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Position Location:  This position is remote and will require periodic travel to ACT offices in New York, Philadelphia, and DMV. Reports to:  Director, Impact & Capacity Building FLSA Status:  Salaried-Exempt Hours : Monday-Friday from either 9 am-5 pm or 10 am-6pm. Salary:  The base salary for this position is $70K; additional compensation is negotiable based on experience.   Organization: African Communities Together (ACT) is an organization of African immigrants fighting for civil rights, opportunity, and a better life for our families here in the U.S. and worldwide. ACT works to support and empower African immigrants to integrate socially, advance economically, and engage civically. ACT connects African immigrants to services, empowers our members to develop as grassroot leaders, and leads campaigns for social change. ACT’s African immigrant membership comes from a diverse range of nationalities, cultures, and languages, and is religiously...

B Lab Global (BLG) envisions an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economic system for all people and the planet. To date, there are over 7,400 Certified B Corps in 160 industries and 90 countries, and over 250,000 companies use the B Impact Assessment, our flagship tool, to assess company performance and certify B Corps. BLG seeks a Head of Business and Finance Transformation (B&FT) who will support BLG’s strategic evolution and ensure its ability to achieve its mission. The Head of B&FT is responsible for shaping the business model and commercial strategy of BLG and the business model of the entire B Lab Global Network. Reporting directly to the Lead Executive, the Head of B&FT holds a pivotal role advising and aligning with B LG ’s executive team on shared ambitions and the scope of organizational and Network transformation. This role includes implementation of business strategies, fostering innovation, managing finances, and mitigating...

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Root Capital is a Non-Bank Financial Institution (NBFI) founded in 1999 as an NGO with a mission to support the growth of agricultural enterprises so they can transform rural communities. This support takes the form of finance and technical advisory services (Credit + Capacity). The businesses Root works with, from farmer cooperatives and associations to local processors and millers, purchase crops such as coffee, cocoa, nuts, or grains from smallholder farmers and in most cases export to global markets. With growth, they become engines of impact that can raise incomes, create jobs, empower women and young people, and preserve vulnerable ecosystems. Root Capital supplies these businesses with vital resources: access to capital, trade and technical partners, financial, management and other forms of capacity building training, and advice and support to enhance bankability, gender equity and opportunity, climate resilience, and youth employment. Root works...

The Climate + Clean Energy Equity Fund (Equity Fund) is a philanthropic fund dedicated to supporting a multi-state infrastructure of community-based organizations building power to advance an equitable clean energy future. With a proven approach to driving impact and a highly effective set of stakeholders and investors, the Equity Fund is facing a number of exciting opportunities. With the field that the Equity Fund supports growing quickly and public investments in clean energy transition accelerating, the Fund is spinning out of its fiscal sponsorship and establishing a new, independent institution that can meet the needs of the growing and dynamic ecosystem of grassroots organizations and expand their collective impact. Poised for significant growth, the Equity Fund has evolved and is growing its executive leadership structure and operating model to lead effective strategy, systems, and culture for the team. To that end, the Equity Fund invites nominations and applications for...

BuildUS , a multi-donor fund to accelerate America’s transition toward a worker-centered, lower-carbon, and more equitable economy , is seeking its inaugural Executive Director as the fund launches this fall. Housed within the Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, the Fund will support the implementation of four landmark pieces of federal legislation—the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act—and will help ensure Americans, especially those from marginalized communities, see and feel the investments made possible by this legislation. BuildUS is a philanthropic fund with an economic justice orientation that aims to maximize the economic and decarbonization potential of all four pieces of legislation by deploying grants to ensure that federal and private sector investments benefit communities of color, workers, and rural communities. To advance these goals, the Fund will deploy grants in four...

Organization Overview: Commonwealth strengthens the financial opportunity and security of financially vulnerable people by discovering ideas, piloting solutions, and driving innovations to scale. For nearly two decades, Commonwealth has designed effective innovations, products, and policies enabling over a million people to accumulate more than $3 billion in savings.  Commonwealth understands broad changes require market players to act. That’s why we collaborate with consumers, the financial services industry, employers, policymakers and mission-driven organizations. The solutions we build are grounded in real life, based on our deep understanding of people who are financially vulnerable and how businesses can best serve them. To learn more about the organization, please visit www.buildcommonwealth.org Diversity of background and perspective are strengths that we value. We are committed to creating a diverse, committed, skilled and collaborative...

The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) is seeking a  Communications Manager  to help us advance our mission of ensuring every child has a great teacher through the following communications imperatives: making certain our education policy research and recommendations are compelling, and enhancing engagement with our key stakeholders (education leaders, policymakers, and advocates) to promote positive action. This is a perfect opportunity for someone who is adept in translating complex policy analysis into clear, actionable language relevant to the target audience; savvy in leveraging social media for advocacy initiatives; and appreciates the importance of communications analytics to drive success. The individual right for this role will have a strong commitment to advancing educational equity. Job Summary The Communications Manager will assist with NCTQ's major communications initiatives, including production of print and website products, writing content...

The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) is currently seeking a  Senior Policy Analyst  to help lead NCTQ's policy research and stakeholder engagement to ensure that every student has access to effective and diverse teachers. We seek a results-oriented, passionate candidate who is deeply familiar with K-12 teacher policy, skilled at synthesizing quantitative and policy data to determine broad policy implications, writes to catalyze positive change, and adept at engaging practitioners and policymakers to deepen impact. The individual right for this role will have a strong commitment to and demonstrated results in advancing educational equity. Job Summary The Senior Policy Analyst will play a pivotal role in leading projects across state and district policy to accelerate NCTQ's impact. They will analyze policy data from a variety of sources, identify key findings, and communicate policy trends through a variety of mediums (such as NCTQ's seminal State of the...

About Us As a global philanthropy, Climate Breakthrough’s mission is to make an outsized impact in resolving the climate crisis. We do this by supporting extraordinary leaders to pursue their most ambitious, innovative climate endeavors with the Climate Breakthrough Award, a multi-million-dollar, multi-year, flexible grant that empowers our awardees to translate their boldest ideas into transformative climate action that swiftly and justly closes the gap between the world today and a sustainable future. Each year, we select several exceptional strategists from around the world to receive the Climate Breakthrough Award: a US$3 million dollar grant and tailored support over three years to bring visionary strategies from idea to fruition. We believe that many of the most capable leaders have not yet been given sufficient time, space, support, and funding to develop the kind of climate strategies our world desperately needs. Our program is designed to give these brilliant...

M4BL is seeking a new senior leader and organization-builder to serve in the role of Managing Director. In partnership with the Executive Leads, the Managing Director will develop and drive an operational strategy to maximize M4BL’s assets including its people power, politics, as well as financial and operational resources, to build the power necessary to change the lives of our members, leaders, and communities. We are looking for an experienced, strategic, insightful, and mission-driven leader who thrives on creating and managing systems and community in service to an organization’s mission. Reporting to and working in partnership with the Infrastructure & Operations Executive, the Managing Director ensures that organizational management, culture, and practices best serve our strategic priorities and are a reflection of the organization’s vision, politics, and values. The Managing Director is a top strategic thought partner to the Executive Directors on strategy,...