☀️ 81 social impact jobs, MIT Climate Prize, & National Geographic Externship

Welcome to a holiday edition of Ethos Atlas and the last one of 2024!
We hope you’re enjoying a lovely festive season and finding time to slow down and get energized for the new year. If you’re job searching this period or looking to (leisurely) plan your social impact career for 2025, we’ve got some resources to help. This week, our curation includes 81 social impact jobs, the MIT Climate & Energy Prize, and an externship at National Geographic x The Nature Conservancy.
Enjoy 💌

☕️ Pause
🌻 5 holiday celebrations that center around nature

🎬 Play
🎙 Commons’ Second Nature climate podcast is collecting submissions for its Season 3

📚 Bookmark
☀️ If you’re looking for some extra career support this period, we’ve opened up the Ethos Atlas archives so feel free to dig in!

🚀 Upskill
 🦋 Center for Planetary Pedagogies, a free educational program cultivating awareness around environmental concerns through the integrated study of Critical Spatial Practice, Ecological Thought and Social Design
🧩 IDEO.org x Canva self-paced Human-Centered Design course

⚡️ Paid Projects
🖊 The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law is looking for a Gender Assessment Consultant to help undertake a review of the gender aspects and impact of its programming.
🖊 ILGA Europe is looking for a Communications Strategy Consultant.
🎥 The Nature Conservancy is looking for a U.S.-based Executive Producer for a climate mini series.
🖊 The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict is looking for a consultant to conduct a baseline study for the “Connection for Peace: Powerful Local Peacebuilding and Policies 2024-2031” program.

💰 Fellowships, funding & grants

MIT Climate and Energy Prize: $100,000+ for entrepreneurs to solve the world’s most difficult climate-related challenges.

Harvard Kennedy School Growth Lab Research Fellowship: An opportunity for fellows to combine economic research to address real-world development problems.

Keeling Curve Prize: $50,000 for projects and initiatives from around the world making significant strides in addressing climate change, promoting sustainability, and advancing decarbonization efforts.

Black Girl Environmentalist’s Hazel M. Johnson Fellowship: An opportunity for U.S.-based early career professionals to be placed with a partner climate organization for a 10-week summer internship placement and cohort experience.

Council of Europe Development Bank Award: €45,000 for social entrepreneurs and organizations in Europe.

UN Ocean Conference 2025 Fellowship: An opportunity for journalists from any country with a coast to attend the 2025 UN Ocean Conference negotiations.

Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women’s Health & Gender Equity Gender Equity/GBV Evidence Accelerator’s Fellowship (opens January 1): Mentorship and select coursework at Johns Hopkins University for practitioners, professionals, and scholars engaged in gender equity work. 

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Grants: Funding for NGOs providing direct assistance to victims of human trafficking.

PBS News Student Reporting Labs Climate/Environment Fellowship: For college video journalists from underrepresented backgrounds to produce powerful stories about climate change and the environment during the spring 2025 semester.

Stanford Global Health Media Fellowship: Trains medical students in the U.S. to use various media channels to advocate and inform on global health issues.

UNESCO World Heritage Scholarship: Scholarship and residency at World Heritage site Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland for people who have a cultural idea related to the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Global AI Safety Fellowship: A fully funded research program for up to 6 months for exceptional STEM talent to work with the world’s leading AI safety organizations to advance the safe and beneficial development of AI.

Open.Climate Fund: Community-voted microgrants for open-source projects that address climate change.

💼 JOBS

Africa
🇬🇭 Communications Manager at Green Africa Youth Organization. Accra, Ghana.
🇬🇭 Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist at Tetra Tech. Accra, Ghana.
🇰🇪 Evaluation Advisor at UNFPA. Nairobi, Kenya.
🇿🇦 Communications Coordinator at Grow Great. South Africa.
🇰🇪 🇺🇬 Program Officer, Africa at Global Fund for Children. Kenya or Uganda.
🇰🇪 🇲🇼 🇳🇬 🇿🇼 Network Growth and Engagement Manager at Alliance for Women and Girls. Malawi, Kenya, Zimbabwe, or Nigeria.
🌍 🇰🇪 Education Research Consultant at UNESCO. Remote, Kenya.
🌍 Legal Consultant, Economic and Social Rights in Africa at the International Commission of Jurists. Remote, Africa.
🌍 Executive Associate to Co-CEO & Head of Portfolio at Imagine. Remote, Africa.
🌍 Regional Coordinator - Africa at Right Inequality. Remote, Africa.
🌍 Research and Learning Facilitator at Coalition for Human Rights in Development. Remote, Africa.

Asia
🇮🇳 Senior Campaigner at Greenpeace India. Bangalore, India.
🇸🇬 NCS Policy Coordinator, Asia-Pacific at Conservation International. Singapore.
🇱🇰 Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Manager at Alinea. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
🇹🇭 Program Analyst, EVAW at UN Women. Bangkok, Thailand.
🌏 🇮🇩 Business & Investor Engagement Manager at Climate Catalyst. Remote, Indonesia.

Europe
🇧🇪 Advocacy Trainee at PICUM. Brussels, Belgium.
🇧🇪 Events and Communications Trainee at PICUM. Brussels, Belgium.
🇧🇪 Advocacy Officer – Labour Migration and Labour Rights at PICUM. Brussels, Belgium.
🇧🇪 Advocacy Officer – Migration Enforcement Policies and Access to Services at PICUM. Brussels, Belgium.
🇧🇪 Policy and Advocacy Advisor at the European Network Against Racism. Brussels, Belgium.
🇫🇷 Business Council for Ethics of AI Coordinator at UNESCO. Paris, France.
🇮🇹 Part-Time Associate Officer, Communication and Knowledge Management Coordination at CCGIAR. Rome, Italy.
🇳🇱 Intern at Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding. The Hague, Netherlands.
🇳🇱 Communications and Marketing Intern at The Hague Humanity Hub. The Hague, Netherlands.
🇸🇪 Communications Officer, World Water Week at Stockholm International Water Institute. Hybrid, Stockholm, Sweden.
🇬🇧 Program Officer at WCMC. Cambridge, UK.
🇬🇧 Media and Communications Officer at Girls Not Brides. London, UK.
🇬🇧 Finance and Benefits Officer at Equality and Human Rights Commission. Manchester, UK.
🇬🇧 Communications Lead – Corporate Performance at Global Canopy. Remote, Oxford, UK.
🌍 Director at Ariadne. Remote, Europe.

Latin America & the Caribbean
🇵🇦 Social Media Intern at WFP. Panama City, Panama.
🌎 Fòs Feminista Alliance Coordinator at Fòs Feminista. Remote, Colombia.

Middle East
🌍 🇪🇬 HIV Researcher at Cairo 52. Remote, Egypt.

North America 
🇨🇦 Youth Program Coordinator at Environmental Youth Alliance. Vancouver, Canada.
🇺🇸 Program Officer, Journalism & Media at MacArthur Foundation. Chicago, IL.
🇺🇸 Senior Human Rights Adviser at the International Disability Alliance. New York, NY.
🇺🇸 Gender Program Analyst, GenDev ISC at Social Impact. Hybrid, Washington, D.C.
🇺🇸 Officer, Communications, Environment at the Pew Charitable Trusts. Washington, D.C.
🌎 🇨🇦 International Just Transition Coordinator at Climate Action Network. Remote, Canada.
🌎 🇨🇦 Writer and Content Lead at the Equality Fund. Remote, Canada.
🌎 🇺🇸 Manager, Institutional Partnerships at Global Fund for Women. Remote, California.
🌎 🇺🇸 Administrative Assistant at Climate Change AI. Remote, U.S.
🌎 🇺🇸 Development Director at Climate Change AI. Remote, U.S.
🌎 🇺🇸 Director of Operations and Projects at Climate Change AI. Remote, U.S.
🌎 🇺🇸 Program Director at Grantmakers for Education. Remote, U.S.
🌎 🇺🇸 Program Director at the National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers. Remote, U.S.
🌎 🇺🇸 Research and Evaluation Lead (Contractor) at ideas42. Remote, U.S.
🌎 🇺🇸 Database and Operations Coordinator at Liberation in a Generation. Remote, U.S.
🌎 🇺🇸 Policy Manager at Liberation in a Generation. Remote, U.S.
🌎 🇺🇸 Part-Time Editor and Writer at the Luminos Fund. Remote, U.S.
🌎 🇺🇸 CEO at Elevate Cities. Remote, U.S.
🌎 🇺🇸 Strategic Grants Manager at MADRE. Remote, U.S.
🌎 🇺🇸 Part-Time Learning and Impact Intern at Hopelab. Remote, U.S.

Oceania
🌏 🇦🇺 Engagement Lead at World Benchmarking Alliance. Remote, Australia.

Global Remote
🌍 Part-Time Community Conservation, Data Visualization and Mapping Extern at National Geographic and The Nature Conservancy. Remote.
🌍 Part-Time Marketing Assistant at Impact Finance Pro. Remote.
🌍 Impact Manager at Global Schools Forum. Remote.
🌍 Policy Assistant at WEDO. Remote.
🌍 Program Manager at WEDO. Remote.
🌍 Senior Communications Officer at Women’s Link. Remote.
🌍 Learning Manager at Youth Climate Justice Fund. Remote.
🌍 Senior Community Manager at Dreamers & Doers. Remote.
🌍 Part-Time Marketing and Communications Assistant at Heartseed Creative. Remote.
🌍 Strategic Communications Manager at the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Remote.
🌍 Senior Communications Officer at Women Enabled International. Remote.
🌍 Creative Director at A Growing Culture. Remote.
🌍 Interim Co-Director of Partnerships & Communications at Mama Cash. Remote.
🌍 Associate Coordinator – Department of International Refugee Law and Migration Law (French-speaking) at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law. Remote.
🌍 Associate Coordinator – Department of International Refugee Law and Migration Law (Arabic-speaking) at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law. Remote.
🌍 Project Coordinator – Department of International Refugee Law and Migration Law (Arabic-speaking) at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law. Remote.
🌍 Communications Lead at Community Health Impact Coalition. Remote.
🌍 Global Programmes Operational Support at Impact Hub. Remote.
🌍 Consultant - Capacity Development for Knowledge Management at IOM. Remote.
🌍 PR and Communications Officer at Tax Justice Network. Remote.
🌍 Research Advocate at Earth Species Project. Remote.
🌍 Part-Time Head of Fundraising at EduSpots. Remote.

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