Work On Climate has a diverse team of 60+ people donating their time, including seasoned executives and founders, employees of Fortune 500 companies, and professionals of all walks of life who are helping propel the organization forward.
You don’t need to have a climate background to volunteer with us: we need a variety of skills in areas such as events, marketing, business development, research, data analytics, and more.
Join us in building a climate-positive, harmonious, and equitable future.
At the moment, we do not have any open positions available. However, our mission at Work on Climate is ever-evolving, and new opportunities may arise as we continue to grow and expand our impact.
If you’re passionate about building the climate workforce and interested in contributing to our work, we’d love to hear from you! While we might not have the right opportunity now, your skills and enthusiasm could be just what we need in the future.
Please reach out to us at support@workonclimate.org to express your interest, share a bit about yourself, and let us know how you’d like to contribute. By staying in touch, you’ll be among the first to know when new roles become available that match your expertise and passions.
Thank you for your interest in Work on Climate. Together, we can make a significant impact on building a sustainable future.
[About Work on Climate]
At Work on Climate (WoCl), our mission goes beyond job matchmaking. We’re building a platform to propel meaningful climate action, concentrating on one of the most critical yet overlooked aspects—nurturing a robust climate work ecosystem.
Being a part of our volunteer team isn’t merely about being a member of a community. It’s an invitation to immerse yourself in real-world impact, to tackle pressing climate sub-problems that demand skilled minds to bridge the talent gap, essential for the climate-centric economy we envision.
[About the team] The MD – Metrics & Data Team builds tools and infrastructure (from pipelines to visualizations) to help track the health of Work On Climate’s community programs and provide data to inform program decisions. Today our team is 6 total members from data engineering, analyst and product backgrounds, located across the US, Europe and Australia. Our standard meeting schedule is once a week. You’ll work with your volunteer teammates Xanthe Travlos, Felix, Inbal, several others, and Eugene, our Founder.
[Role Summary]
We’re looking for a volunteer Data Product Manager / Team Lead to help steer this team’s direction and implementation. You’ll first join the team as an individual contributor, partnering with the current Team Lead, with the goal of taking on a leadership role within a few months.
5 hours/week consistently for the next 3-6 months.
In addition to playing a critical role in enabling the climate talent transition, you will get to:
Partner with WoCl internal stakeholders to identify and expand on critical data questions
You will need to be highly organized and have basic management skills.
Yay! We’re excited to learn more about you. Please fill out this application form to tell us about your skills and interests in volunteering with our awesome team. If you are selected for an interview, our team will be in touch in 1-2 weeks.
About Work on Climate Work On Climate is a leading non-profit focused on building the workforce to solve climate change equitably and justly. You probably know us for our online community that has helped thousands of people find jobs and start companies, highlighted in most major business press, from Fast Company to New York Times. However, our work goes even farther: we are creating change in systems that produce the workforce in the first place – learn more about our approach in this deck.
Most of Work On Climate has been created by a nimble team of highly talented and dedicated volunteers. Supporting the workforce is a uniquely impactful climate solution that helps all other climate solutions, and by volunteering with our team, you can be on the leading edge of this critical work.
About the team Today our team is 8-10 members geo located across multiple international time zones. Our standard meeting schedule is currently 1x/week. We are upgrading all our events to truly connect people who can help each other, and build lasting work relationships and collaborations.
Role Summary The Event Coordinator/Facilitator will project manage and execute a variety of virtual events in partnership with other volunteer teams and external partners.
5 hours/week consistently for the next 6 months. Ability to commit to some specific events at specific times.
In addition to playing a critical role in enabling the climate talent transition, you will get to:
Our events typically align to US and European time zones. Bring your passion for driving climate change and your experience in managing virtual events and help us keep driving change in the climate work ecosystem!
You will need to be highly organized and have basic management skills;
Yay! We’re excited to learn more about you. Please fill out this application form to tell us about your skills and interests in volunteering with our awesome team. If you are selected for an interview, our team will be in touch in 1-2 weeks.
About Work on Climate Work On Climate is a leading non-profit focused on building the workforce to solve climate change equitably and justly. You probably know us for our online community that has helped thousands of people find jobs and start companies, highlighted in most major business press, from Fast Company to New York Times. However, our work goes even farther: we are creating change in systems that produce the workforce in the first place – learn more about our approach in this deck.
Most of Work On Climate has been created by a nimble team of highly talented and dedicated volunteers. Supporting the workforce is a uniquely impactful climate solution that helps all other climate solutions, and by volunteering with our team, you can be on the leading edge of this critical work.
About the Team The Subcommunities (subco for short) team is currently seeking 3 volunteers with a passion for people and community management! With 30k people in the Work on Climate (WoCl) Slack community, curating a navigable, useful, and helpful digital ecosystem for members is critical to our mission to make climate work mainstream. Subcommunities refers to Slack channels within WoCl, which are broken out by topic and categories like “learn” “role” and “geo.” Volunteers create programming and opportunities to help members make meaningful interactions, connect to valuable resources, and realize their full potential in the climate workforce transition.
5 hours/week consistently for the next 3-6 months.
By helping others on their journey to work on climate, you will increase your own chances of doing the same! You will also get hands on experience with community organizing, change management, and helping WoCl transition to communities of practice (CoP). The skills you develop and relationships you build can help you in your career, especially you are looking for a climate job. By volunteering, you can:
Our volunteers manage three subcos directly (running events and curating experiences for members) and look after the overall structure and organization of WoCl. Our three CoPs are:
If you have a passion for at least one of this areas, you’ll enjoy this work! We are also running some new experiments with #role and #learn communities to create a deeper level of engagement and value for members through evolving a subco to become a true community of practice
Currently, volunteers on this team are doing work like:
You should be comfortable with some ambiguity, be willing to think outside the box and try experimental things. Past experience with community organizing/management, and especially with communities of practice, preferred!
Yay! We’re excited to learn more about you. Please fill out this application form to tell us about your skills and interests in volunteering with our awesome team. If you are selected for an interview, our team will be in touch in 1-2 weeks.
About Work on Climate Work On Climate is a leading non-profit focused on building the workforce to solve climate change equitably and justly. You probably know us for our online community that has helped thousands of people find jobs and start companies, highlighted in most major business press, from Fast Company to New York Times. However, our work goes even farther: we are creating change in systems that produce the workforce in the first place – learn more about our approach in this deck.
Most of Work On Climate has been created by a nimble team of highly talented and dedicated volunteers. Supporting the workforce is a uniquely impactful climate solution that helps all other climate solutions, and by volunteering with our team, you can be on the leading edge of this critical work.
About the team The Member Experience team ensures that the Work on Climate community’s tools, resources, and standards make Work on Climate a positive place where members help one another make climate work mainstream. The Member Experience team is mostly located in the US and holds a team meeting on Thursdays at 9am Pacific Time.
Our 30K community has grown substantially in the past year. With that growth comes greater opportunity for connection and community building, but also greater risk of spam and other behaviors that go against our Community Guidelines.
Role Summary We are seeking an additional Community Moderator to help make sure that activity within Work on Climate meets our Community Guidelines and to support the Member Experience Team on quarterly projects.
5 hours/week consistently for the next 3-6 months.
Work on Climate is one of the largest, most active communities helping people make the transition to climate work. Volunteering as a community moderator means you will have a direct impact on how members experience Work on Climate, and ensure that community members connect with the people and resources they need.
Through this work, you will gain the following:
This role will split weekly volunteer hours between Moderation (70%) and supporting quarterly Member Experience Projects (30%).
Moderation (70%)
Moderators are closely exposed to what goes on on Slack, empathize with member experience, and are uniquely equipped to identify ways to improve the community guidelines, the moderation process, and overall Slack structure. Tasks could look like:
Member Experience Projects (30%)
Each quarter the Member Experience Team defines new projects and goals. Depending on the project topic, Moderators can either support or lead a project.
The most effective candidates will have:
Yay! We’re excited to learn more about you. Please fill out this application form to tell us about your skills and interests in volunteering with our awesome team. If you are selected for an interview, our team will be in touch in 1-2 weeks.
About Work on Climate Work On Climate is a leading non-profit focused on building the workforce to solve climate change equitably and justly. You probably know us for our online community that has helped thousands of people find jobs and start companies, highlighted in most major business press, from Fast Company to New York Times. However, our work goes even farther: we are creating change in systems that produce the workforce in the first place – learn more about our approach in this deck.
Most of Work On Climate has been created by a nimble team of highly talented and dedicated volunteers. Supporting the workforce is a uniquely impactful climate solution that helps all other climate solutions, and by volunteering with our team, you can be on the leading edge of this critical work.
About the team: The Marketing Team at Work on Climate (WoCl) makes sure that we are able to reach and engage our key audiences at the right time, in the right place, and with the right message. Today our team has 5 total members geo located across the US and Europe.
Role Summary: To help us with this goal, we are looking for a web designer to focus on the visual aspects of our website, such as its design, layout, and usability. Additionally, when needed, to make other digital assets for blogs, email newsletters, and social media graphics.
5 hours/week consistently for the next 6 months. We meet at 10.30am PT every week, which is the only non-flexible time commitment!
Work on Climate is one of the largest and most active climate slack communities helping people around the world work on climate! As a volunteer, you’ll have the opportunity to help your fellow members on their climate journey, as well as work with our awesome global team of volunteers. You’ll also:
You will support the marketing team, thus the entire org, by creating and implementing visual assets for our website and occasionally other social channels. This includes:
Yay! We’re excited to learn more about you. Please fill out this application form to tell us about your skills and interests in volunteering with our awesome team. If you are selected for an interview, our team will be in touch in 1-2 weeks.
About Work on Climate: Work On Climate is a leading non-profit focused on building the workforce to solve climate change equitably and justly. You probably know us for our online community that has helped thousands of people find jobs and start companies, highlighted in most major business press, from Fast Company to New York Times. However, our work goes even farther: we are creating change in systems that produce the workforce in the first place – learn more about our approach in this deck.
Most of Work On Climate has been created by a nimble team of highly talented and dedicated volunteers. Supporting the workforce is a uniquely impactful climate solution that helps all other climate solutions, and by volunteering with our team, you can be on the leading edge of this critical work.
About the team: Today our Marketing team has 5 total members geo located across the US and Europe. Our standard team meeting is currently Thursdays at 10.30am PT.
Role Summary: We’re adding content creators to our team to help us generate high-quality, informative, and engaging content across various platforms. As a Volunteer Content Creator, you will play a crucial role in helping us spread awareness about our mission to make climate work mainstream while building a portfolio of content in the climate space.
5 hours/week consistently for the next 3-6 months.
Work on Climate is one of the largest and most active climate slack communities helping people around the world work on climate! As a volunteer, you’ll have the opportunity to help your fellow members on their climate journey, as well as network and collaborate with our awesome global team of volunteers. You’ll also:
This opportunity has a focus on long-form content, however there are opportunities to create a variety of content types at Work on Climate based on your skillset. This includes:
Yay! We’re excited to learn more about you. Please fill out this application form to tell us about your skills and interests in volunteering with our awesome marketing team. We will be in touch within a week or so after your submission.
About Work on Climate Work On Climate is a leading non-profit focused on building the workforce to solve climate change equitably and justly. You probably know us for our online community that has helped thousands of people find jobs and start companies, highlighted in most major business press, from Fast Company to New York Times. However, our work goes even further: we are creating change in systems that produce the workforce in the first place – learn more about our approach in this deck.
Most of Work On Climate has been created by a nimble team of highly talented and dedicated volunteers. Supporting the workforce is a uniquely impactful climate solution that helps all other climate solutions, and by volunteering with our team, you can be on the leading edge of this critical work.
About the team The Subcommunities (subco for short) team is currently seeking people with deep, specific, expertise and experience in sustainability at work who are available to share that knowledge freely with our Work on Climate community. In #learn-workplace-climate-action we focus on helping professionals build the skills needed to take climate action and improve sustainability in their workplace (learn more here), no matter the industry they work in.
2-3 hours/week consistently for the next 3-6 months.
Work on Climate is one of the largest, most active communities helping people make the transition to climate work. Volunteering as a community moderator means you will have a direct impact on how members experience Work on Climate, and ensure that community members connect with the people and resources they need.
Through this work, you will gain the following:
The most effective candidates will have:
Yay! We’re excited to learn more about you. Please fill out this application form to tell us about your skills and interests in volunteering with our awesome team. If you are selected for an interview, our team will be in touch in 1-2 weeks.