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Community Programming Lead (m/f/d)

Berlin-based (hybrid work model), full-time

Starting April 2025

The beVisoneers program

The project you would be working on at The DO School Fellowships is beVisioneers – a global environmental Fellowship which starts with a 12-month hybrid-learning program that equips innovators aged 16 to 28 with the training, expert support and resources to bring their planet-positive projects to life. Upon completing the intensive 12-month program, Fellows continue to receive support to scale their projects and develop their leadership skills.

About the role

As the Community Programming Lead, you will oversee the strategy and tangible results of weaving and nurturing of  an inclusive, values-driven hybrid fellowship community. You will be responsible for iterating and scaffolding a strategy that supports engagement amongst thousands of fellows and mentors across all three fellowship years. You will lead a regionally-oriented fellow-facing team in designing and implementing in-person and online scalable community program components and initiatives that encourage fellow and mentor participation, sharing, networking, and impact.

 

You will own… 

  • Lead, guide and mentor a global team of Regional Program Managers  to support Local Hub Ambassadors and other fellow community leaders, cultivating local engagement, and instituting scalable systems for peer support among fellows through online platforms and in-person events.
  • Drive the development of global decentralized governance frameworks that align with beVisioneers community values, code of conduct and practices, while also enabling local autonomy, ownership, and a shared sense of belonging across regions at scale.
  • Ensure that the multiple regional summit events (up to 200 participants each) and quarterly local hub city events build local and national innovation ecosystems for fellow and mentor bonding, collaboration, learning, and community spirit
  • Iterate and oversee the implementation of inclusive online fellow community engagement strategies across digital platforms, championing a seamless hybrid community experience.
  • Oversee the Regional Program Managers’ execution of a partnerships strategy with key local and regional stakeholders, including environmental sustainability organizations, youth innovation, philanthropies, venture building and industry organizations.
  • Lead evaluation and reporting on community engagement and outcomes, ensuring all community initiatives are data-driven, meet impact goals, and continuously improve based on fellow feedback.

… and support

  • Act as a sparring partner with other Leads on strategy, OKRs, impact planning, ways of working and team dynamics, collaborating closely with the Director to steer the team toward shared goals.
  • Support the design and facilitation of development workshops and regional and local community events online and in-person
  • Serve as the final case manager for high-risk cases involving breaches of the community charter, supporting Regional Program Managers in addressing risks and mediating with fairness and empathy. Act as the guardian of the community charter, ensuring alignment with its principles.
  • Representing the organization to relevant Regional partners and community stakeholders

In this role, you will work closely with all Regional Program Managers and the other Learning and Community Team Leads.  

This is what you can expect…

In the first month, you will complete your onboarding, learn the core operations of beVisioneers, and establish key relationships with the program, governance, and regional teams. You will familiarize yourself with the full scope of the fellowship and provide first-impression feedback to  community engagement strategies, and decentralized governance models, contributing to the early design of community structures for all years of the fellowship.

After three months, you will have played a key role in launching the fellowship’s year-round ‘scaled-up’ community engagement and governance strategy, ensuring that in the strategy, all Year 1-3 fellows are well-supported. You will refine the organisation’s approach to managing risk cases, and contribute to the planning and preparation of impactful in-person events for fellows.

After six months, you will be actively managing and iterating on programming across all years, ensuring seamless integration and engagement of fellows from Year 1 through Year 3. You will have led a team in the execution of multiple in-person events. You will serve as the go-to expert for community governance, working closely on strategy  and implementation with Regional Program Managers and  implementing continuous improvement practices based on feedback. 

After one year, you will be leading efforts to scale the beVisioneers fellowship community management, refining community engagement and governance frameworks to ensure they support a global, planet-positive network.

About you

To thrive and grow in this role, you will be:

  • Experience leading a diverse and mission-driven hybrid team in various time-zones, including supporting team members’ growth and development
  • Background in designing and scaling decentralized and global community programs for social or environmental impact
  • Experience in volunteer mobilization and mass community organising
  • Familiarity with green-career pathways
  • Proficient in stakeholder engagement including with high-profile partners
  • Skilled in using data and digital community management tools to monitor engagement & shift approaches as needed
  • Proficiency in data analysis and workflow optimization (e.g., Excel, HubSpot)
  • Comfortable leading both online and in-person sessions to engage participants from diverse backgrounds
  • Comfortable with strategy, administration, people, task and project management, which is often “behind the scenes”. 
  • Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus

 

… And will likely have: 

  • 5+ years of experience in community management or a related field
  • Proven ability to manage decentralized  and scalable communication processes
  • A self-directed approach in a fast-paced, evolving setting
  • A passion for youth leadership or environmental action
  • Collaborative, empathetic, and efficient work habits
  • Self-directed and proactive —Comfortable navigating an evolving, dynamic environment with minimal supervision
  • A passion for youth empowerment and environmental action—Aligned with the fellowship’s mission and committed to global sustainability goals

 

Ideally, you might also have … 

  • Global or cross-cultural experience—Working or lived experience in diverse regions, adding valuable perspective to a multicultural fellowship community
  • Experience in overseeing large scale event management projects
  • Proficiency in additional languages that enhance engagement with a global, multilingual community
  • Familiarity with corporate or philanthropic donor engagement, 
  • Skills in engaging stakeholders and fostering partnerships with high-profile individuals

This profile draws on our experience of people who have been successful in this role in the past. We warmly encourage you to apply if you feel your experience and skills equip you for this job but are not listed here!

Is this the role for you? Then please submit your application via this link.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

If you have any questions, please email us on: career@thedoschool.org

The DO School Fellowships gGmbH is a non-profit organization based in Berlin, Germany. Our core mission is to offer training and fellowship programs to empower young people globally to launch projects addressing global and local challenges around environment and society. With our work, we are training the next generation of impact entrepreneurs in innovative educational and fellowship programs.

The DO School Fellowships gGmbH is an inclusive organization and explicitly welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds, whether that’s ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, disability or alternative professional paths.

Why join The DO School Fellowships gGmbH?

  • We are a purposeful organization with a global reach working to make an impact, where purpose, passion, and your ideas matter.  
  • You will work with an entrepreneurial, creative, and international team as well as a global community of purposeful DOers from over 100 countries.
  • We offer a competitive salary, benefits, team-building activities, professional development opportunities, and flexible and remote work modalities.

Benefits include:

  • 30 days of paid leave annually (based on a five-day working week)
  • Personal development budget + 2 extra days of paid leave for personal development per year
  • Team development budget
  • Company pension scheme (“Betriebliche Altersvorsorge”)
  • Possibility for mobile work (on 50% of the working time)
  • Possibility for remote work, also outside of Germany for up to six weeks in total annually 
  • One two-day team offsite per year
  • Monthly team affairs evening
  • Yearly summer party

KATHERIN KIRSCHENMANN

Founder

Katherin Kirschenmann is founder and Chief Program Officer of The DO. In the past years she has built and worked in partnership with major institutions and corporations, including IKEA, H&M, the Deutsche Bahn, Unilever, the Hong Kong Jockey Club and various UN organizations.

Katherin is an international speaker, executive facilitator, and TV host with Deutsche Welle. She draws on her wide international experience across sectors to develop new ways to co-create innovation, develop Purposeful DOers, and impact entrepreneurs. Engagements under her leadership have empowered thousands of individuals and businesses to create meaningful innovation and lasting social change.

Before founding The DO, Katherin gained 10 years of experience in consulting as well as the inter-governmental and non-profit sector