RECRUIt
Are you motivated by the desire to help build a more sustainable planet and would you like to be a part of our team?
Open World Alliance is a young and fast-growing non-profit start-up with a mission to redefine, empower and synergize business, finance and social systems to advance a regenerative future.
Our small core team is looking to step up our operation, expand our offering and take this mission to a new scale for long-term positive social and environmental transformation.
We have a remote-friendly culture with a global team supporting our UK HQ with strong links across the UK, Europe, the UAE, US and Mexico amongst other corners of the world. Our work has international reach without borders.
We are looking for the following paid and/or volunteer roles listed below. We’re excited to grow our team and are inviting new candidates with the right skills and alignment with whom we can develop professionally and personally together.
If you think this could be the role for you and you resonate with our mission and culture, we’d love you to get in touch! Drop us your CV to recruit@openworldalliance.org and we'll get back in touch if it's the right fit or add you to our community talent pool for future openings.
QUALITIES WE'Re
looking for:
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Highly organised and self-motivated individuals with a proactive attitude towards producing great work.
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Collaborative team-players who are comfortable working in an agile environment, can adapt to project changes and attend online team meetings.
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Reliable commitment to a regular number of hours per week. Volunteer minimum: 8 hrs.
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Minimum commitment of 6-months, with a compatibility review after 3 months.
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Capable relevant skills, significant experience (minimum 3-5+yrs) and proven track record to bring to their role.
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A continuous learning mindset and positive “can-do” attitude with an enthusiasm to join us on ambitious, meaningful and fast-moving projects.
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Interest in, and passion for, social and environmental regeneration, biodiversity, climate and social justice issues, innovation and next-generation solutions and helping OWA grow as an organisation.
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Good fluency in English language.
WHAT WE
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Compensation Prospects - Paid role compensation is in line with experience and ability. As a non-profit start-up, volunteer roles are unpaid at present. Volunteers who demonstrate proficiency in their roles may be offered paid roles via a recruitment process once funding is secured for these roles.
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Pay Bonus - Members joining OWA’s internal team will be granted access to the financial technologies we’re currently developing and gain the opportunity to share in the future success of our funding pools for increased financial empowerment.
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Flexible Work Hours - We organise and communicate digitally so positions are not location specific. You can work full-time, part-time or flexible hours depending upon your timetable although we do expect reliable commitment and attendance at scheduled meetings. Ideally able to be online and accessible during UK - Europe - EST time zones (ie. -8 to +3 GMT)
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Progression Opportunities - We’re an expanding organisation with fantastic growth plans! You’ll find yourself in a dynamic environment and working alongside a capable team of professionals who strive for excellence and mean business! Great work experience and potential career progression opportunities ahead to evolve your role and make a real difference.
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Team Culture - We offer a friendly, supportive environment that's open minded to new ideas, contributions and the alchemy of co-creation.
To develop and implement a diverse range of aligned fundraising strategies, campaigns and income opportunities in line with OWA’s mission, values and strategic objectives.
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VOLUNTEER
VACANCIES:
Listed below is our ideal dream team list of roles and skills that we'd love help to expand OWA with. Please click on role for pop-up role description and more details:
To devise, deliver and support our environment and sustainability strategy and membership
assessment framework
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To develop and manage communication strategies, social media presence, communicate OWA’s work
and brand and build our growing community
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To develop, support and maintain engaging social media presence through video content and online webinars to communicate OWA’s work and build our growing community.
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To create digital written content to communicate OWA’s work, maintain engaging social media presence and assist with producing internal documents and materials.
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To support and maintain engaging social media presence to communicate OWA’s work, keep our supporters informed and build our growing community
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To create engaging and on-brand creative visual content that communicates OWA’s work.
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To help develop key organisational partnerships to support and advance OWA’s strategic objectives and catalyze organizational impact.
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To co-ordinate the administration of volunteer and team recruitment and management.
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To contribute administrative support to facilitate the smooth running of a small fast-growing startup organisation
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HOW WE WORK
Open World Alliance is a growing evolutionary (Teal) organisation inspired by Holocratic principles. We are working on creating a workplace that operates through horizontal governance decision-making processes and where everyone is trusted to take ownership of their work and responsibilities.
Our culture aspires to be welcoming, friendly and co-operative, where team members are empowered and supported through open and transparent communication, radical candour and where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work - with egos left squarely at the door! As a fast-growing, hard-working start-up, many of us wear several hats and help out where we can to ensure we deliver on point!
We’re a diverse hands-on bunch looking for pragmatic, productive and pro-active team members who share a like-minded vision to help us deliver stellar work and realize OWA's greater objectives.
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OWA is an equal opportunity organisation committed to creating an inclusive environment with people of different backgrounds and experiences. We welcome diversity in age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability etc. and strongly encourage folks from marginalized and under-represented backgrounds to apply. We value our team members for who they are and truly believe these differences make us better and enable us to grow and thrive as an organisation and team.
We only assess applications on ability and fit for the role. Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss any adjustments you might need to ensure a level playing field during the recruitment process.
COMMITMENT
TO DIVERSITY:
HOW TO
APPLY:
If you think one of these roles listed could be for you, we’d love you to get in touch!
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Please include in your application:
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Email your CV, resume or equivalent to recruit@openworldalliance.org with subject header stating the role you're interested in.
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A cover note (and/or max. 5-minute video/audio file if you prefer) explaining why you’d like to work with us and what you can bring to the team.
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Samples of your work/projects/portfolio link where relevant to the role.
We encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick all the requirements of the role. We recognize that everyone has different strengths and abilities and are looking for people who are excited to join the team and are aligned with our purpose and commitment to planetary service rather than needing to fit a standard mold.
If OWA resonates and you feel you have other relevant skills you’d like to share with us, please feel free to get in touch and we'll consider your contribution and add your details to our talent pool for future openings.
Thank you for your interest in OWA!