Discover career insights from a senior Jacobs Foundation leader on evidence-based education, cross-sector partnerships, and navigating leadership as a woman in philanthropy.
Explore how Heidi Rosbe scaled education programs across MENA, transformed partnerships, and shares leadership lessons from her journey in philanthropy and international development.
Wendy Kopp shares how developing leadership at all levels drives systems change in education, with powerful reflections on female leadership and scaling global impact.
Nishat Riaz shares how becoming Pakistan's first female engineer shaped her approach to education philanthropy, partnerships, and empowering girls in marginalized communities.
If you want to find a job or career in the social impact world, you might be using language that is highly connotated with a specific sub-sector, such as impact investing, NGO formal government slang. I reflect on what it takes to master the different languages and how it helps when building trust and multi-stakeholder coalitions.
From my own struggles finding the right education roles, I've created an affordable talent platform that genuinely matches mid-level professionals with meaningful philanthropy careers and jobs.
The HR person at Save the Children International gives recommendations about CV, motivation letters, red flags and career gaps. He also highlights the importance of LinkedIn for job applications.
What does it mean to work in jobs that improve implementation and research in the global education sector? Jenny Pearlman give great insights into what it means to be an evidence-driven organisation.
This is about how to navigate a job transition in the social impact space, particularly as a female leader.
Consulting work is more than what we all might think. Particularly individual consultants have invisible skills in finding synergies and ensuring learning beyond individual organisations.
In the world of philanthropy, Program Managers play a pivotal role. They are the architects of change, orchestrating programs that tackle some of society’s most pressing challenges. But what does it take to step into this role? What skills do you need, and how can you acquire them? Let's explore. I first engaged with ChatGPT to determine core skills for a Program Manager in Philanthropy. The list
How many income streams do you have? I only realized some time after I started working on different income streams, that what I do is actually called "work portfolio". Work portfolios allow for flexibility and independence. But they are not for everyone nor for any life stage. I recently spoke to Julie Fedele who has planned and worked for several years to make her work portfolio a reality. She no
To which extent has your passport influenced your career trajectory? As a holder of a Swiss passport, I have been lucky throughout my career to get jobs and travel in different countries in the world without major administrative hurdles. I am fully aware of that privilege, having worked for years in the migration and refugee field where I have seen firsthand how harsh the study and work realities
I've twice almost gone through a burnout. Both of the times after giving birth to a child, a few months back into work mode. This, despite the fact that my employer at that time was generally very supportive of mothers and motherhood in the work setting where I could reduce my FTE and get some time off. And despite the fact that we didn't have the pressure of continuously getting funds like NGOs d
I today's blogpost I am excited to share with you an interview with Rashmir Balasubramaniam , a coach supporting clients who want to identify and strengthen their core purpose. I've previously described my journey to become an independent and remote consultant and hotel manager with a fractional work portfolio in Greece. My coach at that time played a key role in this process: he allowed me to fin
