Current opportunities

Luminate is hiring a Director of Global Ecosystems, a senior strategy role reporting to the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer.

This is not a conventional funder position. The person coming into this role will be responsible for the foundational infrastructure that makes Luminate's work possible — the convenings, civic tech ecosystems, civil society networks, and experimental funding that sit beneath the programmes themselves. They'll manage the Central Fund, steward a small team, and represent Luminate in global and multilateral spaces.

What makes this hire distinctive is the mindset it demands. Luminate is looking for someone who thinks in systems and scenarios rather than annual plans, who is as comfortable calling time on a failing experiment as scaling a successful one, and who understands that power — narrative, convening, institutional — can entrench inequity as easily as it can shift it.

The right candidate will have operated at the intersection of strategy, philanthropy, and global infrastructure. They'll know how to move slowly enough to bring stakeholders with them, and quickly enough to stay ahead of a fast-changing landscape. They'll be a credible external voice and a useful internal one.

Applications close 20 March 2026. For info on the role, including how to apply, please visit:  https://app.beapplied.com/apply/8hx9432oxz

Luminate is hiring a Chief of Staff, based in London and reporting to the CEO.

The role is about keeping the organisation aligned and functioning well at a senior level. That includes managing the rhythm of executive and leadership meetings, supporting board communications, leading internal communications, and making sure decisions are tracked and acted on. It also involves acting as a link between the CEO and the wider organisation — helping to ensure that strategic priorities are understood and that issues get escalated or resolved at the right level.

There is no line management attached to the role. Influence here comes through relationships and credibility rather than formal authority, so previous experience working in that kind of environment matters.

Luminate operates across multiple regions in areas — civic tech, media freedom, accountable governance — where the political context can shift quickly. A candidate with experience in global or geographically distributed organisations, and some familiarity with operating contexts outside the UK, will be better placed to work effectively across the team.

Applications close 20 March 2026. For info on the role, including how to apply, visit: https://app.beapplied.com/apply/ojfyaz9wki

openDemocracy is recruiting up to three Non-Executive Directors as part of a planned programme of board renewal.

The organisation is a 25-year-old international media outlet, headquartered in London, publishing investigative journalism and analysis on democracy, human rights, inequality, climate, and related issues. It reaches over 100,000 newsletter subscribers weekly and has contributed to legal reforms and parliamentary investigations in the UK and internationally. Following a significant multi-year grant, it is now investing in editorial quality and long-term sustainability — and is also beginning to plan for chair succession. It is a meaningful moment to join the board.

The organisation is particularly interested in candidates who bring depth in financial governance, public-interest media, digital audience development, or legal expertise — especially in media or human rights law. Experience working in or with the Global South is genuinely valued, not just noted.

This is an unremunerated role requiring roughly 12–18 days a year. The board meets four times annually, with an additional strategy session, and members are expected to sit on at least one sub-committee.

The kind of person openDemocracy is looking for will be motivated by the work rather than the profile, comfortable with the trade-offs that come with a small organisation operating under real resource constraints, and committed to the independence and credibility of public-interest journalism.

The search is being led by Jago Channell. To apply, send a CV and cover letter to recruitment@opendemocracy.net.

The Global Fund for a New Economy is hiring a Director of Global Communications Network. 

GFNE was founded in 2024 with backing from the Hewlett, Ford, and Omidyar foundations and Open Society, and is focused on shifting economic narratives across ten countries including Brazil, India, the US, South Africa, and Indonesia. This role sits at the centre of that effort.

The Director will be responsible for building and running a network of national communications hubs — not as a central gatekeeper, but as a senior strategic partner who helps each hub work more effectively while also learning from the others. That means setting overall narrative strategy, supporting hub leaders, facilitating cross-country learning, and rolling up their sleeves on high-stakes communications work when it matters. Fundraising for the network is also part of the brief.

The organisation is looking for someone with real depth in both long-term narrative strategy and day-to-day media delivery — someone who knows what makes news in different political contexts and has the credibility to advise others on it. Experience in economic justice or related fields is important, and strong networks in Africa or Latin America are particularly valued given where GFNE is investing.

This is an early-stage organisation building something from scratch. The right candidate will be energised by that rather than unsettled by it.

The role is remote, with a salary of $155,000–$180,000.

Details of how to apply coming soon,