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Indonesia
Remote only
ABOUT PURPOSE
We are Purpose, the global social impact agency.
We use creative storytelling and campaigns to shift narratives, spark movements and drive change. Partnering with philanthropies, brands and NGOs to inspire people to reimagine the world, and to harness their power to make it happen.
Our movement-building, culture-changing, participatory projects have delivered real impact with our world leading partners since 2009. And as we’ve grown, our connections around the world have grown too. Yet we’ve never lost sight of what matters, collaborating with underrepresented audiences, impacted communities and unexpected allies, to tackle tomorrow’s biggest problems today. With Purpose.
Purpose specializes in; strategy, creative, campaigns, and impact measurement and learning - across the social impact space.
We focus on six issue areas we believe are key to our collective future: environment and climate, equity, childhood and youth, democracy and human rights, mis- and disinformation, public health. Join the team that made all this work.
About the Role
We are seeking a Strategist with experience in climate issues (particularly on forest, indigenous communities, and climate) for a contractor position to support a Purpose strategy and research projects. Purpose is leading a six-month landscape mapping and co-design phase to build a locally owned blueprint for a Papua-driven communications hub focused on forests, people, and climate. The project centers Papuan journalists, storytellers, communities, CSOs, and trusted local leaders in shaping a shared narrative infrastructure — one designed to redistribute narrative power to the communities most affected by deforestation and climate change. The mapping phase will investigate the existing media ecosystem, trusted messenger networks, narrative gaps, structural constraints, and connections to national/international policy processes (including FOLU Net Sink 2030 and the Indigenous Peoples Bill).
The Strategist will lead the design and execution of the narrative and audience strategy components of the mapping phase, translating ecosystem research and stakeholder consultation into a coherent, evidence-based strategic direction for the proposed communications hub. They will report to the Project Lead and work closely with the Field Researcher and Coordinator. This is a hands-on strategy role that requires synthesizing qualitative and quantitative inputs — desk research, social listening, interviews, and participatory workshops — into clear, actionable recommendations, while working closely with Papua-based partners to ensure findings reflect lived reality rather than external assumption.
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Purpose takes on some of the biggest challenges in the world, which affect people of different identities and backgrounds in different ways. We are stronger and most effective with a diverse team leading the charge and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome the unique contributions that individuals bring in terms of their education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, orientation, and beliefs
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