About Us

Driven by a passion to solve the climate crisis, The Sunrise Project U.S. is a team of experienced change-makers, researchers and communications professionals with a mission to scale social movements to drive the global transition beyond fossil fuels. With affiliated programs and staff in Australia and Europe, we have developed a unique model of grant making and campaigning that supports networks of organizations to drive powerful change towards our mission.

We have a dynamic and nimble organisational culture. We’re serious about supporting our people to thrive as we tackle the urgent climate challenge.

We believe that a diversity of experiences and perspectives will help us build stronger strategies, teams and movements. We strongly encourage First Nations people, people of color, people living outside of cities, and people with disabilities to apply. We are continually working on becoming a better workplace for everyone.

About you

You’re a self-driven, digital content all-rounder who is deeply passionate about solving the climate crisis and understands the role that business can play in this. You will have experience in a marketing, content or campaign management role, with specialist or expert knowledge of corporate sustainability and climate impacts. 

You’re an expert communicator and can captivate audiences, spark their imaginations, and move them towards taking bold action on climate in their workplace. You have the ability to think strategically and take the lead on projects. You know content marketing inside-out, and are able to develop and execute engaging digital marketing campaigns across multiple platforms.

Success will depend on your collaboration and strong interpersonal skills, as you build relationships and campaigns with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.

About The Role

WorkForClimate is on a mission to build a movement of climate influencers inside the global corporate sector. Through a combination of inspirational and educational content, cohort-based courses and coaching, and a thriving global community of climate-concerned professionals, WorkForClimate helps individuals to build business cases to influence their corporation to take rapid, significant action on climate.

The WorkForClimate Campaign Manager is responsible for integrating the WorkForClimate tools and digital infrastructure (Brand, Product, Content) across the Sunrise Project Global Finance campaigns in North America and Europe. You will be able to translate the strategic objectives of the Sunrise campaign into the WorkForClimate context: developing digital marketing assets to build an audience, bringing corporate professionals into our ecosystem of content and community, and organizing them to take action at work via our playbooks and cohort-based courses.

We support networks of organizations to work together to achieve outcomes that would not be possible by individual organizations acting alone. We expect all roles at Sunrise to actively support the capacity building of these networks and partner organizations.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to scale corporate employee climate engagement through the distribution of WorkForClimate platform content

• Develop and implement digital campaigns to engage corporate staff to drive change within specific companies using the WorkForClimate brand and platform 

• Create or commission content that delivers on Sunrise Project campaign objectives, while also aligning with the WorkForClimate Brand and Content Strategy, incorporating product and creative content, with a focus on driving subscribers and achieving impact (getting companies to achieve climate goals)

• Collaborate with the WorkForClimate Director, and Sunrise teams to leverage the WorkForClimate platform across the Sunrise Project campaigns

• Work as part of a close-knit team to build WorkForClimate into an inspiring and high-impact platform to drive corporate employee action globally.

Required skills and experience    

• At least 5 years’ experience in a similar or related role including unpaid, grassroots or lived experience;

• Experience in a content, digital marketing or campaign communications role, with specialist or expert knowledge of corporate sustainability and climate impacts;

• Ability to inspire teams and bring them on the WorkForClimate journey - to spark imagination about what is possible with the platform when working in conjunction with broader tactics;

• Flexible disposition, happy to work outside areas of previous experience and happy to get stuck into laborious tasks when required

• Strong familiarity with online marketing best practice

• A passion for action on climate change and a commitment to social justice;

• You must have full working rights for the USA.

If you meet some but not all of the criteria for this position, are unsure, but you’re keen on the role - please get in touch. We value and recognize experience that has been unpaid, from the grassroots or is lived experience.

How Sunrise supports its staff:

The Sunrise Project U.S. is committed to creating a workplace that supports our staff to do their best work and develop professionally. We have the following in place to help us achieve that:

• 401(k) & employer match

• 100% employer paid health, vision and dental coverage

• Four weeks of vacation leave

• Birthday leave (if it’s your birthday, you get a day off)

• Cultural & solidarity leave

• 12 weeks parental leave after 12 months of service

• Commitment to supporting to your professional development

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program

• Coaching and management support with regular 1:1 meetings

• Performance reviews and feedback to support you and the team to reflect and grow

• A co-developed initial 3 month work plan to help you hit the ground running and have clarity on your role and responsibilities

• Flexible work policy

How to apply for this job

In our commitment to inclusive hiring of the best candidates, we use the Be Applied hiring system to process applications.

The Be Applied system reduces the opportunity for unconscious bias in allowing for anonymised reviews of responses to work sample questions. This means we assess candidates on how well they strategise and communicate on relevant work samples. When you click on the link you will be taken to an external site to start your application. You will be required to upload a CV or resume and will be asked to respond to a few questions with long form answers. We will not be asking you to submit a cover letter.

Statement from our US Fiscal Sponsor Windward Fund

Sunrise US is a project of Windward Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative public-interest projects and grant-making programs. Windward Fund is committed to attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people, and to creating a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. Windward Fund ‘s work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working.

To center the safety and well-being of its employees, Windward Fund requires that any employee who is required to conduct in-person activities for their job must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within two weeks of their start date.  This position may require candidates to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  Accommodations may be sought and approved in accordance with the law by contacting human resources at hr@windwardfund.org .