Future Community Jobs

August 5, 2026 ☀️

Roles You'll Find Here

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

🗞️ Audience, content, journalism and news

• Staff Product Designer, Mobile : NPR [Remote in the US / Washington, DC]
• Lead Editor : Fuller [Remote] ⏱️ August 17
• News Director : KUNC [Greeley or Fort Collins, CO]
• Managing Editor and Government Reporter : The Tulsa Flyer [Tulsa, Oklahoma]
• Vice President of Social : Courier Newsroom [Remote in the US]
• Associate Editor, News Writer : Outside [Remote in Colorado]
• Content Writer : Bold Bison [Remote in the US]
• Editor In Chief : Heartland Signal [Remote in the US] ⏱️ August 6
• General Assignment Reporter : The Oklahoma Eagle [Tulsa, Oklahoma]
• Senior Editorial Manager, Features : National Geographic [Washington, DC / New York City]

🗣️ Communications

Anything comms. Mostly nonprofits/NGOs. Some foundations.

• Communication Specialist : Golden Gate Regional Center [San Francisco Area]
• Vice President of Communications and Narrative Strategy : Proportional Representation Hub [Remote in the US]
• Senior Director, Digital Communications : American Progress [Washington, D.C.]
• Chief Communications Officer : Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [Berkeley, CA]
• Senior Director of Communications : For The People (FTP) [Oakland, California]
• Communications Specialist (Content Writer and Editor) : The Agroecology Fund (AEF) [Remote] ⏱️ August 31
• Director, Communications : The R Street Institute [Remote / Washington, DC preferred]
• Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications : The Moth [New York City]
• Deputy Director, Internal Leadership Communications : Gates Foundation [Seattle, WA]
• Vice President of Strategic Communications & Marketing : NEA Foundation [Washington, DC]
• State Communications Strategist, Campaigns and State Communications Strategist, Implementation (two positions) : Clean Slate Initiative [Remote in the US] ⏱️ August 11
• Director, Communications : Right To Food [Toronto, Ontario] ⏱️ August 13
• Vice President, Global Methane Communications : Environmental Defense Fund [Remote in the US / New York City or Washington, DC preferred]
• Head of Communications : Tony's Chocolonely [Amsterdam]
• National Communications Director : Techtonic Justice [Remote in the US] ⏱️ August 16
• Senior Digital Designer, Climate Science : Project Drawdown [Remote in the US] ⏱️ August 16
• Coordinator of Communications & Storytelling : Cristosal [Remote] ⏱️ August 10
• Chief Communications Officer : Climate Central [Remote in the US]
• Communications Officer : Ares Foundation [New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Century City, Denver]
• Marketing & Communications Director : Earthday.org [Washington, DC]

⚡ Nonprofit organizations

• Director of Social Media Production : The Resonance Network [Remote in the US]
• Manager, Events and Conferences : Planned Parenthood [New York City or Washington, DC]
• Associate Director of Marketing : American Rivers [Remote in the US]
• Government Relations Director : American Rivers [Washington, D.C.]
• Program Associate : School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) [Stanford, CA]
• Chief of Staff : Mother’s Outreach Network (MON) [Washington, DC] ⏱️ August 17
• Manager, Legislative Affairs : Common Cause [Washington, DC]
• Alaska State Director : The Wilderness Society [Alaska] ⏱️ August 9
• Senior Program Officer, Resilient Rivers : World Wildlife Fund (WWF) [Washington, DC]
• Chief of Staff : Global Citizen [New York City]
• Senior Manager, Membership & Operations : The Moth [New York City]
• Managing Director, Discovery and Insight : TED [New York City or Remote] ⏱️ August 19
• Head of Persuasion : Hope not Hate [Remote in the UK/London] ⏱️ August 6
• Executive Director : Young Storytellers [Los Angeles]
• Southeast Regional Director : American Rivers [Remote in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee]
• Associate Program Director : Code for America [Remote in the US]
• Talent Acquisition Director : ProPublica [New York City / Washington, DC / Remote in the US]
• The Senior Director, Marketing Technology Strategy : Environmental Defense Fund [Remote in the US]
• Associate Director, Southeast Conservation : American Rivers [Remote in Tennessee]
• Associate, Global Forests and Energy Campaigns : Mighty Earth [Remote, Washington, DC preferred]
• Co-Executive Director (Maternity Cover) : Foxglove [Remote in the UK, London preferred] ⏱️ August 13
• Digital campaigner : Foxglove [Remote in the UK] ⏱️ August 17
• Finance Director : Ontario Nature [Remote in Ontario] ⏱️ August 6
• Digital Manager, Strategy & Innovation : The Hub Project [Washington, DC]
• President : Western Resource Advocates (WRA) [Remote from Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming]

💰 Fundraising and Development

• Director, Institutional Giving : Shatterproof [Remote in the US / Washington, DC or US East Coast preferred]
• Head of Community and Comms : EarthPercent [West London] ⏱️ August 18
• Manager, Events & Special Initiatives : Freedom House [Washington D.C ]
• Development Manager : Hip Hop Caucus [Remote in the US]
• Head of Strategic Partnerships & Influence : GiveDirectly [Remote]

💸 Foundations and Philanthropy

• Program Director, Policy and Advocacy : Rose Community Foundation [Denver]
• Vice President of Programs : Honnold Foundation [Remote in the US] ⏱️ September 14
• Foundation Director : Astra Foundation [London] ⏱️ August 28
• Program Manager, Transition Exchange and Associate Director, Local Economy Lab: Just Transition Fund [Remote in the US]
• Chief Executive Officer : Snap Foundation [Los Angeles, CA] ⏱️ August 14
• Program Manager US & Canada: Plastics Solution Fund [Remote in the US or Canada]
• Vice President, Programs : The Barr Foundation [Boston, Massachusetts] ⏱️ August 7

💻 Agencies, data, politics, products & more

• Data Engineering Director : Courier Newsroom [Remote in the US]
• Senior Digital Advertising Specialist : Streetlight Digital [Remote in DC and select US states]
• Associate Director of Content Strategy : Magnitude Media [Remote in the US]
• Senior Director of Creative: Wide Eye [Remote in the US]

⚒️ 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.

• 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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