Application Guide

How to Apply for Senior Strategist

at Future Currents

🏢 About Future Currents

Future Currents stands out by blending creative methods like scenario planning and facilitated convenings with movement-building, helping organizations prepare for uncertain futures. If you're passionate about progressive change and enjoy strategic, imaginative work, this is a unique space to make an impact.

About This Role

As Senior Strategist, you'll design and execute scenario-planning exercises, learning cohorts, and strategy convenings from idea to delivery. You'll build relationships across the progressive movement to shape long-term strategies, while managing projects, staff, and consultants to ensure seamless execution.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might start with a team check-in on a learning cohort you're designing, followed by research on emerging trends for a scenario-planning project. After lunch, you could facilitate a call with partner organizations to align on a joint strategy, then spend the afternoon reviewing deliverables from a consultant and updating project timelines.

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🎯 Who Future Currents Is Looking For

  • A strategic thinker with 5+ years of progressive leadership experience, including project and people management in social justice or organizing contexts.
  • A relationship-builder who thrives on cross-movement collaboration and can identify tools and scenarios that advance shared goals.
  • A creative problem-solver comfortable with ambiguity, able to design and facilitate scenario-planning and strategy sessions.
  • A strong communicator and juggler of competing priorities, with deep commitment to advancing social and economic justice.

📝 Tips for Applying to Future Currents

1

Highlight experience with scenario planning, futures thinking, or strategic foresight—mention specific projects or methods you've used.

2

Emphasize your track record in managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders, including staff, fellows, or consultants.

3

Showcase your network within the progressive movement—name organizations or coalitions you've worked with that align with Future Currents' focus.

4

Tailor your resume to demonstrate both strategic design and hands-on execution, from concept to delivery.

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In your cover letter, reference a specific challenge facing movement organizations and how scenario planning could address it.

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your experience designing and facilitating strategy sessions, learning cohorts, or scenario-planning exercises.', 'How you build and sustain relationships across different movement organizations to drive collective strategy.', 'Your management style and examples of leading projects, staff, or consultants to successful outcomes.', 'Your personal commitment to social and economic justice, with examples from organizing or similar work.']

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Review Future Currents' website and any published reports or case studies on their scenario-planning work.
  • → Look into their past convenings or learning cohorts—who were the participants and what were the outcomes?
  • → Understand the broader progressive movement landscape they serve, including key organizations and current challenges.
  • → Familiarize yourself with scenario planning methodologies (e.g., 2x2 matrix, backcasting) to speak knowledgeably.
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💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Describe a time you designed a scenario-planning exercise. What was the outcome?
2 How do you approach building relationships with organizations that may have competing priorities?
3 Tell us about a complex project you managed from idea to execution. How did you handle challenges?
4 What is your experience with facilitating convenings? How do you ensure they are productive?
5 How do you stay informed about trends and challenges in the progressive movement? Give an example.
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Don't focus solely on past job titles—emphasize specific projects and outcomes related to strategy and facilitation.
  • Avoid vague statements about 'passion for justice' without concrete examples of organizing or movement work.
  • Don't overlook the 'creative methods' aspect—this role isn't just about traditional strategy; show comfort with imagination and futures thinking.

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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