Over Greenbelt Alliance’s 65-year history, we have stewarded this region’s beautiful natural landscapes while promoting the growth needed for thriving communities for generations to come. As a result, today, almost 3.3 million acres of the Bay Area’s nine counties are protected open spaces. Now, the Bay Area’s people, cities, and lands need critical help as our climate dramatically changes.
Joining our team means working with a bright and collaborative team who are dedicated to realizing a climate-resilient region—while having fun and enjoying great perks and benefits.
Open Opportunities:
Institutional Giving Manager
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking a highly organized critical thinker to join our team as Institutional Giving Manager. This role will be instrumental in ensuring effective management of institutional grants and contracts across our growing portfolio of government and philanthropic grants, as well as fee-for-service contracts.
We are looking for someone who is extremely attentive to detail, and can organize multiple complex project components, and is excited to collaborate with colleagues, grant officers, and consultants to ensure Greenbelt Alliance’s institutional fundraising operations are accurate and effective. This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives on fast-paced proposal scoping and grant writing, facilitating internal meetings and decision-making on grant proposals, and managing grant progress reporting.
Annual Salary: $90,000 – $95,000
Projected Position Start Date: February 2025
Location: Hybrid-based in Oakland, California: 2 days in office.
Resilience Fellowship Program
Greenbelt Alliance is excited to open three new opportunities in our Resilience Fellowship program—an initiative designed to engage and empower early career individuals to become climate leaders. The program provides participants with opportunities to learn about environmental issues, develop their leadership skills, and implement meaningful projects to address environmental challenges in their communities. The Climate Resilience Fellows will play a crucial role in advancing Greenbelt Alliance’s work at the intersection of climate resilience, nature-based solutions, and community advocacy. This position is ideal for someone eager to gain hands-on experience in climate adaptation, land-use policy, effective communications strategies, and community-centered planning. The fellowship program may also include networking opportunities, mentorship, and peer support to enable participants to connect with like-minded individuals, collaborate on projects, and build long-lasting relationships with environmental advocates and changemakers.
Duration: 4–6 months (flexible, with potential to start part time and ramp up hours in the summer)
Location: Hybrid, based in the Bay Area
APPLICATIONS CLOSED.
OUR VALUES
Just as Greenbelt Alliance works to create a better Bay Area, we also strive to better ourselves as an organization. To guide that continued improvement, our staff and Board of Directors have identified and adopted the following values. They reflect who we are as an organization, what we foster in our team members, and the internal standard we use to measure our work.
GROW TOGETHER
BE BOLD
COMMUNICATE WITH DEPTH & POSITIVITY
PRACTICE COMPASSION
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY
ADVANCE JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
HAVE FUN
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