Lead Writer

WHO WE ARE
Thousand Currents funds, connects, and supports visionary grassroots groups and movements leading solutions in food, climate, and the economy.

We support our movement partners in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Pacific with core, flexible, long-term grants and value-added services. We believe in the power of community-led change, and in the power of words to make change visible, credible, and irresistible to the people with resources to accelerate it. 

 

OUR VALUES

We envision a future where community-led movements have transformed the way we grow food, generate energy, and build economies, creating a world where people and planet thrive together. To realize this vision, we embrace and practice a clear set of values: 

 

• Courage - We confront injustice and inequality with love, strength, conviction, and integrity.

• Humility - We are part of a greater whole. We are one among many currents. We recognize our place among many forces for good and change that exist in the world.

• Experimentation - In order to take principled actions together, we prioritize learning, commit to self-reflection, embrace trial and error, and honor multiple ways of knowing.

• Creative collaboration - We share power, practices, and resources to reimagine new ways of living.

• Interdependence - With our futures intertwined, we respect all beings and build authentic relationships to move forward together.

 

WHO WE’RE SEEKING

We are looking for a dynamic, powerhouse writer with a sharp creative voice,  and the ability to break through the noise and shape compelling narratives that strengthens donor understanding of and support for movement-led solutions. The ideal candidate brings creativity, a strong narrative instinct, and the ability to tell  fresh and persuasive stories about complex issues. The Lead Writer must be able to discern what story needs to be told, for which audience, and why, and translate complex movement realities, data, and geopolitical context into persuasive, high-impact writing, tailored to audiences as needed. Experience in telling the stories of social and climate justice movements is a plus.

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO
Working under the direction of the Director of Communications, the Lead Writer will manage organizational writing and content development to ensure clarity, consistency, and alignment with Thousand Currents’ voice and brand. They will write high-impact, donor facing communications (one pagers, fact sheets, concept notes, educational materials and messaging for donor organizing and education); thought leadership pieces (op-eds, speeches, “Letters from the CEO,” long form website posts); and other more traditional organizational materials (organizational brochures, Annual Report).

Deadline to Apply: By 5pm ET on Friday, July 3, 2026

Key Details: Compensation, Location, Travel, & Benefits
Position: Full time, Exempt
Team: Philanthropic Partnerships & Influence (PPI)
Location: Remote, availability to maintain at least four hours of overlap with Pacific Time (UTC−8/UTC−7 depending on daylight savings)
Travel: Up to 10%
Position Reports to: Director of Communications
Compensation:$104,275

 

---

Expirationdate

2026-07-03 00:00:00

Url

https://impactopportunity.org/job/8898/lead-writer/

Remote

yes

Salaryfrom

104275

Salaryto

104275

Companydescription

Thousand Currents believes the answers to the most entrenched societal challenges around the world rest in the hands of directly affected frontline communities. For nearly 40 years, we have learned from and invested more than $31 million to 1,000 grassroots groups and social movements, working in the areas of food, economic, and climate justice. Currently, we support over 130 women-, youth-, and Indigenous-led groups, alliances, and movements across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean with core, flexible, long-term grants and wrap-around support.

Thousand Currents is also committed to ensuring philanthropy is rooted in justice and equity. We are a vocal and visible advocate for grassroots-led social change, bridging emerging approaches and learnings from the Global South with philanthropic models and practices in the Global North. We seek to question hierarchical and rigid structures within philanthropy and offer alternate models of supporting and showing solidarity with movement leaders and groups working within the larger realm of climate, food and economy.

Companywebsite

www.thousandcurrents.org

Companylocation

San Francisco, CA, USA