Location: Globally remote, with a preference for the Global South

Location type: Remote, some travel expected for convenings and partner meetings.

Reporting to: Director of Strategic Communications and Director of Special Programs and Partnerships (Advocacy and Organising)

Annual salary: $60,000 – $75,000 USD, plus benefits.

Contract type: Regular

Working hours: Full-time, with flexibility across time zones

Candidate level: Experienced Non-manager

Closing date: Monday 12^th January 2026, 9:00 am CET, with applications assessed on a rolling basis.

Background
Global Fund for a New Economy (GFNE) was founded in 2024 and partners with leaders and organisations around the world to build an economic system that centres people, protects the planet, and strengthens democracy. We provide catalytic funding, strategic partnerships, and operational infrastructure to help shape this transition.

We are a remote-first, globally distributed team with programmatic priorities in Brazil, India, the United States, South Africa, Kenya, Germany, the United Kingdom, Colombia, Mexico, and Indonesia. This role requires strong comfort with asynchronous collaboration, flexible scheduling, and self-directed work. You’ll join a high-performing, mission-driven team that values collaboration, learning, and clarity.

Purpose of role
We support organisations working to advance a new economy around the world through communications, campaigns and other tactics. This detail-oriented role is responsible for managing our day-to-day network and operational support systems for these groups. We are looking for someone with excellent relationship management skills to support the daily coordination of GFNE’s global network. Our “network” refers to a growing community of partner organisations, consultants, and affiliated groups working across economic justice, democracy, and climate in different regions. This role ensures smooth internal operations (e.g. ensuring our fortnightly meeting with each group is running effectively) and external collaboration by managing coordination, logistics, workflows, documentation, and follow-up including our annual all network retreats. You’ll be the anchor for keeping our global connections running smoothly, making sure the right people, systems, and processes are in sync. This role will devote about 70% of its time to the Communications team and about 30% to the Advocacy team.

In addition to supporting network operations, this person will build and foster strong relationships between GFNE and our partners as well as between our partners across the world. The role will be a success if our networks are providing the best support possible for our partners and where we are most effectively able to track the evolving needs and status of those partners.

You might be a fit if…

You’ve helped launch or support new teams, organisations, or projects by setting up operational systems from scratch.
You are comfortable adapting your coordination style to groups at different stages of growth or setup.
You are skilled at building group cohesion across a range of cultures, languages, disciplines, and time zones.
You translate strategic goals into clear deliverables and keep track of multiple moving parts across workstreams.
You maintain clean, reliable systems, trackers, or documentation that others depend on.
You lead scheduling, logistics, or contracting across time zones and cultures with consistency and care.
You are proactive, organized, and follow through to close loops and surface gaps early.
You bring clarity and calm under pressure, keeping group dynamics constructive.
You build trust quickly and relate well to a range of personalities with warmth, professionalism, and steadiness.

Key responsibilities
Your day-to-day work will fall into five main buckets:

Relationship coordination and follow-ups

Act as a key point of contact for network partners and communications hubs.
Respond to real-time queries and triage requests to the right internal team members ensuring that tasks are complete.
Support partner onboarding and keep CRM or tracker systems current.
Maintain strong cross-team coordination to support program delivery.
Proactively build strong relationships with and between our communications and advocacy partners making suggestions for improving systems and processes.
Coordinate communications between incubated organisations and the GFNE team.

Organisational support and capacity enablement

Coordinate the operational setup of new organisations or emerging entities within the network.
Facilitate initial infrastructure, systems, and onboarding processes in collaboration with relevant GFNE teams.
Help identify support needs and connect new partners to tools, documentation, or consultants.
Proactively identify and solve for barriers in processes, relationship management, and information sharing.

Meeting Logistics and Event Execution

Schedule internal and external meetings across global time zones.
Track recurring network moments and learning exchanges.
Lead the development, planning, and successful execution of annual week-long learning retreats for communication hubs.
Own meeting prep, notes, and follow-ups.
Facilitate meetings between GFNE teams and partners, particularly the communications hubs, and be the first point of contact for these partners.
Help develop agendas, take detailed notes, and follow through on next steps.

Contracts and grant support

Track contracts, scopes of work, and deliverables.
Manage grant-related documentation and track disbursements.
Coordinate review and signature processes with internal and external parties.
Support reimbursement, payment, and onboarding processes for network partners.

Tools, systems, and documentation

Maintain up-to-date records of consultants, partnerships, and network info.
Manage shared tools like Google Drive, Notion, and Asana.
Build and maintain lightweight systems for tracking deliverables and tasks.

Consultant and partner support

Lead onboarding for new consultants or network partners.
Monitor timelines, deliverables, and follow-through.
Identify training needs and source support from internal or external partners.
Ensure network cohesion, tailoring support to the needs of organisations at various stages of development.

Profile
Must-have Experience

5–7 years in operations, coordination, or project management roles.
Proven track record of managing internal workflows and logistics.
Experience working across distributed teams and partners.
Skilled at coordinating across multiple stakeholders or organisations and maintaining strong, trust-based relationships.
Event planning and/or production experience.
Ability to navigate cultural differences and communicate clearly across contexts.
Comfortable with project management and collaboration tools.
Familiarity with contracts, scopes of work, and tracking deliverables.
Ability to keep others organized without micromanaging.

Nice to Have

Background in grant management, network coordination, or consultancy support.
Familiarity with economic justice, democracy, or development sectors.
Exposure to advocacy work or narrative change projects, even if not leading them.
Experience in multilingual or multicultural environments.

How You Work

You’re proactive, resourceful, and keep things moving with minimal supervision.
You communicate clearly and consistently across written and verbal formats.
You’re motivated by helping others succeed behind the scenes.
You bring curiosity, humility, and a service mindset.

Terms and conditions
GFNE is committed to equity and inclusion and strongly encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds, especially those underrepresented in communications, advocacy, and global governance spaces.

At GFNE, we offer a benefits package designed to support well-being, flexibility, and a strong work-life balance, especially for a globally distributed team. Key benefits include:

Comprehensive health insurance, including medical, dental, and optical coverage, adapted to local contexts.
Paid time off, including sick leave, and parental leave for new parents.
Fully remote work.
Learning and development support.
Home office stipend at onboarding to set up your remote work environment.
A monthly stipend to support remote work.
Laptop and necessary equipment provided.
A values-driven culture, rooted in equity and collaboration, with opportunities to contribute to the organisation’s direction.

Salary will be paid in the local currency equivalent to the contractually agreed USD amount.

Equity statement
GFNE is committed to equity and inclusion and strongly encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds, especially those underrepresented in communications, advocacy, and global governance spaces.

If you have any questions about the role or organisation, please reach out to McAra at mcara@upsallinternational.com. To note: in order to keep your application safe and ensure your data is GDPR compliant, applications will not be accepted via email.

The deadline for applications is Monday 12^th January 2026, 9:00 am CET, with applications assessed on a rolling basis.

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