Work on Climate (WoCl) is a leading non-profit focused on mobilizing humanity’s talent to build a regenerative, climate-positive economy. You probably know us for our online community — the world’s largest climate career and action community — which has helped thousands of people find climate jobs, start companies, and build impactful networks. We’ve been featured in Fast Company, the New York Times, Wired, and more. Our work is entering a new chapter beyond helping individuals find climate jobs. We’re now supporting professionals to engage in climate leadership — organizing, mobilizing, and transforming whole sectors and regions toward regenerative futures, through regional chapters of issue-focused work. (Read more about this transition in our announcement post). About the team Simply put, the Impact Research team studies the impact of Work on Climate’s community through surveys and data on the usage of our programs. Our team’s findings guide program design and prove impact to our allies and funders. This team is geolocated across the globe. This team meets weekly on Mondays at 11:30am PT. Role Summary We’re looking for a volunteer Team Lead / Lead Researcher (quant or qual) to lead the Impact Research Team and guide its trajectory. We are looking for someone with significant experience dealing with quantitative research and project management; people management experience is ideal, but not required. ⏰ Time commitment Approximately 10 hours/week consistently for the next 6+ months (ideally 12 months or longer) 🎁 What’s in it for me? In addition to playing a critical role in enabling the climate talent transition, you will get to: - Add to your portfolio of research projects – much of your team’s work will be publicly visible (see an example of this team’s work). - Gain hands-on experience leading a team of expert researchers and data analysts and doing all that leading a team entails (e.g. finding volunteers, onboarding, setting goals, project management, and more) - Collaborate with and learn from our all-star team (50+ volunteers total, about 40% of whom are themselves founders or executives) - Be instrumental in helping us secure funding to drive as many people into climate work as possible - Build a strong climate network in your area of interest 🛠️ What will I do? In short, you will lead a successful team of researchers and data analysts. In practice, this means you will: - Work with stakeholders (WoCl staff and other volunteer teams) to determine the most important impact-related questions to research - Lead your team or subteams through conducting research to answer these questions, pitching in where additional hands are needed - Lead your team or subteams through presenting the research findings in a way that maximizes the impact of those findings for Work on Climate - Maintain an impact-oriented culture on your team that makes your team members feel fulfilled - Foster a supportive team culture and manage the lifecycle of volunteers, including recruiting, onboarding, and off-boarding. ✅ What skills and commitment do I need? We are looking for someone with significant experience dealing with quantitative research and project management; people management experience is ideal, but not required. This role is ideal for someone who has the time and energy to manage a volunteer team for a substantial period of time (6 months at a minimum, ideally 12 months or longer). - Research and Quantitative thinking. You must have at least a basic understanding of the most common quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and very strong quantitative thinking skills. - Project management. Leading a team at Work on Climate is very similar to project management. - Managing people. The team lead will manage many volunteers. Our ideal candidate has people management experience. - Data analysis. Because there are data analysts on the team, a basic understanding of data analysis is a plus. - Committed. Being a team lead means almost always responding to team members and other volunteers within 24 business hours and showing up for almost every meeting. The most successful team leads should be able to spend time on their Work on Climate volunteering at least a little bit each day. - A “get it done” attitude. Organizing volunteers is very difficult! You do what it takes—even if it means pitching in yourself or learning new skills—so that your team accomplishes its goals. The buck stops at you. 🤔 Common Challenges - Your team is made of volunteers who are located across multiple time zones and have external obligations, so it is especially critical that you show up consistently and reliably for weekly calls to build relationships, carry project work forward, and brainstorm with the team and internal stakeholders. - Producing rigorous, usable, high-quality results from limited samples and heterogeneous data is always challenging (e.g. due to low survey response rates and non-response bias), and especially so with limited time and volunteer labor. As the Lead, you will need to have top-notch intuition for what approaches will or won’t work, so that you can guide the team towards project decisions that produce usable data while being feasible under the constraints. ✋🏽 I’m interested! What do I do? Yay! We’re excited to learn more about you. Please fill out this application form to tell us about your skills and interests in volunteering with our awesome team. If you are selected for an interview, our team will be in touch in 1-2 weeks.