidate will be both a relationship-builder and a strategist, capable of identifying new opportunities while stewarding existing partnerships. The CLIMA Fund team is small (currently 1.6 FTE) but growing (expected 3.6 FTE by 2027), and functions as a network secretariat, which means that the successful candidate will ‘wear many hats’, be self-led, and be comfortable operating with ambiguity and adapting to shifting priorities and responsibilities. As a small organization, the DSP will need to feel comfortable with both strategy and execution as a small fundraising team.

Key Responsibilities

1. Philanthropic Influencing & Strategic Partnerships (Approximately 45% of the role)

• Co-develop and co-lead CLIMA’s strategy for influencing major climate foundations and high-net-wealth philanthropists alongside the CLIMA Fund Director, including identifying target institutions and individuals, developing engagement pathways, coordinating relationship ownership across member organizations, and tracking progress toward strategic objectives.
• Build relationships with key philanthropic influencers, donor networks, philanthropic advisors, and other strategic partners.
• Design, coordinate, and deliver donor education programming, including translating CLIMA’s programmatic learning and analysis for key philanthropic audiences through briefings, publications, webinars, funder events, and conference sessions.
• Support member organizations in communicating movement-led approaches to funders in their own strategies and donor engagement efforts as relevant. 
• Represent CLIMA in philanthropic spaces, conferences, and strategic convenings to amplify CLIMA’s influence and visibility.
• Monitor and synthesize emerging trends in climate philanthropy and identify opportunities for engagement and influence.

2. Fundraising & Donor Stewardship (Approximately 40% of the role)

• Develop and implement strategies to expand CLIMA’s base of multi-year, unrestricted funding by 50% by 2028. 
• Lead cultivation plans, reporting schedules, forecasting processes, and stewardship systems.
• Write proposals, reports, donor communications, and fundraising materials for current and prospective donors.
• Identify and cultivate new philanthropic relationships beyond CLIMA’s current donor network.
• Coordinate member intelligence and relationships to pursue strategic donor opportunities, including mapping existing relationships, identifying entry points, and aligning engagement strategies across member organizations.

3. Organizational Systems & Coordination (Approximately 15% of the role)

• Facilitate the cross-fund Fundraising Team with representatives from the five member foundations.
• Maintain development systems, forecasting, and tracking.
• Strengthen coordination between CLIMA’s fundraising, communications, learning, and program functions.
• Support organizational planning related to fundraising and donor engagement.
• Attend annual CLIMA strategy meetings and monthly team meetings. 

Candidate Profile

Experience and Required Core Competencies

• At least 10 years of experience in philanthropy, fundraising, partnership development, or related fields.
• Demonstrated success cultivating and stewarding institutional, family, and individual donors.
• Strong understanding of climate justice, systems change, and movement-led approaches.
• Strong understanding of climate philanthropy and philanthropic trends.
• Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills with an ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and produce compelling written and digital materials.
• Demonstrated success translating strategic vision into actionable initiatives and guiding concepts from ideation to implementation.
• Experience developing fundraising strategies and donor engagement systems.
• Ability to translate complex ideas into compelling narratives for diverse audiences.
• Comfort representing organizations in high-level philanthropic spaces.
• Experience with project management with the ability to stay on top of multiple projects: plans backwards, anticipates obstacles, identifies and involves stakeholders appropriately, and uses resources wisely.
• Experience managing complex initiatives across organizations, networks, or collaborations.
• Deep commitment to justice, equity, and movement-led change with experience in the Climate Justice sector preferred
• Ability to bridge different cultures, perspectives, and sectors.
• Collaborative leadership style and comfort working across organizational boundaries.
• Passion for how philanthropy can evolve to better support systemic transformation.

Application Instructions

To apply, please submit a resume and respond to our screening questions . The deadline to apply is Monday, August 31st at 5pm PT. We anticipate holding interviews in September through early November and our desired start date for the candidate is January 4, 2027.

Do you think this might be you?

If you see yourself in this job description but don’t feel like you meet every single criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway! Research shows that individuals from historically marginalized groups, particularly women, trans, non-binary folks, and BIPOC, tend to self-select out of opportunities at higher rates. We take a holistic approach to all of our hiring practices and want to hire those who best align with our mission and goals.

Position: Full Time
Team: Learning Global Programs Team
Location: Remote, Global
Salary: $152,000 USD
Reports to: Vice President of Global Probrams
Supervises: Data and Knowledge Manager
Travel: Up to 10% annually 

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted through August 31, 2026, and reviewed on a rolling basis as they are received. Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as the position may close before the deadline if a strong candidate pool emerges.
 

WHO WE ARE
At Thousand Currents, we believe the people most affected by injustice are the ones already building the solutions. Around the world, peasant farmers, Indigenous communities, women’s collectives, and grassroots movements are organizing across borders to transform food, energy, and the commons as  well as the underlying economic systems. Our role is to back them with flexible funding, with the relationships and platforms that amplify their leadership, and with the long-term solidarity that movement-building requires. 

Thousand Currents funds, connects, and supports visionary grassroots groups and movements leading solutions in food, climate, and the economy. We support our movement partners in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Pacific with core, flexible, long-term grants and value-added services.

OUR VALUES

We envision a future where community-led movements have transformed the way we grow food, generate energy, and build economies, creating a world where people and planet thrive together. To realize this vision, we embrace and practice a clear set of values: 

• Courage – We confront injustice and inequality with love, strength, conviction, and integrity.
• Humility – We are part of a greater whole. We are one among many currents. We recognize our place among many forces for good and change that exist in the world.
• Experimentation – In order to take principled actions together, we prioritize learning, commit to self-reflection, embrace trial and error, and honor multiple ways of knowing.
• Creative collaboration – We share power, practices, and resources to reimagine new ways of living.
• Interdependence – With our futures intertwined, we respect all beings and build authentic relationships to move forward together.

POSITION OVERVIEW

In late 2025, following extensive consultation with our partners, Thousand Currents embarked on a new strategy. In turn, the organization has been revamping its Learning Framework to guide strategy implementation and adaptation over the coming years. 

The Senior Director of Learning & Impact partners with the Executive Team to lead the ongoing work of building the systems, culture, and practices to foster learning across the organization and demonstrate our impact. 

As the steward of the Organizational Learning framework, this role provides teams with technical support, and advises on refinements to Learning systems, tools, and processes. While the role has an organization-wide scope, it is positioned in the Global Programs Team, reporting to the VP of Global Programs and with a dotted line to the VP of Operations. 

Key Responsibilities: 

Functional Leadership & Strategy (30%)

• Serve as internal (and external) champion of Thousand Currents’ values aligned approach to learning, ensuring its clear articulation and supporting embeddedness in practice 
• Oversee implementation and on-going refinement of Thousand Currents’ organizational learning framework and related systems in service of the organizational strategy
• Closely collaborate with the Executive Team to ensure shared ownership and accountability for learning across the organization and continuous improvement in organizational learning practices and systems
• Leverage “birds eye view” on organizational learning data and practices to lift up significant cross-team patterns and themes for Executive Team discussion
• Build and regularly refresh staff understanding of the learning framework, including its purpose, logic, connection to their work and their role in the learning process
• Oversee further development of online Learning Platform that integrates existing systems and serves as a “one stop shop” to access accurate learning framework data 
• Consult to the VP of Operations to ensure alignment of organization-wide processes and tools for planning, learning and evaluation 
• Define annual priorities and budget for the Learning & Impact function, ensuring regular budget monitoring 
• Engage peers and maintain knowledge of sector trends and best practices, incorporating relevant insights to inform Thousand Currents’ internal approach
• Represent Thousand Currents in priority learning and evaluation spaces, where engagement will strengthen our practices

Data and Knowledge Production and Dissemination (40%)

• Collaboratively, with relevant staff across teams, develop and/or refine values-aligned organisational methodology, standards, processes and tools to collect and review key data, support analysis and collective sensemaking to inform adaptation
• Ensure integration of data and learning practices and systems across different teams so that they are well aligned and working together to support organizational learning
• In collaboration with the Data & Knowledge Manager, maintain annual rhythms, systems and processes to aggregate information and insights from TC teams to inform collective organizational learning and evaluation 
• Closely coordinate with Global Programs team members to support data gathering from grantee partners and lead quality control and analysis efforts
• Ensure that data systems are meeting reporting needs, actively facilitating collective and cross team sense-making as appropriate for aligned data interpretation and analysis  
• Steward responsible data practices across the organization including with regard to how data is collected, stored, accessed and used
• In collaboration with the Communications Team, guide the crafting of compelling stories that convey meaningful learnings and insights and support strategic dissemination of key learning 

Cultivate a culture and practice of learning (15%)

• Build relationships with colleagues across teams as a foundation for consistent, honest, ongoing collaborative planning, learning, adaptation and impact sharing
• Design and facilitate implementation of periodic organization-wide reflections; galvanizing collective sensemaking the storytelling and accompanying team-based reflection where requested 
• Partner with and provide technical assistance to teams to strengthen capacities to embed and make good use of learning systems and practices in their work
• Model and encourage orientations consistent with an organizational culture of continuous learning, experimentation and improvement (ie humility, openness curiosity)  
• Support leaders in the organization to utilize evidence and data for decision making and reviewing organizational performance

Staff management, development and support (5%) 

• Attract, develop, coach, and retain high-performance team members, empowering them to elevate their level of responsibility and performance and practice the same learning culture that you’re building for the organization
• Thoughtfully navigate power differentials, inviting feedback and practicing self-awareness 
• Apply organizational policies consistently and support your staff in understanding and practicing them 
• Model and facilitate practices of care and support for realistic workloads
• Foster a collaborative, aligned, and joyful work environment 

Organizational Collaboration (10%)

• Show up fully for organizational activities, including staff meetings, retreats, and trainings; 
• Pitch in when needed for organization-wide activities, such as the Thousand Currents Academy, annual events, fundraising drives, etc.;
• Manage your own regular administration, including timely submission of receipts, reimbursement requests, scheduling, travel planning, filing HR paperwork etc.
• Model Thousand Currents’ values, contributing to a positive organizational culture 

Note: Thousand Currents is committed to responding flexibly to changing circumstances and priorities which means that the expectations of every position are dynamic. This description reflects the assignment of essential functions, but does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. 

Qualifications and Experience

We recognize that people gain skills through a variety of experiences. We encourage applications from candidates who meet most of the criteria and are committed to our values. We are looking for someone who brings most of the following:

• Significant senior-level experience ( 10+ years) leading learning, evaluation, applied research, or a closely related field  (in social justice philanthropy, movement-aligned organizations, applied research institutions, or comparable settings.)
• Knowledge base in one or more of Thousand Currents’ thematic areas (e.g., food sovereignty, agroecology, energy democracy, climate justice, stewardship of the commons, and economic justice).
• Experience partnering with social justice and movement formations across, especially in the global majority. Strong preference for candidates who come from the communities we partner with across Latin America & the Caribbean, Africa, Asia & the Pacific.
• A track record of developing and implementing processes that advance rigor and learning across an organization.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships of trust and effective collaboration as a foundation for learning
• Strong project management experience and excellent organizational skills; able to simultaneously facilitate the work of multiple teams.
• Experience working with CRM and/or knowledge management systems to support learning, data integrity, cross-team collaboration, and organizational reporting.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to distill and explain complex concepts.
• Experience leading the production of major analytical and knowledge products, including strategic reflections, evaluations, retrospective studies, case studies
• Strong facilitation skills and experience designing and holding spaces for collective sensemaking, reflection, and honest engagement with data.
• Flexibility, creativity and the ability to contribute at both strategic and tactical levels in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• A personal style characterized by humility, self-awareness, accessibility, intellectual curiosity and a genuine team orientation.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fully remote, geographically dispersed and culturally diverse team, using digital tools to communicate, collaborate, and manage work across multiple timezones.

Please note: We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or relocation assistance.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands of this position are light and may require walking or standing to a significant degree. The position requires frequent computer use at a workstation. Availability to travel and maintenance of a valid passport is required. Travel represents up to 10% of the time for this position. Thousand Currents will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. This job description and its physical requirements will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity.  

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Thousand Currents is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical condition including acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related conditions. 

To Apply
Please submit:

• Your CV or resume
• A targeted cover letter (maximum one page) that describes your ethos and approach to learning and evaluation, along with specific examples of your relevant experience navigating the complexities of this work.  In your cover letter, please focus on your experience rather than general statements of interest.

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted through August 31, 2026, and reviewed on a rolling basis as they are received. Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as the position may close before the deadline if a strong candidate pool emerges.

If you need accommodations during the application or recruitment process, please contact: humanresources@thousandcurrents.org.  

Catalyst Now, The Global Umbrella Movement for the World’s Social Innovators

Catalyst Now (formerly Catalyst 2030) is the global movement for social innovation. We connect over 7,000 social innovators, from grassroots initiatives to philanthropic organisations, from every corner of the globe, to drive collaborative change.

Our mission is to co-create spaces where the world’s social innovators connect, collaborate and contribute to transformational change.

Our Vision for 2025- 2029

The world is not short of solutions. It is short of alignment. Every day, millions of social innovators work on climate, inequality, health, livelihoods, and other SDGs. Yet most efforts remain under-recognised, under-resourced and disconnected from power, capital, and policy.

That’s where Catalyst Now comes in. We’re building the global umbrella movement for social innovators, across sectors and borders, to turn fragmented efforts into systemic change.

Our journey, which began as a WhatsApp group of visionary social entrepreneurs, has evolved into a global movement of more than 7,400 members representing over 4,900 organisations across 150+ countries.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Partnerships Intern supports the Resource Mobilization and Partnerships team in the day-to-day coordination of Catalyst Now’s fundraising and partnership activities. The role provides administrative and operational support to help ensure funding opportunities, grant processes, donor information, and partnership activities are well organized and effectively managed.

The Intern assists with researching funding opportunities, preparing proposal materials and supporting documents, maintaining grant and donor records, and tracking key deadlines and follow-up actions. The role also supports meeting coordination, scheduling, briefing materials, and communication across the team.

This position provides valuable hands-on experience in fundraising, partnerships, and grant management while contributing to the smooth delivery of Catalyst Now’s resource mobilization activities and helping the team meet its commitments to partners and donors.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities will include:

Scouting & Opportunity Support

• Support the identification and sharing of relevant funding opportunities.
• Assist with preparing opportunity summaries against Catalyst Now’s funding criteria before review.
• Help maintain the funding calendar and flag upcoming deadlines to the team.

Proposal Support

• Assist with drafting sections of grant proposals and supporting documents.
• Compile required attachments and documentation for proposal submissions.
• Support the team in meeting grant submission deadlines.

Pipeline & Administration

• Help keep the grants pipeline and donor database up to date.
• Assist with tracking invoices, agreements, and payments, and flag any outstanding items to the supervisor.

Internal Coordination & Administrative Support

• Schedule meetings and assist with coordinating logistics.
• Prepare and circulate meeting notes within agreed timelines.
• Assist in compiling presentation slides, briefing materials, and supporting documents.
• Help track deadlines and action items and provide reminders where needed.

Working Relationships

The role works closely with:

• The Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Team
• Programme and Secretariat staff
• External funders and partners (for operational coordination)

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

For this role, we invite applications from people who have:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• The ideal candidate has a background in nonprofit fundraising, grants management, or operations support
• Fluency in English
• Strong organisational and tracking skills
• Comfort working with CRMs, spreadsheets, and document systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Close attention to detail and reliability
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities
• Strong management skills with the ability to articulate complex information in a compelling way to advocate for change
• Ability to develop strategic engagement plans for individuals and organisations
• Proactive coordination skills to ensure seamless communication and pipeline management across different leads and initiatives

CATALYST NOW OFFERS

• This internship is for 3 months, full-time, 40hours/week.
• Catalyst Now offers the Intern the opportunity to work with colleagues from various countries and to challenge themselves within the context of a vibrant and growing organisation. 
• The opportunity to work in a fast-paced global environment, on-the-job training opportunities, and experience within an international NGO.

CONTRACTOR LOCATION

This position is remote and can be carried out from anywhere in the world with 5 hours overlap with CET working hours.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

The deadline for submitting applications is August 17, 2026. However, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the position may be filled earlier if the right candidate is identified. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 

HOW TO APPLY?

To apply, please fill out the application form

Completion time: 10 minutes.

To find out more about our work, look at our website

Catalyst Now actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We consider the experience of all candidates, irrespective of age, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation, disability, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment.

JOB LOCATION – GLOBAL (REMOTE)

ABOUT YLABS

YLabs is a leading global design and research organization designing technologies that amplify youth power, agency, and opportunity. Founded in 2014 at the Harvard Innovation Lab, YLabs partners with young people to co-create inclusive digital products and services that improve their lives. Our design process opens spaces where young people’s ideas can become a reality – where they are the architects of the solutions to their most pressing challenges.

YLabs multidisciplinary team delivers youth-driven innovation and impact at scale. Our team combines expertise in youth-driven design with adolescent health, climate, livelihoods, digital product design, behavioral science, and epidemiology. Based in Rwanda and the USA, we’ve worked in 18 countries to date on projects spanning three focus areas: optimum health and wellness, improved economic opportunity, and increased climate resilience.

Find out more about our projects here: https://www.ylabsglobal.org/work

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a Research Assistant to support our Climate x SRHR project and to conduct desk research, support stakeholder engagement, and contribute to research publications and dissemination materials.

The ideal candidate will have graduate-level training or equivalent experience in public health, social science, or a related field, strong research and writing skills, and a genuine interest in climate resilience and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).

This is a part-time role (10-20 hours/week), fully remote, contractor position reporting to the Research Lead.

APPLY HERE

JOB TYPE

This is an independent contractor (Consultancy) position, fully remote with no location restrictions. The initial contract term for this role is 2 months, with possibility of extension contingent on funding.

LOCATION

This is a fully remote role open to candidates in any location, with the ability to work flexible hours that allow for reasonable overlap with the YLabs US and East Africa teams.

ABOUT YLABS’ COMPENSATION

YLabs adheres to Project Fair’s principles and standards  to establish equity in pay with the overriding principle of “equal pay for work of equal value” outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals. All salary ranges are based on level within the organization and are competitive to regional and national salary benchmarks, based on the respective office location. 

PAY RATE
The pay range for this position is $21 – $29 USD per hour, commensurate with experience. This range is regionally benchmarked for an entry-level Research Assistant position in the YLabs US office. YLabs pays all full-time staff salaries in the local currency of the staff member’s permanent work location. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Conduct desk research 

• Literature reviews, policy analyses, and evidence summaries, plus citation management and maintenance of a shared evidence library

Support stakeholder engagement

• Note-taking, meeting prep, and maintenance of stakeholder databases, including coordination support for convenings

Draft and/or review proposals

• Contribute to proposal writing and provide technical review as needed

Support data analysis

• Apply quantitative or qualitative analysis skills as relevant to project needs

Support research publications

• Drafting, proofreading, and formatting

Prepare dissemination materials

• Decks, evidence briefs, and reports

Fact-check and QA

• Verify accuracy and quality of materials before they go external

YOU ARE:

• An excellent writer
• Detail oriented
• Enthusiastic, curious, problem solver
• Rigorous about sourcing, citations, and evidence quality
• A great communicator – speaks up when uncertain

APPLY HERE

DESIRABLE:

• Graduate student in a relevant field preferred
• Experience with any quantitative and/or qualitative data analysis software

APPLICATION PROCESS

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis by our Hiring Committee. YLabs recognizes the effort that goes into submitting an application; all applications received during the posting period will be reviewed, and all candidates will be notified of their application status once the hiring process begins.

All YLabs offers of employment are conditional on satisfactory background check and criminal record clearances.

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

YLabs is committed to building teams and policies that promote equity, justice, and belonging at work. We strongly encourage people from all cultures, races, educational backgrounds, socio-economic classes, sexual orientations, age, gender, and physical abilities to apply. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, familial status, marital status, caregiver status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.