about the job
The School for Moral Ambition attracts and mobilizes exceptional talent to address the world's most pressing challenges. We run fellowships across four cause areas (Global Tax Fairness, EU Food Transition, Tobacco Free Future, and US Food System Reform) placing carefully selected fellows with leading organizations around the world. Please read our founding principles for a better insight into our mission and guiding values.
about the role
This is a lighter-touch role. The Global Tax Fairness program team and external speakers run the program. The facilitator holds the relational, embodied, and personal dimensions — opening and closing each day, holding the Bias and Privilege Reflection session, enriching Narrative and Influence sessions, and supporting the Unstructured Exploration sessions — so that the intellectual content lands in the whole person, not just the head. We welcome applications from solo facilitators and from teams who have worked together before and bring complementary skills.
Spencer Heijnen may be present in an advisory or supporting capacity; his involvement will be confirmed during co-design.
This cohort is approximately 8–16 fellows, all of whom have been through All Fellows Week together. They will know each other — design for depth, not introduction.
For full details, see our Terms of Reference document.
Key responsibilities
- Hold the facilitation layer woven through Week 2 (September 13–18): daily opening and closing circles, Bias and Privilege Reflection, Narrative and Influence enrichment, and Unstructured Exploration sessions.
- Co-design the facilitation layer alongside the Tax Fairness curriculum (still being built), with full visibility into speakers and sessions as they take shape.
- Participate in co-design sessions with the Global Tax Fairness team during end of June and July, ideally with at least one day on-site in the Netherlands.
- Identify 2–3 moments in the week where embodied practice would deepen what speakers have opened, and bring your method to those moments.
- Provide a short written reflection after the week, noting what worked and recommendations for ongoing relational support.
- Openness to designing additional virtual or in-person touchpoints if the cohort's relational health requires it.
What We’re looking for
- A track record of building or sustaining movements, communities, or campaigns; not just facilitating workshops.
- At least one arts or embodied discipline (theatre, storytelling, music, film, movement, or similar) used to build collective power.
- A deep understanding of how power works in socio-political-ecological systems, and the ability to hold that analysis without turning it into a lecture.
- Experience facilitating across significant difference of nationality, class, religion, and worldview in international contexts.
- The capacity to hold emotional complexity — grief, ambition, uncertainty, and joy — for both individuals and groups.
- Practical skills you can transfer: nonviolent communication, cross-cultural collaboration, stakeholder navigation, narrative and storytelling for advocacy.
- A framework for community and collective power rooted outside Western European or North American traditions (a preference, not a disqualifier: at least one team member).
- Willingness to co-design rather than deliver a pre-packaged program.
- Warmth, groundedness, and the capacity to hold a room without managing it.
- Familiarity with or curiosity about the tax justice field and the Citizens framework (Jon Alexander) is a bonus.
- Strong alignment with our founding principles.
What we offer
- A central role in shaping the foundational week of a growing global movement
- Genuinely equal co-facilitation alongside an experienced SMA facilitator, with full creative integration
- The beginning of a relationship with a community of changemakers that extends through March 2027
- A budget that reflects genuine value for money rather than the cheapest option
Application process
Please send the following to omezzine@moralambition.org by Sunday, June 14:
- A brief sketch (two to five pages) of how you would approach the week: your guiding principles, methods, and the questions you'd want to explore
- Your CV(s) and LinkedIn profile(s)
- Links to your work
- Two references from people you've meaningfully collaborated with
- Your financial proposal
We aim to confirm the selected facilitator(s) by June 28 to allow sufficient time for co-design during July.
