Are you interested in working with communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis?

The Youth Climate Justice Fund (YCJF) is seeking a talented and passionate Community Associate to join our team. As the Community Associate, you will play a key role in supporting our grantee partners with youth-to-youth capacity development and support to achieve their goals. 

This is a great opportunity for someone willing to learn, with a keen interest in building a career in community-building and capacity development in the civil society sector, and who is committed to advocate for climate justice globally.

BACKGROUND 

The Youth Climate Justice Fund (YCJF) supports youth climate justice movements with trust-based funding, resources and youth-to-youth capacity development. The YCJF was publicly launched during New York Climate Week 2023. In September 2023, we also launched our first grantmaking call, receiving more than 1,800 applications from all over the world. In July 2024, we closed our second open call with over 2,500 applications. So far we committed funding to 90+ groups in about 45+ countries. 

LOCATION

Remote, preferably in the Global South. 

COMPENSATION

$155 per day - full time (35 hrs/week) + benefits. 

CONTRACT TYPE 

Renewable consultancy contract. The contract will be made by our Fiscal Sponsor based in the United-States, on behalf of the Youth Climate Justice Fund. We offer vacation time and benefits. 

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

As the Community Associate, you will play a crucial role in supporting the grantees of the Youth Climate Justice Fund. Working closely with the Community Manager, you will be responsible for supporting grantees with capacity development, supporting the identification and connection of opportunities for grantee partner requests in the broader ecosystem and administrative support for the community portfolio. 

Youth-to-youth Capacity Development

  • Conduct 1:1 calls with grantee partners to provide support on goal setting, insights on reporting requirements, check-ins on project updates, and general capacity development support;
  • Meet with grantee partners to support them in creating their own indicator towards which they will measure their progress;
  • Track requests for capacity development support from grantee partners and match them with appropriate supports to tailor to their capacity development needs;
  • Provide strong administrative support for the Community portfolio including managing trackers, grantee requests, and tasks for Community Manager;
  • Support Community Manager to develop and improve the YCJF Capacity Development Framework;
  • Support Community Manager with planning and implementation of Capacity Development sessions for in-person convenings for grantees;
  • Support the work of the YCJF in developing learnings about our work in general and how we are trying to reinvent the way philanthropy operates;
     

Grantmaking

  • Work with the Community Manager and grantmaking team to identify which groups need the most support; 
  • Keep track of Community responsibilities within the grantmaking process. 
     

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

  • Support the incoming Learning Manager to proactively identify and learn from the YCJF grantee partners’ impact; 
  • Support grantees with their reporting requirements for a mid-term check-in and an end of term report. 
     

PROFILE 

Experience 

  • Proven experience in community work and capacity building in youth spaces.
  • Experience in communication and facilitating both virtual and in-person meetings/events. 
  • Possesses agility, quick thinking, and a profound sense of care and compassion when working with communities facing extraordinary organizing conditions.
  • Committed to advancing social justice movements, particularly within historically marginalized groups such as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), women, queer individuals, and local communities.
  • Passionate about climate justice, committed to addressing the climate crisis by confronting systemic marginalization, exploitation, and oppression while promoting equity and justice. Experience in working with and in support of youth climate justice movements is a plus. 
  • Deeply committed in supporting youth movement leaders and organizations traditionally underserved by mainstream philanthropy.
  • Experience in working with and in support of youth climate justice movements is a plus. 

Skills

  • Kindness and caring for others are core values of team working spirit.
  • Passion, motivation and dedication to climate justice principles.
  • Ability to work with different cultures, to work in a team, independently and with strong coordination skills.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills. 
  • Good critical thinking skills and ability to analyze operations problems.
  • Sound organizational abilities and initiative to proactively manage work - especially around time management. Self-motivated and self-accountable.
  • Superb attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines under pressure. 
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including a comfort of using a variety of technological tools. 
  • Excellent English language skill (written and spoken).
     

Additional valued skills

  • Strong facilitation experience and skills 
  • Experience in speaking in one or more of the YCJF working languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Swahili, Arabic, Hindi, French) or any additional local or indigenous languages.
     

As the Community Associate at the YCJF, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference in the fight for climate justice and the redistribution of international funding. If you are a good connector, an active listener, and a compassionate young leader, we encourage you to apply.

We are committed to build a workplace and team where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized. We strongly encourage people from underrepresented communities to apply. 

If interested, please upload your CV and a cover letter to ➡️  https://forms.gle/W8uh8JbR4s3R5C7L9. 

We will be receiving applications up to November 5th, 2024. 🌸🌼