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Impact jobs w UNICEF, Humans of Purpose, Climate 200 + Global Peace, AI Fellowships
Plus all the social innovation jobs, fellowships, funding, leadership opps you won't find in one place except here ✨

Hey there!,
Skye here 🙂 Quick one - there’s some genuinely high-leverage opportunities in this drop. We know first hand that figuring out that break-through move or next step can feel overwhelming. That’s why we gather them in one place.
Fully funded fellowships.
Roles shaping policy and climate.
Global programs.
A few that could seriously shift your trajectory if the timing’s right.
Considering a move or just keeping an eye out for what’s possible?
Start here 👇
- Skye and the Ripple Team 💫
🔥 Ripple’s Hot Opportunity Picks
🕊️ Rotary International: Peace Fellowships (Global)
🚀 Growing (2 - 5 yrs)
Looking to study deeper into peace and development? Multiple fellowships on offer for master's degrees and professional certificates. Tuition, room, board, travel, field study - all covered. Study with diverse cohorts at top universities. Step up.
💼 Humans of Purpose: Impact & Delivery Lead
⭐️ Levelling Up (5 - 10 yrs)
Help scale a B Corp social business that creates digital career pathways for women after crisis. You’ll lead their Academy training program, support new funding opportunities, and own impact frameworks across the business. 0.8 FTE, $140K FTE pro-rata + super, remote. Check it out.
🌏 Eisenhower Fellowships: 2027 Global Program (USA)
⚡️ Established (10+ yrs)
Impact leaders, this unique fellowship will land you six weeks in the US, to collaborate and expand your network across 1,900+ global changemakers. Build your project, and catapult your leadership through dialogue, relationships and concrete action. Fully funded. Apply now.
🌱 Climate 200: Future Leaders - Community Outreach Team
🌿 Starting Out (0 - 2 yrs)
Young climate leaders, keen to get paid while building valuable career skills? Climate 200 is looking for new Community Outreach team members to make calls, engage donors, and help hit fundraising targets. Casual, remote, up to 3 days a week with internal progression opportunities. Jump in.
🧬 Nuclear Threat Initiative: AI & Biosecurity Dialogue (UK)
🌿 Starting Out (0 - 2 yrs)
Is AI and biotech your area of passion? This dialogue brings young people together to explore emerging biosecurity risks and governance. Includes a UK field immersion - site visits, labs, policy bodies, discussions with experts. Closing May 3. Get on it.
💜 ReLove: Communications Coordinator
🚀 Growing (2 - 5 yrs)
Content savvy, ambitious, digital storyteller? ReLove is an innovative NFP that furnishes homes for families escaping crisis, while also driving sustainability and the circular economy. You’ll join a fast-paced team, working directly with the founders. High energy, high passion. $80-100K + benefits, Sydney. Take a look.
🎯 UNICEF Australia: Advocacy and Policy Manager
⭐️ Levelling Up (5 - 10 yrs)
Passionate about human rights, youth and policy? Lead policy and advocacy work at UNICEF, influencing governments, and driving tangible change for young people. 7+ years in policy, government engagement skills, and ability to translate complexity. 12-month contract. Apply now.
New roles across business, marketing + more hitting the Opportunities Board next week, keep an eye out!
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🚨 On Our Radar
For careers that aren’t built in straight lines:
🌾 United Nations: 2026 SPEAK Forum (South Korea)
🌿 Starting Out (0 - 2 yrs)
Passionate about peace, AI and sustainability? Join this youth program to present your perspectives and shape visions for sustainable peace at Korea's leading international dialogue platform. Funded for flights within Korea (to Jeju), accommodation, meals. Closing April 30! Get on it.
📚 ACER: Head of Product Marketing
⚡️ Established (10+ yrs)
Ready to put your strategic marketing chops behind education impact? ACER (improving learning for millions across 150+ countries) is seeking a marketing leader to shape global strategy, lead digital transformation, and drive brand positioning across their products. Melbourne-based. Take a look.
🤖 Pivotal Research: 2026 Fellowship (UK)
🚀 Growing (2 - 5 yrs)
Want to spend 9 weeks in London learning to conduct high-impact AI safety research with expert mentorship? Pivotal's fellowship pairs you with researchers for weekly 1-on-1s, workspace at London Initiative for Safe AI, and covers travel, housing, plus stipend. Past cohorts now at Anthropic, DeepMind, UK AISI, Oxford. Closes May 3. Apply now.
🎨 The Japan Foundation: Program Coordinator (Arts & Culture)
🌿 Starting Out (0 - 2 yrs)
Excited to help bring Japanese arts and culture to more Australians? The Japan Foundation is seeking someone to help coordinate exhibitions, public programs and cultural exchange initiatives. Organisational skills, attention to detail. 3-4 days/week. Applications close May 3. Dive in.
🌊 OceanX: Ocean Futures Fellowship
🚀 Growing (2 - 5 yrs)
Ready to spend six months building your blue-planet career? OceanX's remote fellowship offers stipend, mentorship, professional development, and potential travel aboard the OceanXplorer vessel. Specialisations across AI, journalism, media, marketing, partnerships. Closes May 3. Get on it.
🌍 World Trade Organization: Young Professionals Programme
🚀 Growing (2 - 5 yrs)
Econ, international relations and trade folks, keen to spend a year in Geneva at the WTO? You’ll build real-world experience on the global stage, from dispute settlement to digital trade, climate to fisheries subsidies. 2+ years working experience. Jump in.
🧠 Constellation Institute: 2026 Astra Fellowship (USA)
⭐️ Levelling Up (5 - 10 yrs)
Looking to transition into AI safety? This 5-month, fully-funded fellowship pairs you with expert mentors at Constellation's research center in Berkeley. Two streams: Strategy & Governance or Empirical ML Research. Past fellows now at Redwood Research, METR, OpenAI. Closes May 3. Get involved.
New roles across business, marketing + more hitting the Opportunities Board next week, keep an eye out!
High Growth Member Opportunities
Here’s a taster 🤤:
🎬 Communications Manager (Creative Industries): Lead strategy, media outreach, and campaign comms for Australia's creative professionals union. Melbourne based, competitive package.
💻 Women in Tech Scholarship (Japan): Female or non-binary student in tech? 2-week immersive internship with workshops, start-up challenges, networking, and cultural tours. Closing May 4.
🏥 GM, Social Impact & Partnerships (Health Sector): Integrate philanthropy, partnerships, and global health to strengthen surgical care across the Indo-Pacific. Melbourne, competitive + packaging.
📊 Economics & Policy Internship: Interested in consulting, economics, or policy? Gain hands-on experience in research, data analysis, policy development. National locations. Closes May 1.
🌱 Associate (Energy & Resources Advisory): 2-5 years in sustainability advisory, ESG, or climate risk? Lead technical delivery on natural capital, LCA, GHG accounting, climate frameworks.
🌏 China Summer School Program (Italy): Emerging China scholar or practitioner? Intensive program with leading academics on contemporary China, geopolitics, and economics.
🎗️ Events Manager (Fundraising & Health): 5-10 years in events management? Lead delivery of major fundraising events, bring people together, and inspire action. Sydney-based, competitive.
💰 Grants for Women-Owned Businesses: Access $5,000 non-dilutive funding, no equity, no strings. Five recipients selected on need, potential, and alignment. Aus wide.
📊 Business Model Consultant (Gender Rights): Experience in data funding landscape + business model development? Design sustainable resourcing strategies for a gender equality measurement program. Project-based, remote, up to $30K AUD.
✍️ Writers Residential Fellowships: Emerging impact-led writer? 2-3 weeks funded residency in NSW. 47 fellowships available across multiple genres, identities, and career stages.
⚖️ Solicitor (Environmental Law): Law reform experience? Engage with government, track legislation, advocate for climate and biodiversity law reform. $102-114K + super + loading.
🌏 Australia-Korea Grants: Passionate about Australia and Korea? Access project funding for arts, culture, youth engagement, economic cooperation, or emerging tech sectors!
🧠 Practice Lead (Mental Health): Clinical background? Shape evidence-based practice at scale for a national mental health org. Part-time, remote or hybrid. $119-124K pro-rata + super.
🎓 National Youth Scholarship Program: Young leader facing financial barriers? Get $6K over 2 years for development plus mentoring. Academic, arts, sport, trade, or music pathways.
📢 Strategic Comms Lead (Climate Finance): 5-10 years in climate comms? Manage team, shape narratives pushing investors on fossil fuel phaseout. Remote national, $140-165K + super.
🌱 Green Start-up Competition: Early-stage cleantech idea? Free program with online training, 3-day bootcamp (Sydney), pitch event, and chance to compete at Global Finals in Vienna.
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