Future Community Jobs

Future Community Jobs shares interesting open roles in nonprofit communications, content, journalism, fundraising and more. Notes:

• Every post includes a salary.
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Updated: 11 April 2025

• Audience, content and news roles
• Communications
• Nonprofit organizations
• Fundraising and development
• Foundations and philanthropy
• Agencies, politics, products, projects and more
• Other job lists, guides and support

Audience, content, journalism and news roles 🗞️

• Head of Audience and Membership : LA Local News Initiative [Los Angeles]
• Marketing and Communications Manager : Working Assumptions [Berkeley, CA] (yes, there's a reason this one is in the audience/journalism section)
• Editorial Lead, Health : Hone [Remote]
• Editor : Big Local News [Stanford, CA]
• Senior SEO Editor : Reach PLC [New York City]
• Senior Reporter, Michigan Advance : States Newsroom [Lansing, MI]
• Reporter, Oregon Capital Chronicle : States Newsroom [Salem, OR]
• Stateline Democracy Reporter : States Newsroom [Remote in the US]
• Senior Social Video Strategist : Washington Post [Washington, DC]
• Legal Editor : Just Security [Remote / New York City]
• Audience Engagement Editor/Technologist/Producer : New Narratives [Monrovia, Liberia]
• Director of Growth, Subscriptions : Vox Media [New York City]
• Senior Newsletter Editor : Business Insider [New York City]
• VP of Technology : Courier Newsroom [Remote in the US]
• Reporter : Charlottesville Tomorrow [Charlottesville, VA]
• Director, Content Strategy : The Rockefeller Foundation [New York City]
• Washington Correspondent : Texas Tribune [Washington, DC]
• Reporter, National : ProPublica [Remote / New York City]
• Editor, Politics Podcast : NPR [Washington, DC]
• VP of Content, Prism : Parallel [Los Angeles]
• Manager, Product Design : NPR [Remote in the US]
• Digital Content and Social Media Strategist : New York State [Albany or New York City]
• Senior Marketing Manager, Video Podcasts : Vox Media [Remote in the US]
• Senior Editor : Columbia Journalism Review [New York City]
• Editor in Chief : Getty Publications [Los Angeles]
• Multimedia Journalist : Rocky Mountain PBS [Colorado Springs, CO]
• Education Reporter : Richmondside [East Bay area, CA]
• Retention Marketing Manager : Future Publishing [Bath or London, UK]
• Editorial Director : NC Local [Remote in North Carolina]
• Executive Producer, Twin Cities : CityCast [Minneapolis] // March 20 deadline
• Senior Editor and Associate Editor and Assistant Editor and Senior Associate Editor : The Atlantic [New York City / Washington, DC]
• Membership and Marketing Associate : WYPR [Baltimore]
• Senior Editor, Ideas and Senior Audience Producer and Senior Staff Writer, Culture and Senior Staff Writer, Science and Health : Salon [Remote in the US]
• Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer : Oregon Public Radio [Portland]
• Managing Editor, Callaloo : Brown University [Providence, RI]
• Director, Communities of Practice : Solutions Journalism Network [Remote]
• Engagement Coordinator and Audience Producer : MinnPost [Minneapolis]
• Computational Journalist : ProPublica [Remote / Any ProPublica office]
• First Amendment Specialist : Freedom Forum [Washington, DC / Remote]
• Director of Community Engagement : American Press Institute [Arlington, VA / Remote]
• Creative Strategist : Vox Media [New York City / Remote in the US]
• Senior Editor, Visuals Features Editor : NPR [Washington, DC]
• Managing Editor : The Intercept [Remote]
• Managing Editor : CalMatters [Location unspecified / Presumably Sacramento area]
• Editor-in-Chief : Montana Free Press [Helena, MT]
• Head of Product Design : The New York Times [New York City]
• State Network, Managing Director : Courier Newsroom [New York City / Remote]
• Managing Director of Revenue : Deep South Today [Unspecified location / Presumably Louisiana or Mississippi]

Communications 🗣️

Mostly at nonprofits/NGOs

• Head of Communications : Share Action [London]
• Communications Associate : Disability Culture Lab [Remote]
• Senior Press Secretary : Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) [Washington, DC]
• Vice President of Communications : Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation [Washington, DC]
• Communications Specialist : Beckman Institute, University of Illinois [Urbana, IL]
• Senior Manager, Strategic Communications : Building Movement Project [Remote in the US]
• Chief Communications Officer : The Legal Aid Society [New York City]
• Senior Director, Communications : San Francisco Ballet [San Francisco]
• Chief of Communications and Communications Associate : Groundwork Collaborative [Washington, DC]
• Public Affairs Manager : ClimateWorks Foundation [San Francisco / Remote in the US]
• Manager, Strategic Communications : Cleveland Foundation [Cleveland]
• Communications Director : Leaders We Deserve [Washington, DC]
• Senior Director of Communications and Marketing : AAUW [Washington, DC]
• Managing Director, Executive Communications : The Rockefeller Foundation [Washington, DC]
• Executive Communications Manager : Google DeepMind [New York City]
• Director, Communications and Marketing : New Left Accelerator [Remote in the US]
• Deputy Director, Public and Media Relations : Southern Poverty Law Center [Atlanta, GA / Jackson, MS / Miami, FL / Montgomery, AL / New Orleans, LA / Washington D.C.]
• Communications Associate : EFI Foundation [Washington, DC]
• Director of Communications : HeadCount [Unspecified]
• Co-op Communications Program Manager : REI [Remote]
• Vice President, Communications : Prysm Initiative [Remote / Global]
• Communications Director : America's Voice [Remote]
• Communications Manager : 22nd Century Initiative [Remote]
• VP, Marketing and Communications : FoodCorps [Remote in the US]
• Marketing and Communications Manager : New Roots Institute [Remote]
• Communications Director : The Ford Family Foundation [Roseburg/Eugene, OR]
• Senior Communications Officer : Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [Princeton, NJ]
• Senior Director, Communications : California Institute for Regenerative Medicine [South San Francisco]
• Senior Communications Manager and Digital Communications Manager : All Voting is Local [Remote]
• Communications Specialist : Southern Coalition for Social Justice [Durham, NC]
• Deputy Director of Communications : Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights [Los Angeles]
• Communications Manager : Louisiana Center for Children's Rights [New Orleans]
• Senior Digital Specialist and Senior Communications Specialist : Save the Redwoods League [San Francisco]
• Workplace Communications Strategist : New York City Campaign Finance Board [New York City]
• Communications Manager : American Humanist Association [Remote / Washington, DC]
• National Media and Communications Director : Critical Resistance [Oakland]
• Editorial Manager : Builders Network [Remote]
• Director, Federal Advocacy Communications and Manager, State Advocacy Communications : Planned Parenthood [Washington, DC]
• Executive Communications Senior Manager : UnidosUS [Washington, DC]
• Lead Manager, Storytelling and Senior Manager, Editorial and Storytelling : Make a Wish Foundation of America [Remote in the US]

• Communications Manager : Rise [Remote]
• Director of Communications : Constructive Dialogue Institute [Remote]
• Membership, Marketing and Engagement Manager : Commonwealth Club World Affairs [San Francisco]
• Head, Marketing and Communications : U.S. Green Building Council [Washington, DC]
• Senior Director of Marketing and Communications : Connect for Health Colorado [Remote in Colorado]
• Communications Specialist, Global Initiatives : Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth at University of Chicago [Chicago]
• Communications Director : Jobs to Move America [Remote in the US / Los Angeles, Birmingham, Chicago, New York City, Washington DC preferred]
• Communications Director : SEIU Local 2015 [Los Angeles]
• Communications Director : World Press Photo [Amsterdam]
• Director of Communications Accelerator : The Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund [Remote]
• Strategic Communications Lead : Spark Climate Solutions [Remote]
• Communications Specialist : The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation [Owings Mills, MD]
• Communications Director : Socially Responsible Agriculture Project [Remote in the US]

Nonprofit organizations ⚡

• Program and Special Projects Coordinator : Democracy Forward [Washington, DC]
• Associate Director, State Climate Policy : Center for American Progress [Washington, DC]
• Executive Director or Co-Executive Directors : The Highlander Center [Semi-Remote / New Market, TN]
• Research Analyst : Action for the Climate Emergency [Remote]
• Director, Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics (IDDP) : George Washington University [Washington, DC]
• Community Lead : Integrity Institute [Remote]
• Campaign Executive Director : Community Solutions [Remote in the US]
• Campaigns Specialist : New Roots Institute [Remote]
• Executive Director : SIECUS [Flexible / Washington, DC area preferred]
• Principal Consultant, Systems Change : NPC [London]
• Senior Director, Data Engineering and Infrastructure : National Audubon Society [New York City / Washington, DC]
• Senior Policy Specialist, Clean Energy Transmission : National Wildlife Federation [Washington, DC]
• Director of Capacity Building : The Greenlining Institute [Oakland]
• Marketing Manager, Web and Email and Marketing Manager, Social and Engagement : National Geographic Society [Washington, DC]
• Program Manager : Disability Culture Lab [Remote]
• Senior Policy Advisor : Center for the New Energy Economy [Denver]
• Chief of Programs : National Partnership for Women & Families [Washington, DC]
• Content Creation & Production Manager and Associate Director of Marketing : National Democratic Training Committee [Remote in the US]
• Chief of Staff : Narrative Initiative [Remote in the US]
• Senior Digital Strategist : Center for Biological Diversity [Remote]
• Civic Impact and Communications Coordinator : Project Pericles [Remote / New York City]
• Multimedia Manager and Senior Director of Digital Media : Brookings Institution [Washington, DC]
• Senior Vice President, Campaigns : League of Conservation Voters [Washington, DC preferred]
• Regional Campaigns Director : League of Conservation Voters [Remote in the US]
• Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator : Initiative for a Competitive Inner City [Remote in the US]
• National Director, Time Done : Alliance for Safety and Justice [Flexible in the US]
• Executive Director : Quivira Coalition [Santa Fe / Remote possible]
• Membership Engagement Lead, Alliance for Feminist Movements : AWID [Remote]
• Associate Director, Policy Engagement : Good Food Institute [Washington, DC]
• Coalition Manager : US Coalition for Palestinean Rights [Remote in the US]
• Vice President of Policy and Programs : Western Resource Advocates [Remote, in-person, or hybrid in WRA’s seven state region: AZ, CO, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY]
• State Organizing Director : Climate Action Campaign [Washington, DC]
• Organizing Program Manager, East Coast : Swing Left [Remote / Northeast US preferred]
• Director, Corporate Power and Financial Regulations : Roosevelt Institute [Remote / New York City or Washington, DC preferred]
• Minnesota Senior State Policy Organizer : Blue Green Alliance [Minneapolis]
• Director, Email and Digital Engagement : Central Park Conservancy [New York City]
• Director of Defend the 14th Campaigns : Popular Democracy [Remote in the US / Washington, DC preferred]
• Chief Executive Officer : RESOLVE [Remote in the US]
• Director of Research Programmes : SOMO [Amsterdam]
• Executive Director : FRESHFARM [Washington, DC area]
• Chief of External Affairs : Malala Fund [Washington, DC]
• Coordinator/Operations Manager : Extreme Weather Survivors [Remote]
• Senior Director of Finance and Operations : Protect Our Winters [Colorado preferred / Possibly Remote in Washington, Oregon, Vermont, or New Hampshire]
• Team Member : Common Cause Foundation [Remote in the UK]
• Project Coordinator : NTEN [Remote in the US]
• Director and Principal Scientist, Everglades Science Center : National Audubon Society [Tavernier, FL]
• Operations Fellow : New Public [Remote in the US or Canada]
• Engagement and Outreach Manager, Science & Strategy : Oceana [Washington, DC]
• Vice President, Growth Investments : American Journalism Project [Remote]
• Chief Operating Officer : Climate Resilience For All [Remote / Eastern US Time Zone preferred]
• Information Technology Director : IslandWood [Bainbridge Island, WA]
• Director of Strategic Partnerships : Monterey Bay Aquarium [Monterey, CA]
• Associate Director, Northwest River Restoration : American Rivers [Portland / Seattle]
• Director of Operations : Grounded Solutions Network [Washington, DC]
• Operations Manager : The Lawfare Institute [Washington, DC / Baltimore]
• Logistics Associate : Center for Tech and Civic Life [Chicago]
• Arizona Representative : Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) [Remote in Arizona]
• Director of Research : Analyst Institute [Remote in the US]
• Digital Marketing Manager : Brookings Institution [Washington, DC]
• Parliamentary Officer and Social Media Researcher (two roles) : Hope Not Hate [London]
• Writer and Editor : Humane League [Remote in the US]
• Director of Programs and Communications : Greenpeace Canada [Montreal / Toronto / Vancouver / Remote in Canada]
• Membership Organizer : Sunrise [Remote]
• Senior Campaign Advisor, Electric Sector - Beyond Coal Campaign : Sierra Club [Remote]
• Senior Manager of Land Protection : Save the Redwoods League [San Francisco]
• Associate : Advocacy Rising [Remote in the US]
• New Mexico Lead Campaigner : Earthworks [New Mexico]
• Chief Economist : World Resources Institute [Based in one of several global offices]
• Biodiversity Engagement Lead : SkyTruth [Remote in the US]
• Latino Community Organizer : Wilderness Workshop [Carbondale, CO]
• Program Director, Democracy Strategy Group : Democracy Alliance [Remote]
• Executive Director : Surveillance Technology Oversight Project [New York City]
• Senior Director, State Organizational Development : League of Conservation Voters [Remote in the US]

Fundraising and Development 💰

• Director of Development : Sky High Farm [Flexible in New York state or Connecticut]
• Director of Philanthropy : The Humane League [Remote in the US]
• Director of Philanthropy, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic : American Rivers [Flexible in US Northeast or Mid-Atlantic, along the I-95 corridor]
• Senior Project Manager, Conservation Funding : National Audubon Society [Remote in the US]
• Senior Director of Development, West Coast Gifts : Voting Rights Lab [San Francisco area preferred]
• Senior Development Manager : California Trout [San Francisco]
• National Manager, Strategic Donor Engagement Events : Breakthrough T1D [Remote in the US]
• Chief Development Officer : Protect Our Winters [Hybrid in Colorado, New Hampshire, Vermont or Washington / Remote possible]
• Senior Director, Community Fundraising : City of Hope [Irwindale, CA]
• Chief Development Officer : Vote Run Lead [Remote / New York City or Washington, DC area preferred]
• Development Director, News Match : Institute for Nonprofit News [Remote / Eastern or Central US time zones preferred]
• Development Database Specialist : Defenders of Wildlife [Washington, DC]
• Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships : Concern Worldwide [London or Belfast]
• Fundraising Campaigns Organizer and Senior Manager of Donor Engagement : Jewish Voice for Peace [Remote in the US]
• Associate Director of Funding Partnerships : North Carolina Local News Lab [Charlotte, NC]
• Senior Director of Partnerships : Democracy Alliance [Washington, DC / New York City / Bay Area preferred / Others considered]
• Development Director : Western Resource Advocates [Remote or hybrid in WRA office in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming]
• Director, Digital Fundraising : National Geographic Society [Washington, DC]
• Director of Development and Communications : Anacostia Watershed Society [Washington, DC]
• Digital Engagement and Annual Fund Manager : Kidango [Fremont, CA]
• Director, Philanthropy Team Operations : Climate Lead [San Francisco]
• Specialist, Partnerships and Philanthropy (Fundraising) : Direct Relief [Santa Barbara, CA]
• Director, Digital Fundraising : Comic Relief [New York City]
• Development and Communications Officer : ALBA (Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives) Open Horizons Fellowship [Remote / New York City]
• Director of Development : Rebuild Local News [Remote]
• Development Director : Places Journal [San Francisco]
• Development Manager : Fairplay [New York City / Remote]
• Director, Grants Management : Pivotal Ventures [Seattle / Remote in the US]
• Senior Manager of Development : Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press [Washington, DC]
• Senior Director, Philanthropic Partnerships : Center for Justice Innovation [New York City]

Foundations and Philanthropy 💸

• Strategy Fellow - Global Health and Well Being, Partnerships : Open Philanthropy [Remote/Global / San Francisco]
• Senior Director of Programs : Melville Charitable Trust [Remote]
• Regional Director, Europe : Foundation for International Law and the Environment (FILE) [Amsterdam]
• Programs Director : Epic Foundation [Paris]
• Learning and Knowledge Lead : The Tudor Trust [London]
• Managing Director of Programs and Impact : TransitCenter [Remote in the US]
• Vice-President, Philanthropy : Fremont Group [San Francisco]
• Chief of Staff : Fundamental Philanthropy [Los Angeles]
• President : Barr Foundation [Boston]
• Executive Director : Tides Foundation [Remote]
• Editorial Director : Open Society Foundations [New York City / Washington, DC / Mexico City / ]
• Director of Criminal Justice Research : Arnold Ventures [Houston / New York City / Washington D.C.]
• Head of People : Open Philanthropy [Remote in the US]
• Associate Director, Collaboration Services and Operations, Funder Collaborations : ClimateWorks Foundation [Remote in the US]
• VP, Global Communications : The END Fund [Remote]
• Senior Director of Programs : Melville Charitable Trust [Remote]
• Program Director, Peace and Security : Carnegie Corporation of New York [New York City]
• Program Manager, Sustainable Finance Program & Transition Minerals Initiative and Program Associate, Adaptation and Resilience : ClimateWorks Foundation [Remote in the US]
• Executive Director : Chinook Fund [Denver]

Agencies, politics, products, projects & more 💻

• Senior Project Manager : Nava [Remote in the US]
• Digital/UI Designer : Radish Lab [Remote]
• Director of Content and Channel, Executive Communications : We. [Austin / New York City / Portland / San Francisco / Seattle]
• Project Manager, Digital Marketing : Firefly Partners [Remote]
• Communications Associate and Communications Director and Digital Communications Director : The Worker Agency [Berkeley, CA]
• Senior Account Director, Social Impact and Issues Advocacy : Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis [Washington, DC]
• Director, Client Partnership : Tangible [Remote]
• Product Manager : Action Network [Remote in the US]
• Marketing Strategist, Jewish Community (Part-Time/Contract) : Storyraise [Remote in the US]
• Digital Fundraising Strategist : Van Ness Creative Strategies [Brooklyn]
• Open Source Developer, Public Space Incubator and UX Researcher, Public Space Incubator : New Public [Remote in the US or Canada]
• Partnerships Director : Vocal [Remote]
• Director of Product Management : Scale to Win [Remote in the US]
• Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures : Cornell University [Ithaca, NY]
• VP of Product Management : Murmuration [Remote in the US]
• Email Production Specialist : News Revenue Hub [Remote]
• Senior Researcher - storytelling and advocacy in creative education and Head of Evidence and Insight (Social Purpose Lab) : UAL / University of the Arts London [High Holborn, London]
• Machine Learning Engineer : Blue Rose Research [Remote in the US]
• Head of Engineering, Local Lab : New Public [Remote in the US or Canada]

Resources ⚒️

A wildly incomplete list of helpful job boards, newsletters, people, networks and more.

• The folks at All Hands run a huge jobs list and matchmaking service for people looking for roles in nonprofits and social good tech. They also run a Slack community where jobs get posted weekly and a lot of people support one another in their search.
• A friend recommended Never Search Alone, a book by Phyl Terry. Best part might be the hundreds of job search councils, local and sector support groups, supported by the book.
• Democracy Notes, run by Gabriel Lerner, shares out pro-democracy roles in nonprofits, think tanks, foundations and more.
• Job Opportunities in International Development
• A Job Opportunities list set up by Pi-Isis Stefana Ankhra.
• Progressive Job Resources is a brilliant compilation of job lists, boards and groups curated and shared by Allison Ehrich Bernstein.
• Mandy Hofmockel runs Journalism Jobs and a Photo of My Dog and it is a super compilation of solid news and media roles plus insights on the sector’s hiring trends.
• Matt Lockshin’s Job list a super source for roles in progressive organizing and digital leadership. Matt also provides recruiting and job search services.
• Tech Jobs for Good includes hundreds of current tech roles in nonprofits and companies that support nonprofits.
• Ethical Tech Job Resources is a list of job lists mostly centered around progressive technology in the US and UK. It’s built by the community and maintained by me and Edward Saperia, Dean of Newspeak House in London.
• Words of Mouth is a weekly newsletter run by Rachel Meade Smith. Words has a fantastic set of new roles in the arts, writing and editing, creative professions.
• Follow Mandy Van Deven on LinkedIn to get news on open roles in philanthropy and social change leadership around the world. Mandy also shares insights on narrative and systems change.
• Check out The Nonprofit Hive if you’re working in/around nonprofits and would like to connect with new folks via real conversations. Not job specific but a brilliant way to build a network and learn alongside peers.
• Daniel Levitt’s Inside the Newsroom newsletter seems to be a solid resource for journalism jobs.

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