Location: East Africa (remote coordination + optional field visits)
Type: Voluntary, part-time (flexible hours)
About Umoja Greenlands
Umoja Greenlands is a grassroots, community-led movement building regenerative resilience across East Africa through ecologically sound, plant-based, and justice-centered programs. Our initiatives span clean water, food security, land restoration, and clean energy—with a strong commitment to self-organizing systems and mutual empowerment.
About the Program
Learn more here: https://umojagreenlands.org/clean-cooking-biochar/
The Clean Cooking & Biochar Program aims to drastically reduce the health, environmental, and climate harms of traditional open-fire cooking. We offer simple, research-based stove upgrades—like insulated rock beds, biochar grates, and improved combustion designs—that reduce wood consumption, lower indoor air pollution, and produce biochar for regenerative farming.
Through local trainings and partnerships with churches, cooperatives, and schools, we are turning cooking fires into catalysts for ecological restoration and women’s empowerment.
Role Overview: What You’ll Do
As the Voluntary Director of this program, you will:
Coordinate Volunteers: Support local trainers, documenters, and stove builders across multiple villages.
Strengthen Partnerships: Collaborate with community groups and aligned organizations (e.g., CarbonFace, MCFA) to co-develop solutions.
Guide Learning & Impact: Oversee collection of basic data (fuel savings, soil enrichment, health reports), and contribute to storytelling and reporting.
Advance Regenerative Strategy: Explore ways biochar can support tree planting, climate adaptation, and land repair efforts across the region.
Contribute to Funding & Scaling: Help write small grants and design expansion pathways rooted in community leadership.
Who You Are
Experienced (or passionate) about clean cooking, ecological restoration, or appropriate technology in rural settings.
Skilled at team coordination, with a collaborative and empowering approach.
Grounded in non-anthropocentric, inclusive ethics and eager to advance plant-based, justice-oriented systems.
Comfortable with light monitoring and evaluation tools (or willing to learn).
Inspired by grassroots resilience and South–South collaboration.
Why Join Umoja Greenlands
Real Impact: This work protects forests, reduces toxic smoke exposure, empowers women, and enriches soils.
Collaborative Culture: Work within a self-organizing, value-aligned team of changemakers.
Flexible Role: Set your own hours and contribute remotely, with occasional field involvement if desired.
Grow a Movement: Help scale a replicable, community-rooted solution across East Africa.
Time Commitment
5–8 hours/week, with flexibility and emphasis on coordination, storytelling, and strategic development.
How to Apply
Send the following to info@umojagreenlands.org with the subject line:
“Application: Director – Clean Cooking & Biochar”
A short cover letter (why this role, why you)
CV or LinkedIn profile
(Optional) One reference or brief note from someone you’ve worked with in a community or climate project
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis until filled.
Together, we can transform daily cooking into an act of regeneration.
