Location: New York, NY (local candidates only)

Term: Three-month contract, mid-September through mid-December, with the option to extend

Type: Part-time contract, ~15–20 hours/week on average, with occasional busier weeks around events

 

About the role:

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We're looking for a sharp, self-directed operator to hold down our communications operations through the end of the year. As our core team focuses on... everything else, including a period of international travel — you'll be the person keeping our external presence running smoothly and on schedule.

This is a "chief of staff" style role: less about producing content from scratch, more about owning cadence, coordination, and follow-through across everything we put into the world. It's a strong fit for

• Someone looking to transition from corporate comms / strategy roles into social impact tech

• A graduate student who has run comms before and wants to run them again, with more on the line

• A seasoned leader who's done the big jobs and now wants something part-time, hands-on, and worth their while

What will you work on:

• Events: Maintain the event roster, coordinate logistics and communications around upcoming events, and keep stakeholders informed

• Workflow: Track ongoing communications activity, keep projects moving, and flag anything at risk of slipping

• Newsletter: Own the newsletter cadence end to end: scheduling, coordination, and getting each issue out the door on time

• Magazine: We're producing our first magazine. We need someone to keep us honest about following the plan (and to make sure we don't sink too much time into it)

• Social media (maybe): Depending on fit and bandwidth, take on social media scheduling and posting

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Why We think this is a great gig:

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• It's interesting and meaningful: We and our portfolio work on some of the most important and complicated problems out there: humanitarian aid, food systems, ethical employment. Being part of it is interesting, energizing, and meaningful.

• You own an important piece of the puzzle: Communications is how our work reaches the world, and it's your job to make sure we are doing it (including bossing us around)
  Network and mentorship: You'll work directly with our leadership and plug into PollyLabs' network of startups, impact funds, and technology leaders.

• Flexibility: Designed to fit around studies, family schedule, or a career pivot. 

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Who you are:​
 

We are a small team where every person matters. Our dream colleague will be:

• Experienced in communications, coordination, or operations, through work, school, volunteering, or projects of your own

• Highly organized and reliable; hand you a set of moving pieces and they all stay in the air

• A strong communicator who can represent our voice

• Quick to learn and comfortable stepping into an operation mid-stream

• Based in New York and available for the full contract period

• Someone who takes the work seriously, but not themselves. Ideally funny, someone you could get stuck with in an airport and be okay about it.

• Bonus: experience with nonprofit or mission-driven communications, newsletters, or community storytelling​

Salary rate range: $25-$50/hour, depending on experience and our budget

 

Apply here

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