Future Community Jobs

October 4, 2026 🖖

Welcome to Future Community Jobs. This job list covers nonprofit, news, content strategy, and other social good roles. Jobs are updated daily. I only share jobs with salary information. Look for the clock ⏱️ to see roles with a deadline.

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• Audience, content and news organizations
• Communications
• Nonprofit campaiging, organizing, digital and more
• Fundraising and development
• Foundations and philanthropy
• Agencies, politics, products, projects and more
• Resources: Other job lists, guides, support

🗞️ Audience, content, journalism and news

• Senior Editor, Content Partnerships : Chemical & Engineering News [Columbus, OH or Washington, DC]
• City Cast Madison - Host, Podcast & Social : City Cast [Madison, WI] ⏱️ October 16
• Managing Editor : WyoFile [Lander, Casper, or Laramie, Wyoming]
• Statewatch Editor : The Salt Lake Tribune [Salt Lake City]
• Local Investigations Fellow : The New York Times [Remote in the US]
• Science Writer : NCAR/UCAR [Boulder, CO] ⏱️ October 12
• Subscriptions Editor : Bloomberg News [New York City]
• Climate and Environment Editor : The Bureau for Investigative Journalism [London] ⏱️ October 12

🗣️ Communications

Anything comms. Mostly nonprofits/NGOs. Some foundations.

• Team Lead, Strategic Communications - Europe : Regulatory Assistance Project [Remote in Europe / London or Brussels preferred] ⏱️ October 12
• Senior Internal Communications Specialist : Bright Horizons [Newton, MA] ⏱️ October 9
• Director of Communications : Legal Services Corporation [Washington, DC]
• Director, Internal Communications : M+R [Remote in (most of) the US]
• Senior Communications Officer : Centre for Addiction and Mental Health [Toronto] ⏱️ October 9
• Communications and Marketing Manager : Ecology Center [Berkeley, CA]
• Senior Communications & Engagement Specialist – Climate Change : West Coast Environmental Law [Vancouver, BC / Remote in British Columbia] ⏱️ October 7
• Senior Communications Officer : Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [Inscrutable but likely close to Princeton, NJ and Washington, DC] ⏱️ October 19
• Director of Digital Communications : Guttmacher Institute [Remote in the US]
• Deputy Communications Director for the Office of Mass Engagement : Office of the Mayor [New York City] ⏱️ October 13
• Director of Communications : Irving Harris Foundation [Chicago]
• Director of Marketing and Communications : Point Foundation [Los Angeles]
• Head of Communications : Groundswell Giving [Sydney, Australia] ⏱️ October 14
• Media and Public Relations Manager : Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press [Washington, DC]
• Vice President of Communications : Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press [Washington, DC]
• Digital Communications Manager : Center for Tech and Civic Life [Chicago / Remote in the US]
• Director of Communications and Marketing : Aquarium of Niagara [Niagara Falls, NY]
• Senior Communications Officer - Copywriter : First Nations Development Institute [Albuquerque, NM or Longmont, CO]
• Senior Manager, Media Relations : Robin Hood [New York City]
• Donor Communications Manager : Sonoma Land Trust (SLT) [Santa Rosa, California]

⚡ Nonprofit organizations

• Executive Director : Code for Science & Society [Remote in the US]
• Digital Strategy Director : Vera Institute of Justice [Brooklyn]
• Head of Marketing : Wikimedia Foundation [Remote]
• Chief Program Officer : Future Caucus [Washington, DC] ⏱️ October 26
• Sr. Conservation Manager, Conservation Campaigns : The Wilderness Society [Hybrid or Remote in CO, NM, AZ, NV, CA, UT, ID, WA, or OR] ⏱️ October 25
• Deputy Legislative Director : End Citizens United [Washington, DC]
• Executive Director : Faunalytics [Remote in the US] ⏱️ October 18
• Senior Program Manager, Water Efficiency and Reuse : Pacific Institute [Remote in the US]
• Director of Social Media : Sierra Club [Oakland / Washington, DC / Remote]
• VP Programs, Climate and Biodiversity : Friends of the Earth [Remote in the US] ⏱️ October 12
• Chief of Staff to the CEO : Evidence Action [Washington, DC]
• Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Digital Campaigner : Evergreen Action [Remote in the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic US] ⏱️ October 19
• Eastern Vice President of Conservation : Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership [Remote in Eastern or Midwest US / Washington, DC]
• Director of Web Development and Design : American Kidney Fund [Rockville, MD]
• Director of People Operations : Center for Civic Design [Remote in the US]
• Digital Director : Voting Rights Lab [Remote in the US]
• Associate Director of Media Relations : Voting Rights Lab [Remote in the US]
• Manager, Digital and Social Media : Arnold Ventures [Houston / New York City / Washington, DC]
• Public Affairs Neighbor Advocacy Specialist : Second Harvest Heartland [Brooklyn Park, MN]
• Chief Operating Officer : Save the Redwoods League [San Francisco]
• Chief of Staff : KUOW Public Radio [Seattle, WA]
• Executive Director : Conservation Voters for Idaho [Boise, ID]
• Director of Government Relations : Public Lands Alliance [Washington, DC] ⏱️ October 5
• Digital Strategy Associate : Center for American Progress [Washington, DC]
• Vice President of Community Engagement : Conservation Colorado [Denver, CO] ⏱️ October 9
• VP Programs, Climate & Biodiversity : Friends of the Earth [Remote in the US] ⏱️ October 12
• Managing Director : A Growing Culture (AGC) [Remote Global / US preferred] ⏱️ October 12
• Research Assistant : The Brookings Institution [Washington, DC] ⏱️ October 16

💰 Fundraising and Development

• Director, Major Gifts : Equality Now [New York City preferred] ⏱️ October 14
• Director of Development and Communications : DC History Center + HumanitiesDC [Washington, DC] ⏱️ October 18
• Philanthropy Officer, West or East : The Humane League [Remote in the US] ⏱️ October 19
• Associate Director, Individual Giving : American Kidney Fund [Rockville, MD]
• Senior Development Manager : The Environmental League of Massachusetts (ELM) [Boston]
• Development Director : Katmai Conservancy [Remote, Western US preferred] ⏱️ October 12

💸 Foundations and Philanthropy

• Digital Engagement Strategist : California Health Care Foundation [Oakland]
• Associate Program Director, California : Conservation Lands Foundation [Southern California] ⏱️ October 12
• Director, Environmental Innovation : Valhalla Impact [San Francisco Bay Area]
• Director, Public Policy and Advocacy : Southern California Grantmakers [Los Angeles] ⏱️ October 15
• Head of Philanthropy : Limelight Foundation [Netherlands] ⏱️ October 11
• Director of Marketing : Marin Community Foundation [Novato, CA]
• Donor Communications Manager : Sonoma Land Trust (SLT) [Santa Rosa, California]

💻 Agencies, data, politics, products & more

• Director, Consulting : Public Media Company [Remote in the US]
• Chief of Staff : Only One [Remote] ⏱️ October 12
• Sr. Community Management Lead - Riftbound : Riot Games [Los Angeles]

⚒️ Resources

A wildly incomplete list of helpful job boards, newsletters, people, networks and more. Some of these are personal projects and may not be active and updated forever but all are fabulous.

• Kaitlyn Arford's Freelance Opportunities newsletter consistently shares openings, news on organizations seeking freelance support, and tools/resources for people looking to build a stable freelance workflow.
• Basecamp Outdoor is my go to for jobs in the outdoor industry and aligned organizations. They also put together networking and job search support events.
• Working in food systems, food sustainability, agriculture? Check out the North American Food Systems Network job board.
• All Tech is Human runs the Responsible Tech Careers and Job Board. Most roles found there are in for-profit companies. There are also some nonprofit, foundation, and think tank type roles.
• So, You Want To Work in Climate...that's not rhetorical. It's the name of an amazing resource put together by Nicole Kelner. It includes job boards, newsletters, communities, events and more.
• Follow Justin Daugherty on LinkedIn to see links to jobs in climate communications.
• Public Solutions Jobs is a job board for roles in policy, public good research and more. Basically, they're helping find homes for people working in public service whose lives were overturned when Trump and DOGE decided to toss the Monopoly board in the air and storm off like the immature fools they are.
• 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.
• 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.
• Rebecca Aguilar compiles a great list of Journalism Jobs.
• 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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