🌱This Week’s Social Impact Jobs: Youth, Literature, Mental Health & Climate!
Your Weekly Guide to Purposeful Work | Social Impact Job Picks – June 29, 2025
Hi changemakers,
Welcome back to another edition of our weekly round-up of meaningful career opportunities in the world of social impact. This week features roles supporting youth engagement, international literature, climate communication, and mental health advocacy. Whether you’re a communications pro, aspiring strategist, or student looking to lead change—there’s something here for you.
Let’s dive in.👇
1. 🌿 Youth Engagement Consultant – RECOFTC (Remote/Asia-based)
Type: Short-term consultancy | Duration: 20 working days | Deadline: July 4, 2025
RECOFTC is seeking a consultant to lead the development of its first Youth Engagement Strategy, ensuring young people are meaningfully included in community-based natural resource management. You’ll help shape how youth contribute to climate resilience across Southeast Asia.
🔗 Learn more & apply
2. 📚 Social Media Coordinator – Words Without Borders (Remote – US only)
Type: Part-time (20 hrs/week) | Salary: $21,000–$24,000 | Deadline: July 20, 2025
Are you passionate about global literature and digital storytelling? WWB is hiring a Social Media Coordinator to drive growth across Instagram, Bluesky, Facebook, and LinkedIn—promoting international writing in translation.
You’ll craft creative campaigns, manage engagement, and help reimagine how we experience world literature online.
🔗 Read full job description
3. 💚 Mental Health Youth Advocacy Internship – The Jed Foundation (Hybrid/US only)
Type: Paid internship | Duration: 6 weeks (Summer 2025) | Deadline: July 11, 2025
This opportunity is for undergrad students (rising freshmen, sophomores, or juniors) passionate about mental health advocacy. The program blends policy, community organizing, and lived experience with mentorship and training.
Great stepping stone for anyone interested in systemic mental health change.
🔗 Learn more & apply
4. 🌍 Creative & Marketing Executive – Bernard Business Consulting (Remote/Global)
Type: Full-time | Sector: Climate, ESG, Sustainability
Join a forward-thinking consulting firm that makes sustainability accessible through powerful visual storytelling. You'll develop ESG campaigns, create branded content, and translate complex environmental topics into engaging narratives. Ideal for creative minds who want to communicate impact.
🔗 Apply now
5. 🌏 Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship 2025 – Fully Funded (Hybrid: Global South, US, France)
Type: Fellowship | Duration: 5 months | Deadline: August 1, 2025
This prestigious, fully funded program led by Yale University’s International Leadership Center empowers 16 rising leaders from the Global South working in climate, clean energy, and sustainability.
🔹 Two immersive residencies (Yale, USA + Paris, France)
🔹 Online Learning Journeys with global experts
🔹 Access to a lifelong, cross-sectoral global network
🔹 Full cost coverage (travel, accommodation, tuition)
Ideal for professionals aged 25–40 with a strong track record and commitment to equitable climate action in government, startups, civil society, or media.
🔗 Apply here
Closing Note:
Looking to switch paths, start fresh, or go deeper into purpose-driven work? These roles offer the chance to contribute to movements that matter—one post, one policy, or one strategy at a time.
✍️ P.S. If you land an interview (or the job!), hit reply—I’d love to celebrate with you or offer prep help.
Until next week,
Suheyla 🌏
Curating jobs for the planet & its people