Fair Wear is an Amsterdam-based, international non-profit organisation working to improve labour conditions in garment factories worldwide.
Fair Wear is looking for a Communications Officer for its External Relations & Communications team.
The contract will start as soon as possible and is for six months, 36 hours per week. The External Relations & Communications team focuses on liaising with Fair Wear’s international stakeholders. The team is responsible for the organisation’s external communication, maintaining its corporate identity, as well as its lobby & advocacy efforts.
The Communications Officer will support the team’s activities with a focus on digital communication.
Job responsibilities
• Creating and editing newsletters, website content & other mail-outs
• Uploading content to the Fair Wear website
• Developing and maintaining a Fair Wear image library
• Executing social media campaigns and sharing regular content
• Helping to coordinate the organisation’s reports/publications
• Assisting with event coordination
• Supporting the team (ad-hoc) where needed
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience working in a relevant field, such as communication, advertising, media and journalism (or current students in such a programme)
• Native English speaker or equivalent
• Excellent proofreading and editing skills
• Able to work independently and in a team
• Flexible and hands-on approach, able to take initiative
• Affinity with Fair Wear’s vision and mission
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and social media platforms
• Experience with WordPress, Photoshop, and Hootsuite desired
Please visit www.fairwear.org for more information about our organisation.
For any questions about the position, you can contact Ellen Keith or Cesca Boughton (+31-20-4084255).
We offer a salary in accordance with the Dutch government remuneration system (BBRA) scale 10, depending on relevant experience. If you are interested, please send your CV and cover letter to vacancy@fairwear.org no later than 15 November 2019.
We will interview candidates in the second half of November. Recruitment agencies are asked to refrain from approaching Fair Wear about this or any other vacancy.
Nov 08, 2019
Early Career (0-3 years)
Fair Wear is an Amsterdam-based, international non-profit organisation working to improve labour conditions in garment factories worldwide.
Fair Wear is looking for a Communications Officer for its External Relations & Communications team.
The contract will start as soon as possible and is for six months, 36 hours per week. The External Relations & Communications team focuses on liaising with Fair Wear’s international stakeholders. The team is responsible for the organisation’s external communication, maintaining its corporate identity, as well as its lobby & advocacy efforts.
The Communications Officer will support the team’s activities with a focus on digital communication.
Job responsibilities
• Creating and editing newsletters, website content & other mail-outs
• Uploading content to the Fair Wear website
• Developing and maintaining a Fair Wear image library
• Executing social media campaigns and sharing regular content
• Helping to coordinate the organisation’s reports/publications
• Assisting with event coordination
• Supporting the team (ad-hoc) where needed
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience working in a relevant field, such as communication, advertising, media and journalism (or current students in such a programme)
• Native English speaker or equivalent
• Excellent proofreading and editing skills
• Able to work independently and in a team
• Flexible and hands-on approach, able to take initiative
• Affinity with Fair Wear’s vision and mission
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and social media platforms
• Experience with WordPress, Photoshop, and Hootsuite desired
Please visit www.fairwear.org for more information about our organisation.
For any questions about the position, you can contact Ellen Keith or Cesca Boughton (+31-20-4084255).
We offer a salary in accordance with the Dutch government remuneration system (BBRA) scale 10, depending on relevant experience. If you are interested, please send your CV and cover letter to vacancy@fairwear.org no later than 15 November 2019.
We will interview candidates in the second half of November. Recruitment agencies are asked to refrain from approaching Fair Wear about this or any other vacancy.
Job Description: Director
Can business be a force for good? Can the private sector ignite the spirit of service in society? Can a business have outstanding success from a financial perspective by dedicating time, talent and financial resources to a social cause?
If you believe that the answer to these questions is yes, then this interests you.
Virtuous Circle is looking for a Director to join our Chicago-based team, to work directly with our CEO.
Virtuous Circle is a young company - launching operationally in January 2020 - that builds on the synergy of its multifaceted team of business, CSR and nonprofit leaders and founders. We bring our experience together to build Signature Social Impact Programs that generate meaningful social impact and grow the business of our client companies. We believe that a virtuous circle can be designed and built between meaningful service and business growth, and that purpose in business is increasing rapidly in importance, especially to younger generations.
We know that individuals have causes that speak to them - causes that they want to align with. We also believe that a business can have a cause that is naturally aligned with the business’ core focus. A Signature Social Impact Program harnesses that cause and that passion, allowing the team to use their skills, their work and their talent to tackle a pressing social issue together with their employer. We have seen how this can lead to exponential growth on the social impact end, while also renewing employee passion, strengthening teams, developing leadership skills and increasing consumer confidence on the business end.
The day-to-day responsibilities as Director will be:
Engaging directly with companies and private equity firms to creatively construct company-specific Signature Social Impact Programs naturally aligned with their core business
Assessing stakeholder interests and research of aligned causes
Engaging company volunteer ‘champions’ to inspire a business-wide movement
Company specific analysis of the benefits and risks of different delivery models (partnership, collaboration, etc.) and financial management models (corporate foundations, third party nonprofits, etc.)
Active involvement in all stages of the engagement, from executive engagement through ideation, design, construction, launch and management of the Signature Social Impact Program
Working with client companies to integrate and align their Signature Social Impact Program and to allow for organic growth throughout business workstreams
We are looking for someone who is:
Passionate - for meaningful service and social impact. Someone who wants to inspire a movement for meaningful service in the world
Creative - can locate and cultivate the space of complementarity between business goals and social impact, designing new Signature Social Impact Programs from scratch across all industry sectors
Inspiring - can show people and businesses that the skills that they use every day can be leveraged for tremendous good, motivating them to get on board
Motivated and wants to learn as we build this company and this engine for social impact together with our business, CSR and nonprofit leaders
Open to new ideas as we challenge the worlds of business and social impact to come together for mutual benefit
Required skills and education:
University degree (preferably MBA)
Minimum five years working in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility
Experience in impact measurement
Proficiency in Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
Virtuous Circle is a small team and the company is in early stages but growing fast, with exceptional business and nonprofit experience contributed by its founding members. Energetic, passionate, joyful and professional engagement is expected as we begin to harness the power and efficiency of business as well as the passion and urgency of social causes. Managing multiple company engagements across diverse industry sectors requires flexibility, focus and a nimble, creative mind. Must be a team player with a passion for starting something new with a team of professionals accustomed to the efficiency of the big leagues in business and the passion and rewards of results-based, innovative social impact.
To apply please send your CV and a short cover letter to stefan@virtuouscircle.com .
PLEASE NOTE we can only consider applications from candidates who hold the right to work in the USA.
Oct 29, 2019
Mid-Career (3-8 years)
Job Description: Director
Can business be a force for good? Can the private sector ignite the spirit of service in society? Can a business have outstanding success from a financial perspective by dedicating time, talent and financial resources to a social cause?
If you believe that the answer to these questions is yes, then this interests you.
Virtuous Circle is looking for a Director to join our Chicago-based team, to work directly with our CEO.
Virtuous Circle is a young company - launching operationally in January 2020 - that builds on the synergy of its multifaceted team of business, CSR and nonprofit leaders and founders. We bring our experience together to build Signature Social Impact Programs that generate meaningful social impact and grow the business of our client companies. We believe that a virtuous circle can be designed and built between meaningful service and business growth, and that purpose in business is increasing rapidly in importance, especially to younger generations.
We know that individuals have causes that speak to them - causes that they want to align with. We also believe that a business can have a cause that is naturally aligned with the business’ core focus. A Signature Social Impact Program harnesses that cause and that passion, allowing the team to use their skills, their work and their talent to tackle a pressing social issue together with their employer. We have seen how this can lead to exponential growth on the social impact end, while also renewing employee passion, strengthening teams, developing leadership skills and increasing consumer confidence on the business end.
The day-to-day responsibilities as Director will be:
Engaging directly with companies and private equity firms to creatively construct company-specific Signature Social Impact Programs naturally aligned with their core business
Assessing stakeholder interests and research of aligned causes
Engaging company volunteer ‘champions’ to inspire a business-wide movement
Company specific analysis of the benefits and risks of different delivery models (partnership, collaboration, etc.) and financial management models (corporate foundations, third party nonprofits, etc.)
Active involvement in all stages of the engagement, from executive engagement through ideation, design, construction, launch and management of the Signature Social Impact Program
Working with client companies to integrate and align their Signature Social Impact Program and to allow for organic growth throughout business workstreams
We are looking for someone who is:
Passionate - for meaningful service and social impact. Someone who wants to inspire a movement for meaningful service in the world
Creative - can locate and cultivate the space of complementarity between business goals and social impact, designing new Signature Social Impact Programs from scratch across all industry sectors
Inspiring - can show people and businesses that the skills that they use every day can be leveraged for tremendous good, motivating them to get on board
Motivated and wants to learn as we build this company and this engine for social impact together with our business, CSR and nonprofit leaders
Open to new ideas as we challenge the worlds of business and social impact to come together for mutual benefit
Required skills and education:
University degree (preferably MBA)
Minimum five years working in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility
Experience in impact measurement
Proficiency in Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
Virtuous Circle is a small team and the company is in early stages but growing fast, with exceptional business and nonprofit experience contributed by its founding members. Energetic, passionate, joyful and professional engagement is expected as we begin to harness the power and efficiency of business as well as the passion and urgency of social causes. Managing multiple company engagements across diverse industry sectors requires flexibility, focus and a nimble, creative mind. Must be a team player with a passion for starting something new with a team of professionals accustomed to the efficiency of the big leagues in business and the passion and rewards of results-based, innovative social impact.
To apply please send your CV and a short cover letter to stefan@virtuouscircle.com .
PLEASE NOTE we can only consider applications from candidates who hold the right to work in the USA.
Membership Manager (12 month fixed term contract) £35,090 – £39,680 per annum
We’re recruiting for a Membership Manager to join our dynamic membership team.
This is the perfect role for you if you have over two years’ experience of working within a company’s responsible business or CSR team and are looking to develop your career.
In this varied role you’ll be helping businesses from a wide range of sectors to develop their responsible business strategies and create and deliver an exciting programme of events that help our members to support their local communities, reduce their environmental impact and tackle diversity and wellbeing at work.
For more information about the role, please see the job information pack .
To apply, please apply online (search job reference OOTC751) or send your CV and covering letter to info@theheartofthecity.com.
The closing date for applications is midday on Monday 18 November.
Oct 29, 2019
Early Career (0-3 years)
Membership Manager (12 month fixed term contract) £35,090 – £39,680 per annum
We’re recruiting for a Membership Manager to join our dynamic membership team.
This is the perfect role for you if you have over two years’ experience of working within a company’s responsible business or CSR team and are looking to develop your career.
In this varied role you’ll be helping businesses from a wide range of sectors to develop their responsible business strategies and create and deliver an exciting programme of events that help our members to support their local communities, reduce their environmental impact and tackle diversity and wellbeing at work.
For more information about the role, please see the job information pack .
To apply, please apply online (search job reference OOTC751) or send your CV and covering letter to info@theheartofthecity.com.
The closing date for applications is midday on Monday 18 November.
Forum for the Future | School of System Change program producer US
Advert
Forum for the Future: School of System Change Program Producer US
Starting salary: ca $61,500 per annum
Location: New York
Do you want to support people from all over the world to learn about systems change approaches for complex challenges? We’re looking for a supremely organized, perceptive, proactive, energetic program manager to join our global team responsible for the School of System Change – one of our organization’s fastest growing and most dynamic areas of work.
About us
Forum for the Future is a leading global sustainability non-profit. For over 20 years we’ve been working in partnership with business, governments and civil society to accelerate the shift toward a sustainable future. We specialize in addressing critical global challenges by catalyzing change in key systems.
About the team
The School of System Change is our learning branch, operating across our three geographies in Europe, the US and Asia, with the aim of growing a global community of changemakers, through offering learning programs, curating resources, and bringing people together.
This post sits within the School of System Change team, which has some dedicated people, and others working primarily in other workstreams, across Forum for the Future’s four offices – London, New York, Mumbai, Singapore.
About the role
The School of System Change Program Producer US will manage, organize, and coordinate planning and implementation, both within and across elements of School of System Change programming, focused on North America.
About you
The Program Producer will bring their ability to be both detail-oriented while seeing the big picture . You will have a strategic, visionary mindset to our work – spotting connections and insights gleaned from managing across different elements of the School and leading efforts to capture, document, and act on learning and insight as we continue to grow the School.
You have a passion for learning and sustainability or social change, and a desire help changemakers maximise their impact. You have an entrepreneurial approach, with at least five years of experience managing or leading complex projects or programs, preferably including a focus on sustainability and/or systems change, while also being comfortable with fast-moving, emerging strategies.
You will be someone who loves organizing and multi-tasking , and is a strong team player who doesn’t mind picking up smaller tasks to keep things moving. You will have excellent communication skills, including writing and using digital media.
You are highly IT competent, and are able to prioritize multiple tasks, plan ahead and meet deadlines. We’ll expect you to be a team player - able to work adaptably and effectively across a matrixed structure, geographies, and external partner organizations.
You have experience:
Developing relationships and meaningfully engaging with both internal and external stakeholders
Supporting or leading fundraising efforts, potentially including nurturing opportunities, grant-writing, overseeing processes and administrative needs
Supporting or leading outreach and marketing efforts, engaging new audiences and building communities
You have an ability to:
Support thinking on global / long-term strategy, and translate that into regionally-specific project plans
Form partnerships that drive mutual value
Take a proactive approach to making recommendations, experimentation, and iteration in response to learning, while working toward a long-term vision
Take large quantities of content and distil key points, structuring and editing writing for a range of publications: brochures, reports, blog articles, etc.
Bring an acute design sensibility, both in terms of visualising complex information, and understanding of design processes
Finally, you’ll bring with you:
Commitment to Forum’s purpose, values, culture and a sustainable future
Sustainability knowledge and systems thinking
An enabling attitude, readily providing support, coaching and inspiration to people inside and outside of Forum
Personal resilience, self-reflection, continual learning and development
In return, we offer a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of systems thinking and change making. We work as a close knit, dynamic, and supportive team. We offer various opportunities for flexible working to help you manage your work life balance. We at Forum for the Future believe in being courageous, adaptive, inquisitive, respectful, empathetic and playful.
We look forward to meeting you!
Application process
To find out more details about this vacancy, including full job description and application process, please visit this page https://www.forumforthefuture.org/school-of-system-change-program-producer-us
Oct 29, 2019
Mid-Career (3-8 years)
Forum for the Future | School of System Change program producer US
Advert
Forum for the Future: School of System Change Program Producer US
Starting salary: ca $61,500 per annum
Location: New York
Do you want to support people from all over the world to learn about systems change approaches for complex challenges? We’re looking for a supremely organized, perceptive, proactive, energetic program manager to join our global team responsible for the School of System Change – one of our organization’s fastest growing and most dynamic areas of work.
About us
Forum for the Future is a leading global sustainability non-profit. For over 20 years we’ve been working in partnership with business, governments and civil society to accelerate the shift toward a sustainable future. We specialize in addressing critical global challenges by catalyzing change in key systems.
About the team
The School of System Change is our learning branch, operating across our three geographies in Europe, the US and Asia, with the aim of growing a global community of changemakers, through offering learning programs, curating resources, and bringing people together.
This post sits within the School of System Change team, which has some dedicated people, and others working primarily in other workstreams, across Forum for the Future’s four offices – London, New York, Mumbai, Singapore.
About the role
The School of System Change Program Producer US will manage, organize, and coordinate planning and implementation, both within and across elements of School of System Change programming, focused on North America.
About you
The Program Producer will bring their ability to be both detail-oriented while seeing the big picture . You will have a strategic, visionary mindset to our work – spotting connections and insights gleaned from managing across different elements of the School and leading efforts to capture, document, and act on learning and insight as we continue to grow the School.
You have a passion for learning and sustainability or social change, and a desire help changemakers maximise their impact. You have an entrepreneurial approach, with at least five years of experience managing or leading complex projects or programs, preferably including a focus on sustainability and/or systems change, while also being comfortable with fast-moving, emerging strategies.
You will be someone who loves organizing and multi-tasking , and is a strong team player who doesn’t mind picking up smaller tasks to keep things moving. You will have excellent communication skills, including writing and using digital media.
You are highly IT competent, and are able to prioritize multiple tasks, plan ahead and meet deadlines. We’ll expect you to be a team player - able to work adaptably and effectively across a matrixed structure, geographies, and external partner organizations.
You have experience:
Developing relationships and meaningfully engaging with both internal and external stakeholders
Supporting or leading fundraising efforts, potentially including nurturing opportunities, grant-writing, overseeing processes and administrative needs
Supporting or leading outreach and marketing efforts, engaging new audiences and building communities
You have an ability to:
Support thinking on global / long-term strategy, and translate that into regionally-specific project plans
Form partnerships that drive mutual value
Take a proactive approach to making recommendations, experimentation, and iteration in response to learning, while working toward a long-term vision
Take large quantities of content and distil key points, structuring and editing writing for a range of publications: brochures, reports, blog articles, etc.
Bring an acute design sensibility, both in terms of visualising complex information, and understanding of design processes
Finally, you’ll bring with you:
Commitment to Forum’s purpose, values, culture and a sustainable future
Sustainability knowledge and systems thinking
An enabling attitude, readily providing support, coaching and inspiration to people inside and outside of Forum
Personal resilience, self-reflection, continual learning and development
In return, we offer a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of systems thinking and change making. We work as a close knit, dynamic, and supportive team. We offer various opportunities for flexible working to help you manage your work life balance. We at Forum for the Future believe in being courageous, adaptive, inquisitive, respectful, empathetic and playful.
We look forward to meeting you!
Application process
To find out more details about this vacancy, including full job description and application process, please visit this page https://www.forumforthefuture.org/school-of-system-change-program-producer-us
Want to challenge yourself at a high-growth startup AND make a difference in the world?
A bit about us:
Who Gives a Crap sells beautiful, forest friendly toilet paper, paper towels and tissues and we donate 50% of our profits to help build toilets for those in need. As much as we love toilet paper, the reason we’re in business is the impact we’re having on the world—to date we’ve donated $1,800,000 to our charity partners to fund sanitation projects in developing countries, and with your help we’re hoping to grow our impact 10-fold in the next couple of years.
We're one of the fastest-growing e-commerce businesses in Australia and are now aggressively entering the North American and European markets, with insanely ambitious growth targets for this year and beyond. We currently have a team of over 60 people working out of Melbourne, Manilla, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong. We’re never happy with the status quo, though, so we’re planning to double or triple our team in the next year, and we won’t stop growing until everyone in the world has access to a toilet.
A bit about the role:
We’re a busy Creative Team made up of a Creative Director, Copy Lead, Designers, Video Content Creator and Social Media Manager (with more team members popping up on the horizon as we type, woah). We spend our days cranking out kick-ass content for social media, paid adverts, marketing campaigns and more. We are looking for a Copywriter to join our team who is passionate about engaging content and, if we’re being real, toilet humor in order to help us make our big ideas come to life.
Reporting to our Copy Lead, you’ll drive our brand voice across internal and external-facing communications, whoop our grammar bums into shape, and be on the front lines writing killer copy that makes our customers laugh, like and share.
If you worked here this past month here are some things you might have been involved in:
Worked with our Social Media Manager to create world-class, hardworking and delightful copy across all social platforms.
Helped bring to life our content calendar for social: either through brainstorming ideas, helping make fun videos or sharing inspiration
Worked with our video content team to help concept and storyboard a campaign for FB ads.
Wrote blog content that you and our global audience will be passionate about.
Conducted research about the coolest toilets in the world.
Joined team brainstorms about how to create campaigns to make our customers feel like special little butterflies.
Written this job post (well, not this one, but you know what we mean), and helping People & Culture team delight our candidates, too!
Iterated on old emails to turn them into something new and unexpected with the help of our Copy Lead
Worked closely with our designers to make your copy and their design work harmoniously as a customer experience
Teamed up with the Growth and Digital Product teams to create a/b test copy that help us understand our customers even more and what they need to be told at different parts of the purchasing experience
Looked for typos (well duh, you do that in your sleep anyway) and won prizes for every dumb mistake you find.
Used toilet paper and cardboard boxes to create costumes that would impress Bob Fosse.
Let’s talk about you
You’re timelessly trendy: You know how to write hard-working copy that converts, delights and engages. You’ve had some experience writing everything from web copy, to emails, to blog posts. You’re passionate about them all, but you have a soft spot for high-performing social media. You follow the trends and have a knack and knowing which ones will stick.
Our tone of voice is your tone of voice: A good writer will adopt the style o f the brand at hand, you know the drill. But, if you’ve read our copy, you’ll know that this job will be a whole lot more enjoyable if you find yourself naturally writing with a witty, fun and friendly style. Extra points if you’ve got the unique skill of crafting jokes in which no one is the butt of the joke. LOL BUTT.
You know how to throw a (metaphorical) party Yes, you’re a writer, but you’re not just focused on the words. You’re constantly thinking about fun ways to bring delight to our customers, you can think of high-end, campaignable ideas, as well as smaller scale, easier-to-deliver ones. We have big goals as a team to bring ridiculously delightful ideas that make us famous (and therefore increase our yearly donation amount to get more toilets to more people), and you’re good, no great , at presenting these big ideas. Ahem, do we have any Google Slides gurus out there?
Details schmetails: Well, not really. We’re on the hunt for someone super detail-oriented and organized. This should probably go without saying, but we’ll say it anyway. You know the difference between its and it’s / their and there. You even know the difference between less and fewer. You don’t use idioms that you don’t completely understand (phew). You’ve corrected your friend’s grammar on a number of occasions because you just can’t help yourself. You accidentally copy-edit every billboard you see. You know how to manage your time without being constantly chased and you’re a stickler about meeting deadlines.
You wear other people’s shoes: Not in a thieving kind of way, but in the way that you’re really good at seeing other people’s perspectives. You can imagine yourself as our customer and decide which copy would be more effective in each stage of their journey. You know the right questions to ask to make sure your copy is crystal clear.
Friendly humanoid : We always come together as a team to brainstorm and collaborate first before breaking away to nut out the finer details. Then, we come back together to get feedback from the team as well as invite other key people in the business to get their thoughts. You’re totally up for taking people along for a journey, in fact, you love it. People! They’re the best.
You give a crap: Yep. We’re all here because we genuinely want to make the world a better place with our work, and we want you to want that too! Awwww.
Why you should work with us
Every minute you spend working with us, you’re making a difference. The more we grow, the bigger an impact we’ll have. Sell your soul no longer! We think that’s a pretty great perk, but we don’t stop there…
If you have a great idea, we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. This is the kind of role that will be hard to find anywhere else: you’ll work with an incredible bunch of passionate people to grow a fast-paced startup at a crucial point in its trajectory.
The job is also amazingly flexible, something we’re working hard to hold onto even as we grow super quickly. We started the business remotely, and now have hubs in 4 cities around the world. While the team spends a few days of the week together in our coworking space, you can also mix it up and work in your PJs from home or set up shop at the beach, up to you! And while we don’t have a Friday drinks cart (yet), you will get free toilet paper. A lot of it. And nothing beats that.
Lastly, you get to say the word ‘crap’ more than in any other job. Guaranteed.
Salary
This depends on your experience but just because we’re a social enterprise doesn’t mean you’ll get paid peanuts. Think chocolate covered macadamia nuts with some extra perks thrown in. In other words, we pay competitively and are determined to make this the best job you'll ever have – you won’t ever want to leave!
On top of the normal perks like annual leave, we also provide flexibility to take extra unpaid leave or travel while working, we provide a health insurance stipend, generous parental leave, training and development budget and a whole lot of other stuff. And did we mention the free toilet paper?
Nov 11, 2019
Early Career (0-3 years)
Want to challenge yourself at a high-growth startup AND make a difference in the world?
A bit about us:
Who Gives a Crap sells beautiful, forest friendly toilet paper, paper towels and tissues and we donate 50% of our profits to help build toilets for those in need. As much as we love toilet paper, the reason we’re in business is the impact we’re having on the world—to date we’ve donated $1,800,000 to our charity partners to fund sanitation projects in developing countries, and with your help we’re hoping to grow our impact 10-fold in the next couple of years.
We're one of the fastest-growing e-commerce businesses in Australia and are now aggressively entering the North American and European markets, with insanely ambitious growth targets for this year and beyond. We currently have a team of over 60 people working out of Melbourne, Manilla, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong. We’re never happy with the status quo, though, so we’re planning to double or triple our team in the next year, and we won’t stop growing until everyone in the world has access to a toilet.
A bit about the role:
We’re a busy Creative Team made up of a Creative Director, Copy Lead, Designers, Video Content Creator and Social Media Manager (with more team members popping up on the horizon as we type, woah). We spend our days cranking out kick-ass content for social media, paid adverts, marketing campaigns and more. We are looking for a Copywriter to join our team who is passionate about engaging content and, if we’re being real, toilet humor in order to help us make our big ideas come to life.
Reporting to our Copy Lead, you’ll drive our brand voice across internal and external-facing communications, whoop our grammar bums into shape, and be on the front lines writing killer copy that makes our customers laugh, like and share.
If you worked here this past month here are some things you might have been involved in:
Worked with our Social Media Manager to create world-class, hardworking and delightful copy across all social platforms.
Helped bring to life our content calendar for social: either through brainstorming ideas, helping make fun videos or sharing inspiration
Worked with our video content team to help concept and storyboard a campaign for FB ads.
Wrote blog content that you and our global audience will be passionate about.
Conducted research about the coolest toilets in the world.
Joined team brainstorms about how to create campaigns to make our customers feel like special little butterflies.
Written this job post (well, not this one, but you know what we mean), and helping People & Culture team delight our candidates, too!
Iterated on old emails to turn them into something new and unexpected with the help of our Copy Lead
Worked closely with our designers to make your copy and their design work harmoniously as a customer experience
Teamed up with the Growth and Digital Product teams to create a/b test copy that help us understand our customers even more and what they need to be told at different parts of the purchasing experience
Looked for typos (well duh, you do that in your sleep anyway) and won prizes for every dumb mistake you find.
Used toilet paper and cardboard boxes to create costumes that would impress Bob Fosse.
Let’s talk about you
You’re timelessly trendy: You know how to write hard-working copy that converts, delights and engages. You’ve had some experience writing everything from web copy, to emails, to blog posts. You’re passionate about them all, but you have a soft spot for high-performing social media. You follow the trends and have a knack and knowing which ones will stick.
Our tone of voice is your tone of voice: A good writer will adopt the style o f the brand at hand, you know the drill. But, if you’ve read our copy, you’ll know that this job will be a whole lot more enjoyable if you find yourself naturally writing with a witty, fun and friendly style. Extra points if you’ve got the unique skill of crafting jokes in which no one is the butt of the joke. LOL BUTT.
You know how to throw a (metaphorical) party Yes, you’re a writer, but you’re not just focused on the words. You’re constantly thinking about fun ways to bring delight to our customers, you can think of high-end, campaignable ideas, as well as smaller scale, easier-to-deliver ones. We have big goals as a team to bring ridiculously delightful ideas that make us famous (and therefore increase our yearly donation amount to get more toilets to more people), and you’re good, no great , at presenting these big ideas. Ahem, do we have any Google Slides gurus out there?
Details schmetails: Well, not really. We’re on the hunt for someone super detail-oriented and organized. This should probably go without saying, but we’ll say it anyway. You know the difference between its and it’s / their and there. You even know the difference between less and fewer. You don’t use idioms that you don’t completely understand (phew). You’ve corrected your friend’s grammar on a number of occasions because you just can’t help yourself. You accidentally copy-edit every billboard you see. You know how to manage your time without being constantly chased and you’re a stickler about meeting deadlines.
You wear other people’s shoes: Not in a thieving kind of way, but in the way that you’re really good at seeing other people’s perspectives. You can imagine yourself as our customer and decide which copy would be more effective in each stage of their journey. You know the right questions to ask to make sure your copy is crystal clear.
Friendly humanoid : We always come together as a team to brainstorm and collaborate first before breaking away to nut out the finer details. Then, we come back together to get feedback from the team as well as invite other key people in the business to get their thoughts. You’re totally up for taking people along for a journey, in fact, you love it. People! They’re the best.
You give a crap: Yep. We’re all here because we genuinely want to make the world a better place with our work, and we want you to want that too! Awwww.
Why you should work with us
Every minute you spend working with us, you’re making a difference. The more we grow, the bigger an impact we’ll have. Sell your soul no longer! We think that’s a pretty great perk, but we don’t stop there…
If you have a great idea, we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. This is the kind of role that will be hard to find anywhere else: you’ll work with an incredible bunch of passionate people to grow a fast-paced startup at a crucial point in its trajectory.
The job is also amazingly flexible, something we’re working hard to hold onto even as we grow super quickly. We started the business remotely, and now have hubs in 4 cities around the world. While the team spends a few days of the week together in our coworking space, you can also mix it up and work in your PJs from home or set up shop at the beach, up to you! And while we don’t have a Friday drinks cart (yet), you will get free toilet paper. A lot of it. And nothing beats that.
Lastly, you get to say the word ‘crap’ more than in any other job. Guaranteed.
Salary
This depends on your experience but just because we’re a social enterprise doesn’t mean you’ll get paid peanuts. Think chocolate covered macadamia nuts with some extra perks thrown in. In other words, we pay competitively and are determined to make this the best job you'll ever have – you won’t ever want to leave!
On top of the normal perks like annual leave, we also provide flexibility to take extra unpaid leave or travel while working, we provide a health insurance stipend, generous parental leave, training and development budget and a whole lot of other stuff. And did we mention the free toilet paper?
Bloomberg Philanthropies drives measurable, local action on climate and sustainability through our programs including Sustainable Cities, Beyond Carbon, Global Coal and Air Pollution, Vibrant Oceans Initiative, Sustainable Finance, and through Mike Bloomberg’s unique roles as the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action and Chair of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
The Position:
The Environment team is adding two Program Associates to support the Program Manager for the Beyond Carbon and the Program Manager for Global Coal and Air Pollution. They will provide program management and administrative support, research and analysis. Strong written and oral communications, attention to detail, flexibility/availability and project management skills are a must.
They must be a team player who can manage multiple priorities, work with many stakeholders, and thrive in a fast-paced, results-driven environment…
Nov 08, 2019
Mid-Career (3-8 years)
Bloomberg Philanthropies drives measurable, local action on climate and sustainability through our programs including Sustainable Cities, Beyond Carbon, Global Coal and Air Pollution, Vibrant Oceans Initiative, Sustainable Finance, and through Mike Bloomberg’s unique roles as the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action and Chair of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
The Position:
The Environment team is adding two Program Associates to support the Program Manager for the Beyond Carbon and the Program Manager for Global Coal and Air Pollution. They will provide program management and administrative support, research and analysis. Strong written and oral communications, attention to detail, flexibility/availability and project management skills are a must.
They must be a team player who can manage multiple priorities, work with many stakeholders, and thrive in a fast-paced, results-driven environment…
The Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) and Programme Division (PD), based in New York Headquarters, would like to engage an Intern to help us to develop climate-resilient and cost-effective sanitation systems in humanitarian contexts. Working with UNICEF's Office of Emergency Programmes and the WASH Programme. The Inter Will Responsibilities Duties May Include But Are Not Limited To • Assist in developing a user-friendly Excel-based tool to calculate the costs and environmental impact implications of different sanitation options in humanitarian situations over mid- to long-term time horizons. • Adapt existing water provision cost and carbon costing projection tool into similar user-friendly format and assist in applying the tool to new investment contexts, as requested by UNICEF field offices. • Contribute to the training of UNICEF field offices in using the tool to identify opportunities for humanitarian/development nexus investment opportunities in the sanitation sector. • Collect data drawn from field offices to support a global business case for investment in sanitation systems in fragile contexts…
Nov 08, 2019
Internship
The Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) and Programme Division (PD), based in New York Headquarters, would like to engage an Intern to help us to develop climate-resilient and cost-effective sanitation systems in humanitarian contexts. Working with UNICEF's Office of Emergency Programmes and the WASH Programme. The Inter Will Responsibilities Duties May Include But Are Not Limited To • Assist in developing a user-friendly Excel-based tool to calculate the costs and environmental impact implications of different sanitation options in humanitarian situations over mid- to long-term time horizons. • Adapt existing water provision cost and carbon costing projection tool into similar user-friendly format and assist in applying the tool to new investment contexts, as requested by UNICEF field offices. • Contribute to the training of UNICEF field offices in using the tool to identify opportunities for humanitarian/development nexus investment opportunities in the sanitation sector. • Collect data drawn from field offices to support a global business case for investment in sanitation systems in fragile contexts…
As the Senior Partnerships Manager, you will:
Project Management: Manage and coordinate client engagements and communications over 6+ months as the team collaborates on timely, quality deliverables. Ensure all details are captured in the project management system and all stakeholders are well informed of team progress.
Relationship Management & Support: Own the day-to-day relationship and communication with the client, ensuring clients are well informed of our work and empowered to implement our recommended strategies. Client satisfaction will be measured by the renewal and deepening of client engagements.
Develop Processes: Institutionalize project management best practices and drive continuous improvement of client project management across organization.
Nov 06, 2019
Mid-Career (3-8 years)
As the Senior Partnerships Manager, you will:
Project Management: Manage and coordinate client engagements and communications over 6+ months as the team collaborates on timely, quality deliverables. Ensure all details are captured in the project management system and all stakeholders are well informed of team progress.
Relationship Management & Support: Own the day-to-day relationship and communication with the client, ensuring clients are well informed of our work and empowered to implement our recommended strategies. Client satisfaction will be measured by the renewal and deepening of client engagements.
Develop Processes: Institutionalize project management best practices and drive continuous improvement of client project management across organization.
Overview:
In the last several years, GiveDirectly’s East Africa portfolio (Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya) has grown significantly in scale and complexity. As Regional Director, you will manage three Country Directors and lead the charge on priority-setting, execution, and performance tracking. Our teams have launched the largest experimental evaluation of a basic income program to date; enrolled refugee households across multiple settlements in Uganda and Rwanda to receive lump-sum cash transfers; and partnered with the Kampala City Council and UNICEF to deliver money directly to school-age girls.
In 2020, we are expanding upon this track record to pursue meaningful growth on two core dimensions: (1) building operational capabilities that will advance the frontier of cash delivery (e.g. piloting a no boots on the ground model using cell phone data algorithms to target recipients) (2) driving local (in-country) fundraising, including defining and rigorously testing hypotheses on how GD can partner with institutional donors. In the latter capacity, you’ll work closely with our fundraising team in New York and London to identify and test new tactics.
Responsibilities:
Grow revenue for country offices by identifying strategic partnership opportunities, advancing in-country pipeline, and amplifying GD brand with media/donors/peer organizations
Drive vision for future, step change improvements to cash delivery (i.e. in partnership with country offices, set the roadmap for what projects will unlock new lines of business and push the sector forward on cash learning & implementation)
Hire exceptional senior leadership & work with country directors to both grow talent internally and reward strong performers
Ensure teams hit a bar of operational excellence such that both recipients and donors have a differentiated experience with GiveDirectly (best-in-class customer service, unique anti-fraud protocol, robust metrics & reporting)
Qualifications:
A track record of building relationships with institutional donors, coaching teams on partnerships management, and/or advancing sales pipelines
A passion for managing exceptional teams at scale, including entrenching company values across distributed teams, creating opportunities for meaningful professional development, and hiring world-class talent
Experience with high-quality project management in competitive environments, including scenarios that lack off-the-shelf playbooks
Strong alignment with GD values
Oct 27, 2019
Experienced (8+ years)
Overview:
In the last several years, GiveDirectly’s East Africa portfolio (Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya) has grown significantly in scale and complexity. As Regional Director, you will manage three Country Directors and lead the charge on priority-setting, execution, and performance tracking. Our teams have launched the largest experimental evaluation of a basic income program to date; enrolled refugee households across multiple settlements in Uganda and Rwanda to receive lump-sum cash transfers; and partnered with the Kampala City Council and UNICEF to deliver money directly to school-age girls.
In 2020, we are expanding upon this track record to pursue meaningful growth on two core dimensions: (1) building operational capabilities that will advance the frontier of cash delivery (e.g. piloting a no boots on the ground model using cell phone data algorithms to target recipients) (2) driving local (in-country) fundraising, including defining and rigorously testing hypotheses on how GD can partner with institutional donors. In the latter capacity, you’ll work closely with our fundraising team in New York and London to identify and test new tactics.
Responsibilities:
Grow revenue for country offices by identifying strategic partnership opportunities, advancing in-country pipeline, and amplifying GD brand with media/donors/peer organizations
Drive vision for future, step change improvements to cash delivery (i.e. in partnership with country offices, set the roadmap for what projects will unlock new lines of business and push the sector forward on cash learning & implementation)
Hire exceptional senior leadership & work with country directors to both grow talent internally and reward strong performers
Ensure teams hit a bar of operational excellence such that both recipients and donors have a differentiated experience with GiveDirectly (best-in-class customer service, unique anti-fraud protocol, robust metrics & reporting)
Qualifications:
A track record of building relationships with institutional donors, coaching teams on partnerships management, and/or advancing sales pipelines
A passion for managing exceptional teams at scale, including entrenching company values across distributed teams, creating opportunities for meaningful professional development, and hiring world-class talent
Experience with high-quality project management in competitive environments, including scenarios that lack off-the-shelf playbooks
Strong alignment with GD values
The position & organisational context
Earth Security Group is positioned to grow strategically in the coming years, providing the tools and analysis for the private sector to create business initiatives to navigate the pressures of climate change and sustainability in different markets.
With a growing team of talented people and 7 years of track-record, ESG has established itself as an innovative organisation that combines high standards of strategic thinking, originality and professional delivery. The organisation is dynamic, fast-moving, and enjoys a culture of comradery and trust in its employees.
ESG has a hybrid business model: it combines projects to mobilise private sector partnerships for climate adaptation that are funded by international government agencies, with advisory consultancy projects supporting corporate clients to develop sustainable business solutions and approach external affairs in a strategic way. On the latter, ESG is moving to deepen the development of data-driven, cloud-based intelligence products. Our clients range from global companies such as Mitsubishi Corporation, Schlumberger and Chanel, to development agencies, such as the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Climate Fund of the Germany Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
To tackle the next stage of growth, we are creating the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and are looking for an individual with proven operational leadership and organisational growth skills to lead ESG’s development forward. The vibrancy of ESG’s track-record, its value proposition, and team offer an incoming COO the opportunity for an exciting and rewarding personal and professional journey.
Responsibilities
The COO position entails the following responsibilities:
Operational management & growth
Lead the day-to-day operations of ESG with a solid command of all aspects and functions of a well-functioning organisation, identifying resourcing needs and building capacities in line with the successful execution of commercial strategies across the non-profit and consulting business;
Work closely with the CEO to shape and influence ESG’s strategic engagements and product development.
Financial planning & management
Oversee the company’s financial management, setting targets appropriately, and lead the implementation of budgets on a day-to-day basis.
Lead the development and management of the systems and controls for the running of the organisation and its projects, including financial and reporting functions.
Commercial strategy & implementation
Manage the organisation’s pipeline and oversee business development including the preparation of proposals and budgets; ensuring an efficient allocation of resources across the organisation.
Maintain effective relationships with clients and stakeholders to ensure that the organisation is providing the appropriate range and quality of services.
Develop and lead the implementation of marketing and outreach strategies to grow ESG's external positioning and client base.
Human resource management
Plan and manage an efficient and effective deployment of resources across projects and functions, ensuring smooth running of operations to high delivery standards.
Identify resourcing needs and the best ways to meet them, and lead the recruiting efforts of the company, overseeing all aspects related to HR management.
Create and implement appropriate performance management frameworks and incentive systems that contribute to employee and team development.
Key Qualifications
The candidate will have the following skills and qualifications:
Strategic vision and agility: The ability to think strategically; anticipate future consequences from decisions and market trends; and incorporate them into the organisation’s plans.
Management leadership: A proven capacity for managing and leading processes and people; a team builder with experience in organisational development; the capacity to foster a culture of excellence, accountability and performance.
Organisation builder: Experience in leading the growth of a mid-sized company, building and managing processes that ensure efficient and effective operations, including financial management, information systems, human resources, legal and marketing.
Commercial acumen: Operational experience in a commercial setting, overseeing the development of products and services, client acquisition processes, and having a successful track record in setting, managing and overseeing the delivery of commercial targets.
Action oriented: Flexible and nimble in taking on new challenges; is able to act and react as necessary, even if limited information is available; and is not afraid to take charge of a situation.
Solid educational background: Undergraduate degree required; an MBA or advanced business management degree or similar qualification is desired, but not a must in light of extensive experience from related work.
Requirements
A minimum of 6 years of experience in a function that demonstrates the skills needed for the position, showing a proven management track-record in leading the growth of organisations.
Operational and strategic experience in a dynamic environment or start-up, requiring rapid problem-solving abilities and forward-thinking dynamism; an independent self-starter who will proactively take on the challenge of building the business.
An understanding, interest and working knowledge of the sustainable development agenda, in particular relating to aspects of business leadership.
Excellent organisational and leadership skills, with ability to influence, motivate and lead a team and scale the organisation.
Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
Excellent English language speaking and writing skills.
How to apply
Time and availability: This is a full-time, permanent position.
Remuneration: Competitive
Work permit: The applicant must already have legal permission to work in the UK indefinitely.
Location: Central London
Deadline and application: The deadline for applications is November 17th 2019 . Please apply online here: https://earthsecuritygroup.com/careers.html
Oct 16, 2019
Experienced (8+ years)
The position & organisational context
Earth Security Group is positioned to grow strategically in the coming years, providing the tools and analysis for the private sector to create business initiatives to navigate the pressures of climate change and sustainability in different markets.
With a growing team of talented people and 7 years of track-record, ESG has established itself as an innovative organisation that combines high standards of strategic thinking, originality and professional delivery. The organisation is dynamic, fast-moving, and enjoys a culture of comradery and trust in its employees.
ESG has a hybrid business model: it combines projects to mobilise private sector partnerships for climate adaptation that are funded by international government agencies, with advisory consultancy projects supporting corporate clients to develop sustainable business solutions and approach external affairs in a strategic way. On the latter, ESG is moving to deepen the development of data-driven, cloud-based intelligence products. Our clients range from global companies such as Mitsubishi Corporation, Schlumberger and Chanel, to development agencies, such as the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Climate Fund of the Germany Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
To tackle the next stage of growth, we are creating the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and are looking for an individual with proven operational leadership and organisational growth skills to lead ESG’s development forward. The vibrancy of ESG’s track-record, its value proposition, and team offer an incoming COO the opportunity for an exciting and rewarding personal and professional journey.
Responsibilities
The COO position entails the following responsibilities:
Operational management & growth
Lead the day-to-day operations of ESG with a solid command of all aspects and functions of a well-functioning organisation, identifying resourcing needs and building capacities in line with the successful execution of commercial strategies across the non-profit and consulting business;
Work closely with the CEO to shape and influence ESG’s strategic engagements and product development.
Financial planning & management
Oversee the company’s financial management, setting targets appropriately, and lead the implementation of budgets on a day-to-day basis.
Lead the development and management of the systems and controls for the running of the organisation and its projects, including financial and reporting functions.
Commercial strategy & implementation
Manage the organisation’s pipeline and oversee business development including the preparation of proposals and budgets; ensuring an efficient allocation of resources across the organisation.
Maintain effective relationships with clients and stakeholders to ensure that the organisation is providing the appropriate range and quality of services.
Develop and lead the implementation of marketing and outreach strategies to grow ESG's external positioning and client base.
Human resource management
Plan and manage an efficient and effective deployment of resources across projects and functions, ensuring smooth running of operations to high delivery standards.
Identify resourcing needs and the best ways to meet them, and lead the recruiting efforts of the company, overseeing all aspects related to HR management.
Create and implement appropriate performance management frameworks and incentive systems that contribute to employee and team development.
Key Qualifications
The candidate will have the following skills and qualifications:
Strategic vision and agility: The ability to think strategically; anticipate future consequences from decisions and market trends; and incorporate them into the organisation’s plans.
Management leadership: A proven capacity for managing and leading processes and people; a team builder with experience in organisational development; the capacity to foster a culture of excellence, accountability and performance.
Organisation builder: Experience in leading the growth of a mid-sized company, building and managing processes that ensure efficient and effective operations, including financial management, information systems, human resources, legal and marketing.
Commercial acumen: Operational experience in a commercial setting, overseeing the development of products and services, client acquisition processes, and having a successful track record in setting, managing and overseeing the delivery of commercial targets.
Action oriented: Flexible and nimble in taking on new challenges; is able to act and react as necessary, even if limited information is available; and is not afraid to take charge of a situation.
Solid educational background: Undergraduate degree required; an MBA or advanced business management degree or similar qualification is desired, but not a must in light of extensive experience from related work.
Requirements
A minimum of 6 years of experience in a function that demonstrates the skills needed for the position, showing a proven management track-record in leading the growth of organisations.
Operational and strategic experience in a dynamic environment or start-up, requiring rapid problem-solving abilities and forward-thinking dynamism; an independent self-starter who will proactively take on the challenge of building the business.
An understanding, interest and working knowledge of the sustainable development agenda, in particular relating to aspects of business leadership.
Excellent organisational and leadership skills, with ability to influence, motivate and lead a team and scale the organisation.
Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
Excellent English language speaking and writing skills.
How to apply
Time and availability: This is a full-time, permanent position.
Remuneration: Competitive
Work permit: The applicant must already have legal permission to work in the UK indefinitely.
Location: Central London
Deadline and application: The deadline for applications is November 17th 2019 . Please apply online here: https://earthsecuritygroup.com/careers.html
