Volunteer Grant Application Writer

Help unlock funding so more people can take climate action

Keen to build your writing skills and make a real climate impact? Join Climate Club Aotearoa as a Volunteer Grant Application Writer and help us secure funding that powers workshops, newsletters, and community climate action across Aotearoa.

You don’t need prior grant-writing experience - just 2-3 spare hours a week, a knack for writing, and the willingness to learn. We’ll support you along the way.

About Climate Club

Climate Club Aotearoa is a not-for-profit helping busy people take meaningful climate action in 5, 15, and 30-minute chunks of time. We reach thousands of people through our newsletter, workshops, and advocacy; focusing on visible, collective, high-impact actions from around the motu.

Funding helps us reach more people, run more workshops, and build a stronger climate movement - and that’s where you come in.

The Role

As a Volunteer Grant Application Writer, you’ll help us turn our ideas, impact, and vision into clear, compelling funding applications.

You might:

• Help draft and edit grant applications
• Turn notes, conversations, and ideas into clear written answers
• Help gather information about our impact, audience, and programmes
• Learn how funding applications work in the climate and not-for-profit space
• Contribute ideas about how we tell our story to funders
• Build out budgets or edit ones we have
  

You’ll work closely with a small, friendly team of climate advocates, writers, and workshop facilitators who care deeply about doing good work and saving the world!

Time commitment: 2–5 hours per week

Location: Fully remote & flexible

You’re a great fit if you:

• Care about climate action and social impact
• Enjoy writing or want to get better at it
• Like turning messy ideas into clear stories
• Are curious and happy to learn as you go
• Can work independently and communicate clearly
• Pay attention to detail (even if you’re still learning the ropes)

You **don’t** need:

• Grant-writing experience
• A fundraising background
• To tick every box above

These are just guidelines. If this sounds interesting, we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Get Out of It

• Hands-on experience with real grant applications
• Support and feedback as you learn
• Insight into how climate and not-for-profit funding works
• A meaningful way to contribute to climate action
• Something solid to put on your CV

How to Apply

Email us at emily@climateclub.nz with:

• A short note about why you’re interested
• A brief example of something you’ve written (this can be anything: an email, blog post, uni assignment, or newsletter)