Action Appointments is partnering with Onboard Climate to deliver a recruitment capacity building opportunity for US-based climate action organisations.
This will equip you with best practice in nonprofit hiring and positioning your brand to attract top talent. You will leave the process with a collaboratively designed recruitment protocol that speaks to your organisational values and needs. This is at no cost to participating organisations.
We know that the hiring landscape is complex for US-based organisations working in climate action.
Reduced available funding and a constantly shifting donor scope has brought stress and fear to a workforce that already faces the uphill battle of changing our environmental trajectory through activism, campaigning and litigation.​ Many are being laid off and struggling to find their next opportunity, despite having years of experience.
If you are in the fortunate position to be hiring in this environment, you need to ensure that your hiring process treats these candidates with the respect and dignity they deserve despite the difficulty they face. At the same time, you still need to run a competitive recruitment process that rewards excellence and puts your team in the best possible position.​
Work with us to ensure you are:
Announcing vacancies in the right places and attracting your best possible options.
Communicating clearly with candidates to ensure a transparent process without nasty surprises.
Positioning your brand throughout hiring processes to maintain your reputation and values.
Establishing your organisation as a destination for climate talent.
Action Appointments is a specialist nonprofit recruitment agency with over 30 years of experience supporting NGOs. Based in Cape Town and operating globally, the firm delivers professional, cost-effective recruitment services and works extensively with climate action organisations, especially at executive and senior levels. Their approach combines deep sector knowledge, global reach, and a strong understanding of complex and technical roles within the impact space.
Onboard Climate, founded in 2024, is a philanthropy-backed initiative focused on ensuring climate NGOs worldwide have access to the talent they need to achieve their missions.
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Through this collaboration, both organisations will support climate-focused teams in the US to refine their recruitment systems, better understand challenges in hiring, and ultimately build stronger, more effective teams.
What Organisations Will Get From This Process
​We want to work closely with you to examine your approach to recruitment and offer our advice from 30+ years of experience working with global nonprofits recruiting for niche and complex roles.
Participating organisations will gain a clearer, more effective approach to recruitment, with practical strategies tailored to their specific hiring challenges and vacancies. The process will help organisations understand why previous recruitment efforts may not have delivered results, while equipping them with tools to improve future outcomes.
One of the key assets you will take away from this process is a protocol that your organisation can use whenever vacancies come up as a need for your team. This will be collaboratively designed and will serve as a practical step-by-step "recipe" for your team to follow for future recruitment processes. So many of the intimidating steps of a recruitment process are much less overwhelming when you have done the work to reflect on how your team runs recruitment that speaks to your individual needs and organisational values.
Participation & What You Will Gain
Option 1
Recruitment Audit
Participation required:
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Attend an initial 1-hour discovery meeting
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Share information on your recruitment approach and challenges via interview and questionnaire
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Engage with findings and recommendations (normally 1 or 2 follow-up meetings)
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Participate in a 1-hour follow-up session to give feedback on your experience
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What you will gain:
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Structured assessment of recruitment approach from experts
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Identification of gaps and challenges, how they can be overcome
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Tailored strategies for improvement
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Detailed report
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Follow-up review
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Stronger and more strategic recruitment strategy
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Option 2
Recruitment Audit + Hands-On Support
Participation required:
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All of Option 1
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Work with Action Appointments during live recruitment
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Attend check-ins (normally 3 or 4 1-hour check-ins at key points of recruitment process)
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Collaborate on timelines and sourcing strategies
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What you will gain:
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Full audit and recommendations
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Real-time support
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Candidate engagement guidance
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Selection and interview support
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Input on final decisions
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Measurable hiring improvements
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