Location: Remote; Global. Must be committed to meeting frequently online with staff and partners in the US, Europe, and across Asia and intermittently traveling to these locations. 

Remuneration: Depending on experience (including unpaid and other experiences) and capacity to take on responsibility, the salary range United States: 112k-120k USD, United Kingdom: 68k-74k GBP, Netherlands: 80k-86k EUR, If the successful candidate is outside of these locations, the salary will be adjusted based on local market equivalencies.

About Us

Driven by a passion to solve the climate crisis, The Sunrise Project Inc 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 the Program

Sunrise Organizing Lab (SOL) is a program of The Sunrise Project that aims to support a movement that is healthier, more inclusive and equitable, and ultimately more powerful in challenging the finance sector to leverage its power and hasten the transition away from fossil fuels. Finance Action Organisers Network (“Finance Action”) is the capacity building arm of SOL, supporting networks of groups and activists to build power, strategy, and skills to win campaigns, shift targets, and grow the global finance movement. 

SOL supports Sunrise campaigns targeting private banks, insurers, asset managers, private equity firms, and others through directed network corporate campaigns. We know that deep investment in strategy development, capacity building, and providing ongoing support to partners and peers is key to winning corporate and regulatory campaigns and enforcing those wins.

About the Role

The Training & Capacity Building Manager is a new role to support growth and delivery of cross regional capacity building programs. The role works with the Director of Finance Action Organisers Network and the SOL Program Director, in collaboration with SOL and TSP team members, to identify and build programs and partnerships to support cross regional strategies that build movement infrastructure. This may include: training and coaching programs with key constituencies like youth or faith based groups, with groups already fighting against fossil fuels or those working to expand clean energy in key regions; and/or, strengthening organising and campaigning efforts to shift finance out of fossil fuels and increase investing in renewable energy. 

The role implements and iterates on these programs, including: developing trainings on and across financial institutions; experimenting with capacity building programs for various constituencies to add finance targets to local site struggles and fights; recruiting potential partners globally to participate in programs; and overall building the capacity of our networks and people to win our campaigns and grow our movement into the future. 

The Sunrise Project supports 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 these networks and partner organizations. 

About You

You understand the power social movements have to shape corporate policy, pass legislation, change narratives, and win campaigns, and the history of campaigns that have shifted the social landscape to this day. You are eager to use your skills in campaigning to support actors across the movement ecology to develop their skills, sharpen their strategies, take strategic action, and build real power together. You have experience in training and engaging with groups large and small to connect local issues to corporate and political targets and build transformational power. You understand that training and capacity building is not a one-time experience, and enjoy providing support and collaborating with people to continue growing and winning. 

You demonstrate a strong ability to work with different groups across regions, and are committed to advancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within the organization and through its work in the world. You understand the power of growing movement capacity to support growth of individuals, institutions, and entities. You’re passionate about winning campaigns right now to shift finance out of fossil fuels and building longer term capacity to support campaigns into the future. 

You do not need senior experience in fossil finance or climate – you can be an advanced leader in your own field of training or campaigning with a desire to be more active in the fossil finance movement. You will have a firm grasp of the role of finance actors in the climate crisis, and how civil society and social movements can influence their actions.

Key Responsibilities

• Implements strategies for SOL and Finance Action's delivery of cross regional capacity building programs, that closely reflectsthe needs of partners, staff, campaigns, and regions. 

• Develop, devise, and delivers durable programs to support small and large scale capacity building needs, including demographic and development experiments that fill key gaps in climate finance movement ecosystems and measurably grow organizations’ and networks’ strategic capacities.  

• Developsaligned training programs with and across finance campaigns, to support engagement in Sunrise campaigns

• Coordinates and runs strategy meetings for large and small groups and networks. 

• Works with partners, organizations, and individuals to support ongoing growth, learning and impact

• Outreaching to, and engaging with potential partners and campaigns related to climate justice and/or finance targets to engage in programs and campaigns to expedite local and global policy wins. 

• Nurture generative relationships with existing partners, by understanding their strategic and organizational needs and supporting them in reaching their powerbuilding goals;

• Supports the design and implementation of assessment and evaluation tools to support partner growth and ensures the program is accountable to its mission, movement partners, and supporters;

• Manages and processes grants and contractors to support capacity building and training delivery.

• Aligns programmatic work with Sunrise’s mission, values and OKR’s.  

Required skills, knowledge and experience 

• Advanced level experience in campaigning and/or training in climate justice, labor, immigrants rights, or other active social movements. 

• Advanced level experience in designing and implementing trainings, strategy sessions, workshops, and other campaigning tools to support collaboration and campaigning.

• High level ability to co-create strategies for regional and global campaigning against corporations and/or governments;

• Highly developed understanding and experience in how training, strategy, capacity building, and ongoing collaboration supports individual growth and campaign outcomes;

• Highly developed communication skills, with an ability to communicate strategies in clear and compelling ways to various audiences, especially internal teams, peer and partner organizations and donors;

• High level ability to engage experts especially on technical training needs of partners and teams;

• Strong understanding of the role of various actors in creating social change;

• Strong understanding of the role of finance institutions in hastening transition away from fossil fuels;

• Excellent interpersonal communication, relationship building, and group facilitation skills;

• A collaborative mindset and a proven ability to work effectively in alliance with diverse stakeholders;

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

Job Requirements

• You must have full working rights for the country in which you will be working.  The Sunrise Project is unable to sponsor applicants for employment visas.

• Employment background checks may be/are required.

• Attend local in person partner actions.

• Intermittent travel with advanced notice may be required.

• COVID-19 vaccinations may apply in accordance with local legislation and/or Sunrise policy

How Sunrise supports its staff:

For Successful Candidates Employed in the United States:

• 401(k) & employer match

• 100% employer paid health, vision and dental coverage

• Five weeks of vacation leave

• Paid Parental Leave that is gender-neutral & inclusive of all types of families, incl. Parental Return To Work & Keeping In Touch Program

• Life Leave (up to 40 days p.a. for significant personal reasons)

• Flexible Working Policy

• Floating public holidays (cultural leave)

• Employee Assistance Program

• VIDA - An AI tool to support your health and wellbeing.

• Workspace Benefits incl: Macbook & accessories, initial $2,000 for home workspace and IT equipment + $800 every 2 years + up to $75/mth phone/data/internet.

• Shared office support

• Regular all-org and team meetings & retreats

• Learning & Development Program incl. a professional development budget for you

• Coaching & manager support with regular 1:1 meetings

• Annual performance & development reviews with 360 feedback

• A co-developed work plan to ensure clarity on your role & key responsibilities

• We provide our staff with a voice on issues that concern them via consultation, eg JEDI caucuses, working groups, slack channels, surveys and meetings.

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For Successful Candidates Employed outside of the U.S. or Australia. Noting that the benefits listed may vary in accordance with the Professional Employment Organisation (PEO) we engage with for this role.

• Statutory benefits and entitlements of the country/province in which you are employed.

• Sunrise may provide additional benefits, where in-country entitlements are less than our standard package, where applicable including:

• Paid Parental Leave that is gender-neutral & inclusive of all types of families, incl. Parental Return To Work & Keeping In Touch Program

• Life Leave (up to 40 days p.a. for significant personal reasons)

• Public Holiday + Cultural Leave

• Workspace Benefits incl: Macbook & accessories, initial $2,000 (or equivalent in local currency) for home workspace & IT equipment + $800 (or equivalent in local currency) every 2 years + up to $75/mth phone/data/internet.

• Shared office support

Additionally, we offer:

• Flexible Working Policy

• VIDA - An AI tool to support your health and wellbeing.

• Regular all-org and team meetings & retreats

• Learning & Development Program incl. a professional development budget for every staff member

• Coaching & manager support with regular 1:1 meetings

• Annual performance & development reviews with 360 feedback

• A co-developed work plan to ensure clarity on your role & key responsibilities

• We provide our staff with a voice on issues that concern them via consultation, caucuses, working groups, and surveys.