Senior Content Strategist

The Sunrise Project is seeking a Senior Content Strategist to craft the stories that inspire climate action!

You'll create compelling narratives and donor materials that help secure funding for our global climate work. This is storytelling with purpose – translating complex climate strategies into engaging content that moves philanthropic partners to take action.

💰 Salary: $118,716 - $131,261 AUD

📍 Location: Remote (Australia)

⏰ Contract: Full-time permanent

📅 Apply by: July 22, 2025

If you're a strong writer passionate about climate justice, this could be your next opportunity to drive systemic change! You can read the full job description here: https://app.beapplied.com/apply/bjjkakr2nh

Required Skills and Experience

• Exceptional writing and editorial skills, with a portfolio demonstrating clarity, creativity, and the ability to tailor messages to diverse audiences—including philanthropic and mission-aligned stakeholders (or similar).
• Proven experience developing content strategies that align with organizational goals and adapt across channels (e.g., memos, reports, decks, websites).
• Track record of working in high-trust, relationship-oriented environments, preferably within philanthropic, nonprofit, or advocacy sectors; able to translate complex programmatic work into accessible and compelling narratives.
• Strong conceptual thinker, able to rapidly generate content ideas, test multiple approaches, and creatively problem-solve under deadline pressure.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Background in journalism, editorial leadership, or long-form storytelling, with a demonstrated ability to extract meaningful narratives from complex or technical information.
• Experience working in philanthropy, climate, advocacy, or global justice sectors, with an understanding of power dynamics, equity-centered messaging, and values-aligned communications.
• Multilingual or multicultural experience, especially in global or distributed teams, with sensitivity to linguistic nuance and audience diversity.

How Sunrise Supports its Staff

The Sunrise Project is committed to creating a workplace that supports our staff to do their best work and develop professionally. Sunrise has the following in place to help us achieve that, noting pro rata will apply for part time staff and/or temporarily appointed-fixed term staff. The successful candidate will be hired via a Professional Employment Organisation (PEO) on behalf of the Sunrise Project, so conditions of employment may vary.

• Statutory benefits and entitlements of the country in which you are employed.
• Sunrise may provide additional benefits, where in-country entitlements are less than our standard package, where applicable including:
• Paid Parental Leave that is gender-neutral & inclusive of all types of families, incl. Parental Return To Work & Keeping In Touch Program
• Life Leave (up to 40 days p.a. for significant personal reasons)
• Public Holiday + Cultural Leave
• Workspace Benefits incl: Macbook & accessories, initial $2,000* for home workspace & IT equipment + $800* every 2 years + up to $75/mth phone/data/internet (equivalent local currency) .
• Shared office support

Additionally we offer:

• Flexible Working Policy
• VIDA - An AI tool to support your health and wellbeing
• Regular all-org and team meetings & retreats
• Learning & Development Program incl. a professional development budget for every staff member
• Coaching & manager support with regular 1:1 meetings
• Annual performance & development reviews with 360 feedback
• A co-developed work plan to ensure clarity on your role & key responsibilities
• We provide our staff with a voice on issues that concern them via consultation, caucuses, working groups, and surveys.