Welcome to this 🔒 subscriber-only 🔒 edition of the Cultivate newsletter, where we curate resources to accelerate your career in social impact.
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It's a strange time to be looking for work in social impact.Some parts of the sector are booming ahead of the midterms, while others are navigating a tumultuous funding environment.The difference between landing a role right now isn’t just your experience — it’s how well you adapt to where the momentum is.That's why we're sharing what we're learning behind the scenes — to equip you with the tools you need to chart your career path, learn new skills, and find your next opportunity.
📈 How social impact hiring is changing:
Hiring has increased by 143%: We've seen a huge uptick in open roles on the All Hands job board in the past year with increased funding:
Operations demand remains high: We had more operations roles posted since 2026 started than any other function.
Digital marketing skills are on the rise: Marketing and communications roles were ranked #2 in terms of roles posted, but there were far more roles in digital marketing than communications.
Large chapter-based nonprofits, state political parties, and agencies hired the most. We saw far less hiring in civic tech and startups than years past.
The takeaway? Where you look — and how you position yourself — matters more than ever.
🔑 How to jumpstart your job search:
If you're looking at the same job boards, and not finding exciting opportunities — you need to expand your search.
With the 2026 hiring sprint in full swing, we've just added new job fairies to our list that can expose you to jobs you won't see on job boards.
✨ How we're supporting senior operations leaders:We're rolling out ✨ brand new curriculum ✨ for our Assembly accelerator cohort launching May 21st, designed specifically for #2s. We'll be meeting Thursdays at 3:30PM ET for 5 weeks.If you're a senior operations leader looking to level up with a community of your peers in social impact, this program is for you.Our 🔥 most popular program 🔥 is invite-only, so you must join the waitlist to apply to get an invite.
🔥 5 hot jobs we're excited about:
✨ Who we’re celebrating in new roles:
Andrew Fine, Senior Policy Advisor at City of New York
Arisha Hatch, Executive Director at Ultraviolet
Catherine Addo, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships at Comic Relief
Shiloh Stark, Senior Development Director at Climate Cabinet
Jamie McGonnigal, Director of Sales at Mobile Commons
Mara Roth, Digital Strategist at Break Something
Ankush Jindal, Chief Brand Officer at Working Families Party
Kathleen Rommel, Co-founder at Quiet Giants
Minna Jung, Senior Director at RALLY
Thanks for the work you do to make our communities a better place,
The Cultivate crew