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Thousand Currents

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1999

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

🤲 Charity

Food & Beverage • Healthcare • Charity

Thousand Currents is a registered 501(c)(3) charity that supports bold solutions for climate, food, and economic justice by moving resources to grassroots movements in the Global South. For nearly four decades, Thousand Currents has invested more than $31 million in over 1,000 grassroots and movement formations. The organization values collective power and change, developing long-term relationships with visionary grassroots movements led by women, youth, Black, Afro-descent, and Indigenous Peoples. Thousand Currents influences philanthropic giving towards climate justice, economic systems based on ecological regeneration, and food sovereignty, putting communities at the center of decision-making regarding food systems and policies.

📋 Description

• Lead implementation and evolution of the Let It Flow Initiative, including strategy development, partnership coordination, fundraising support, and learning and evaluation components • Support implementation of the Democracy’s Immune System Initiative through narrative materials, partnership engagement, and fundraising • Develop and implement emerging programmatic initiatives • Translate movement analysis and programmatic learning into stories, evidence, and framing for communications and fundraising • Facilitate and coordinate the cross-fund Programs Team • Represent CLIMA in philanthropic and partner spaces • Synthesize lessons, emerging trends, and strategic implications for CLIMA’s work • Steward CLIMA’s learning and evaluation processes and collective learning agenda • Facilitate and coordinate the Learning and Evaluation Team • Develop impact frameworks and learning tools • Manage ongoing research initiatives, including research on the mitigation impact of grassroots movements • Support strategic planning and organizational reflection processes • Strengthen collaboration and communication across member organizations • Help steward an organizational culture rooted in collaboration, equity, and care • Bring programmatic insights and political analysis into organizational decision-making

🎯 Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in climate justice, philanthropy, movement-building, organizational learning, or related fields • 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 • Ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with diverse internal and external stakeholders • Ability to produce compelling written and digital materials • Strong understanding of climate justice, systems change, and movement-led approaches • Ability to manage multiple priorities across teams and geographies • Ability to plan backwards, anticipate obstacles, identify stakeholders, and use resources wisely • Demonstrated success translating learnings into strategy and actionable initiatives from ideation through implementation • Deep commitment to justice, equity, and solidarity practice • Collaborative leadership style and comfort working across organizational boundaries • Curiosity, humility, and a learning orientation • Ability to work 2–3 hours between 8AM and 12PM PST at least four days per week • Ability to travel approximately 3–5 times per year, both in and outside of the U.S.

🏖️ Benefits

• Salary: $123,000 • Flexible / Remote position • Opportunity to work with a collaborative global climate justice fund • Holistic hiring practices • Mission-driven work supporting grassroots climate movements