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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

• Champion and oversee Thousand Currents’ values-aligned organizational learning approach and framework • Partner with the Executive Team to build systems, culture, and practices that foster learning and demonstrate impact • Refine learning systems, tools, processes, and the online Learning Platform • Define annual priorities and budget for the Learning & Impact function • Develop methodologies, standards, processes, and tools for data collection, analysis, collective sensemaking, and adaptation • Integrate data and learning practices across teams and maintain annual information-aggregation rhythms • Support data gathering from grantee partners and lead quality control and analysis • Steward responsible data practices across the organization • Guide compelling stories and strategic dissemination of learning with the Communications Team • Build relationships and facilitate organization-wide reflections, collective sensemaking, and team-based reflection • Provide technical assistance to teams embedding learning systems and practices • Support evidence- and data-based decision-making and organizational performance review • Attract, develop, coach, and retain high-performance team members • Manage staff policies, workloads, collaboration, and team support • Participate in staff meetings, retreats, trainings, organizational activities, fundraising drives, and annual events • Manage regular administration, receipts, reimbursements, scheduling, travel planning, filing, and HR paperwork • Model Thousand Currents’ values and contribute to a positive organizational culture

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of senior-level experience leading learning, evaluation, applied research, or a closely related field • Experience in social justice philanthropy, movement-aligned organizations, applied research institutions, or comparable settings • Knowledge of one or more thematic areas including food sovereignty, agroecology, energy democracy, climate justice, stewardship of the commons, or economic justice • Experience partnering with social justice and movement formations, especially in the global majority • Track record developing and implementing processes that advance rigor and learning across an organization • Demonstrated ability to build relationships of trust and effective collaboration • Strong project management experience and excellent organizational skills • Experience with CRM and/or knowledge management systems • Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to explain complex concepts • Experience leading major analytical and knowledge products, including strategic reflections, evaluations, retrospective studies, and case studies • Strong facilitation skills and experience designing spaces for collective sensemaking and reflection • Flexibility, creativity, and ability to contribute at strategic and tactical levels • Humility, self-awareness, accessibility, intellectual curiosity, and genuine team orientation • Ability to work effectively in a fully remote, geographically dispersed, culturally diverse team across multiple time zones • Availability to travel up to 10% of the time • Valid passport required • Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance are not provided • Resume or CV and targeted cover letter required

🏖️ Benefits

• Salary of $152,000 USD per year • Fully remote work • Flexible work environment • Reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 • Up to 10% annual travel • Professional development through participation in staff meetings, retreats, trainings, and organizational activities