Want To Measurably Reduce Carbon? Join The See Through Network

After a remarkable first 4 years of progress, The See Through Network is seeking new recruits to support its goal of ‘Speeding Up Carbon Drawdown by Helping the Inactive Become Active’. Here’s how to help.

This article outlines the See Through Network’s new phase of expansion, and seeks the help of readers in recruiting new volunteers in key roles.

So far, so remarkable

Since See Through News launched March 2021, the See Through Network has passed many milestones, including:

See Through News: hundreds of original, investigative, articles (untainted by AI), and 228 weekly newsletters.
See Through Games: real-world & online games, initially entertaining ordinary people, then taking them on a journey ending in emissions-reducing action.
See Through Carbon: an accurate, free, open-source, transparent carbon reporting ecosystem to publicly record businesses’ real-world carbon footprints.
See Through Together: diverse, original social media video and audio content to engage attention, before funnelling non-’green’ audiences towards climate action.
Thousands of participants in projects around the world, including: UK, Uganda, Germany, Nigeria, Japan, Australia, Philippines, Ireland, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil.
Dozens of expert advisors across a broad range of expertises, from AI to zoology, embracing and combining hard science/sophisticated storytelling.
Social media membership of a million, composed of ‘Unwilling Inactivists’.
300K+ video views across multiple platforms and channels, tailored to different audiences, none overtly climate-related.
US$500K+ in donations-in-kind.
dozens of proven outreach projects around the world,
Real-world data in 3 of See Through Carbon’s 7 pilots
Ministerial-level meetings with potential adopters
Transparently published Memorandums of Understanding with three carbon-related commercial consultancies and one national COP negotiator.

More cooks needed now

The See Through Network’s rapid progress was made possible by being both rigid and flexible.

A systematic framework provided a robust substructure, on which creative teams could explore and experiment. The Network’s culture is based on what it calls the ‘CRFTS’ model (Crossing the River by Feeling for The Stones, or 磨石过河). This is the pragrmatic model favoured by the modernisers who guided China’s rise from chaotic basket-case to global superpower.

The Network’s pool of Advisors come from a wide range of backgrounds, disciplines and experience. Each contributed to navigating the first phase of ‘stones’.

Now, to avoid overbalancing and falling in the river, the See Through Network’s next phase of development requires a re-boot.

Specifically, more ‘do-ers’ to administer and implement the strategies set out by the Advisors.

To switch metaphors, the Network needs to keep the cooks, but recruit more chefs.

The See Through Network Organizational Chart

The Network’s initial phase was driven by small, ad hoc, project-based teams. As the projects matured into programmes, the Network has expanded in both size and scope.

Now, the pros of an organizational chart showing a reporting hierarchy outweigh the cons.

The See Through Network aspires to retain the culture of flexibility, collegiality and responsiveness that drove its initial phase, while adding reporting clarity, organisational discipline, and clearly-defined scopes of work.

The Network’s initial organizational chart looks like this.

Notes:

Culture: the ‘hierarchy’ remains as flat as practical, to retain the Network’s co-operative, democratic, transparent culture. The CRFTS approach remains effective at an operational level, but this chart implies reporting lines.
Structure: pervasive ‘vertical’ elements (the Network Managers in the left-most column) are combined with siloed ‘horizontal’ elements found in the other four columns.
Incomplete: this first version covers key roles, and is neither complete nor final. Operational teams already work at levels below those shown on this chart.
Pioneers: job titles with initials in red (e.g. GH) have been filled by people working within those specific scopes.
Vacancies: job titles without any initials are vacant, in abeyance, or being fulfilled on an ad-hoc/temporary/acting/rotating basis by a small core group of admins.
Flexibility: individuals can occupy multiple roles (e.g. all IT, HR or Marketing -related roles). Ideally, Network level managers would recruit/train programme level roles.

Recruitment

In its initial phase, recruitment has largely been informal. As specific skills were required, volunteers were found via the personal networks of existing volunteers.

This will likely continue to be effective means of recruitment, but the Network will expand the pool of potential recruits by advertising formal job descriptions. These can be shared via the existing Network members’ personal networks, via the Network’s own LinkedIn profiles, or in professional or volunteer forums.

So far, Network members have typically been:

Experienced professionals volunteering alongside their active careers, often to ‘offset’ their emissions-indifferent paying day jobs.
Active professionals with capacity given by formal pro bono, ESG or CSR programmes provided by their employers.
Retired professionals seeking to use their expertise to combat the climate crisis.
Recent graduates of early-career professionals looking for meaningful work, with the opportunity to gain experience and benefit from expert mentorship from Network Advisors.
Career-break professionals with availability due to raising young children, being on ‘gardening leave’, seeking new career directions, etc.

Please help us by sharing this article, or circulating the following job descriptions in appropriate personal and professional networks.

What follows is:

A 250-word generic introduction that can be copy-and-pasted, or edited, to serve as a general introduction to the See Through Network
Specific job descriptions for available key roles

Generic introduction for all roles

The See Through Network is looking for people who are committed to being an effective climate activist, and have some capacity to contribute their time, skills and expertise pro bono, for anything from a couple of hours a week to full time.

The See Through Network is a global alliance of experts from a wide range of backgrounds and expertises, working towards a shared Goal of Speeding Up Carbon Drawdown by Helping the Inactive Become Active.

The Network’s Goal yokes hard science to sophisticated storytelling.
The Network’s ‘Transparent Trojan Horse’ Methodology engages ordinary people, without wasting energy on those who already consider themselves to be environmental activists or who deny the reality of human-induced climate change.
The Network’s diverse, complex chain of linked projects are designed to escalate a curious click to actions that measurably reduce emissions.
The Network’s target audience is ‘Unwilling Inactivists’, i.e. ‘people who accept the science and reality of human-induced climate change but who feel powerless to do anything about it’.
The Network’s branding reflects its pragmatic, subtle approach, avoiding ‘trigger words’ like ‘green’, ‘sustainable’, ‘net-zero’, ‘ecological’, ‘environmental’ etc.
The Network can afford this approach because it operates unencumbered by money. Not having a bank account frees all Network volunteers to focus 100% on carbon reduction, and guarantees an integrity unimpeded by the strings attached to funding, and immune to the compromises demanded by ticking funding boxes.
The network’s primary metric for success is the same unit used by climate scientists, CO₂e (metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent reduced or sequestered).

This combination of unusual features lends the See Through Network its unique blend of integrity, and pragmatism, imbued in the operations of its four arms:

See Through News (est. 2021): journalism, outreach & education
See Through Games (2022): real-world and online games
See Through Carbon (2023): accurate, free, open-source, transparent carbon reporting ecosystem
See Through Together (2024): social media video and audio content

All four arms barter See Through’s brand reputation and transparency for real-world, measurable emissions reduction by:

focusing on outcomes, not motivations
measuring success not in funding, views, subscriptions or likes, but in CO₂e

All enquiries to: volunteer@seethroughnews.org

See Through Network Admin Manager

Scope

Overseeing the administrative operations of the See Through Network as a whole
Supporting and coordinating with admin managers for each of the Network’s four arms.
Project management, planning, implementation, monitoring, quality control for Network-level admin-related operations.
Identifying, negotiating and maintaining strategic collaborations and relationships with 3rd-party partners.
Identifying requirements, prioritising and allocating human and donated-in-kind resources for Network-level admin.
Ensuring efficient and smooth internal communications, both transmitting strategy guidance from Trustees and Advisors to operational levels, and operational level feedback and requests to Trustees and Advisors.

Reporting to:

The See Through Network Board of Trustees and Advisory Board.

Collaborating with:

Admin Managers for the Network’s four arms: See Through News, See Through Games, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

See Through Network IT Manager

Scope

Overseeing the IT, tech, AI and cybersecurity operations of the Network as a whole
Supporting and coordinating with IT managers for each of the Network’s four arms.
Project management, planning, implementation, monitoring, quality control for Network-level IT-related operations.
Identifying, creating and maintaining strategic collaborations and relationships with 3rd-party partners.
Developing and maintaining the Network’s IT infrastructure
Identifying requirements, prioritising and allocating human and donated-in-kind resources for Network-level IT.
Ensuring efficient and smooth internal communications, both transmitting strategy guidance from Trustees and Advisors to operational levels, and operational level feedback and requests to Trustees and Advisors.

Reporting to

The See Through Network Board of Trustees and Advisory Board.

Collaborating with:

IT Managers for the Network’s four arms: See Through News, See Through Games, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

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See Through Network HR Manager

Scope

Overseeing the human resources of the Network as a whole
Supporting the HR managers for each of the Network’s four arms.
Project management, planning, implementation, monitoring, quality control for Network-level HR-related operations.
Identifying personnel requirements at the Network Level.
Consulting internally to create job descriptions for required roles.
Advertising jobs internally and externally.
Recruiting, shortlisting, interviewing candidates
Onboarding and inducting recruits
Managing colleague relations
Supporting professional development and mentoring
Identifying, creating and maintaining strategic collaborations and relationships with 3rd-party partners.
Ensuring efficient and smooth internal communications, both transmitting strategy guidance from Trustees and Advisors to operational levels, and operational level feedback and requests to Trustees and Advisors.

Reporting to

The See Through Network Board of Trustees and Advisory Board.

Collaborating with:

HR Managers for the Network’s four arms: See Through News, See Through Games, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

See Through Network Marketing Manager

Scope

Overseeing the marketing and branding of the Network as a whole, and supporting the marketing managers for each of the Network’s four arms.
Developing marketing strategies in consultation with the Trustees and arm Managers.
Identifying marketing and branding opportunities at the Network Level.
Leveraging the Network’s social media reach to maximise impact.
Integrating and cross-pollinating the Network’s different arms to benefit the See Through brand.
External PR and comms, inc. market research.
Monitoring impact and communicating results internally and externally.

Reporting to

The See Through Network Board of Trustees and Advisory Board.

Collaborating with:

HR Managers for the Network’s four arms: See Through News, See Through Games, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

See Through News

See Through News Admin Manager

Scope

Overseeing the administrative operations of See Through News,
Project management, planning, implementation, monitoring, quality control for See Through News.
Identifying, creating and maintaining strategic collaborations and relationships with 3rd-party partners.
Identifying requirements, prioritising and allocating resources.
Ensuring efficient and smooth internal communications, transmitting strategy guidance from Trustees and Advisors to operational levels, and operational level feedback and requests upwards.

Reporting to:

The See Through Network Admin Manager.

Collaborating with:

Admin Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through Games, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

See Through News IT Manager

Scope

Overseeing the IT, tech, AI and cybersecurity operations for See Through News.
Project management, planning, implementation, monitoring, quality control for IT related to See Through News projects.
Identifying, creating and maintaining strategic collaborations and relationships with third party partners.
Developing and maintaining See Through News’ IT infrastructure
Prioritising and allocating resources.
Ensuring efficient and smooth internal communications, transmitting strategy guidance from Trustees and Advisors to operational levels, and operational level feedback and requests to See Through Network IT Manager.

Reporting to

The See Through Network IT Manager.

Collaborating with:

IT Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through Games, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

See Through News HR Manager

Scope

Overseeing the human resources of the See Through News
Identifying personnel requirements for See Through News
Consulting internally to create job descriptions for required roles.
Advertising jobs internally and externally.
Recruiting, shortlisting, interviewing candidates
Onboarding and inducting recruits
Managing colleague relations
Supporting professional development and mentoring

Reporting to

The See Through Network HR Manager

Collaborating with:

HR Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through Games, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

*

See Through News Marketing Manager

Scope

Overseeing the marketing and branding See Through News.
Developing marketing strategies for See Through News.
Identifying marketing and branding opportunities for See Through News.
Leveraging the Network’s social media reach to maximise impact.
Integrating and cross-pollinating the Network’s different arms to benefit the See Through News brand.
External PR and comms, inc. market research and monitoring benchmark entities.
Monitoring impact, and communicating results internally & externally.

Reporting to

The See Through Network Marketing Manager.

Collaborating with:

Marketing Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through Games, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

See Through Games

See Through Games Admin Manager

Scope

Overseeing the marketing and branding See Through Games.
Developing marketing strategies for See Through Games.
Identifying marketing and branding opportunities for See Through Games.
Leveraging the Network’s social media reach to maximise impact.
Integrating and cross-pollinating the Network’s different arms to benefit the See Through Games brand.
External PR and comms, inc. market research and monitoring benchmark entities.
Monitoring impact, and communicating results internally & externally.

Reporting to

The See Through Network Marketing Manager.

Collaborating with:

Marketing Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through News, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

See Through Games IT Manager

Scope

Overseeing the IT, tech, AI and cybersecurity operations for See Through Games.
Project management, planning, implementation, monitoring, quality control for IT related to See Through Games projects.
Identifying, creating and maintaining strategic collaborations and relationships with third party partners.
Developing and maintaining See Through Games’ IT infrastructure
Prioritising and allocating resources.
Ensuring efficient and smooth internal communications, transmitting strategy guidance from Trustees and Advisors to operational levels, and operational level feedback and requests to See Through Network IT Manager.

Reporting to

The See Through Network IT Manager.

Collaborating with:

IT Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through News, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

See Through Games HR Manager

Scope

Overseeing the human resources of the See Through Games
Identifying personnel requirements for See Through Games
Consulting internally to create job descriptions for required roles.
Advertising jobs internally and externally.
Recruiting, shortlisting, interviewing candidates
Onboarding and inducting recruits
Managing colleague relations
Supporting professional development and mentoring

Reporting to

The See Through Network HR Manager

Supporting

HR Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through News, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

*

See Through Games Marketing Manager

Scope

Overseeing the marketing and branding See Through Games.
Developing marketing strategies for See Through Games.
Identifying marketing and branding opportunities for See Through Games.
Leveraging the Network’s social media reach to maximise impact.
Integrating and cross-pollinating the Network’s different arms to benefit the See Through Games brand.
External PR and comms, inc. market research and monitoring benchmark entities.
Monitoring impact, and communicating results internally & externally.

Reporting to

The See Through Network Marketing Manager.

Collaborating with:

Marketing Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through News, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

*

See Through Carbon

See Through Carbon Admin Manager

Scope

Overseeing the marketing and branding See Through Carbon.
Developing marketing strategies for See Through Carbon.
Identifying marketing and branding opportunities for See Through Carbon .
Leveraging the Network’s social media reach to maximise impact.
Integrating and cross-pollinating the Network’s different arms to benefit the See Through Carbon brand.
External PR and comms, inc. market research and monitoring benchmark entities.
Monitoring impact, and communicating results internally & externally.

Reporting to

The See Through Network Marketing Manager.

Collaborating with:

Marketing Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through News, See Through Games and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

*

See Through Carbon IT Manager

Scope

Overseeing the IT, tech, AI and cybersecurity operations for See Through Carbon.
Project management, planning, implementation, monitoring, quality control for IT related to See Through Carbon projects.
Identifying, creating and maintaining strategic collaborations and relationships with third party partners.
Developing and maintaining See Through Carbon’s’ IT infrastructure
Prioritising and allocating resources.
Ensuring efficient and smooth internal communications, transmitting strategy guidance from Trustees and Advisors to operational levels, and operational level feedback and requests to See Through Network IT Manager.

Reporting to

The See Through Network IT Manager.

Collaborating with:

IT Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through News, See Through Games and See Through Together.

Compensation

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

*

See Through Carbon HR Manager

Scope

Overseeing the human resources of the See Through Carbon
Identifying personnel requirements for See Through Carbon
Consulting internally to create job descriptions for required roles.
Advertising jobs internally and externally.
Recruiting, shortlisting, interviewing candidates
Onboarding and inducting recruits
Managing colleague relations
Supporting professional development and mentoring

Reporting to

The See Through Network HR Manager

Collaborating with:

HR Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through News, See Through Games, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

See Through Carbon Marketing Manager

Scope

Overseeing the marketing and branding of the Network as a whole, and supporting the marketing managers for each of the Network’s four arms.
Developing marketing strategies in consultation with the Trustees and arm Managers.
Identifying marketing and branding opportunities at the Network Level.
Leveraging the Network’s social media reach to maximise impact.
Integrating and cross-pollinating the Network’s different arms to benefit the See Through brand.
External PR and comms, inc. market research.
Monitoring impact and communicating results internally and externally.

Reporting to

The See Through Network Board of Trustees and Advisory Board.

Collaborating with:

HR Managers for the Network’s four arms: See Through News, See Through Games, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

See Through Together

See Through Together Admin Manager

Scope

Overseeing the marketing and branding See Through Together.
Developing marketing strategies for See Through Together.
Identifying marketing and branding opportunities for See Through Together.
Leveraging the Network’s social media reach to maximise impact.
Integrating and cross-pollinating the Network’s different arms to benefit the See Through Together brand.
External PR and comms, inc. market research and monitoring benchmark entities.
Monitoring impact, and communicating results internally & externally.

Reporting to

The See Through Network Marketing Manager.

Collaborating with:

Marketing Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through News, See Through Games and See Through Carbon.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

See Through Together IT Manager

Scope

Overseeing the IT, tech, AI and cybersecurity operations for See Through Together.
Project management, planning, implementation, monitoring, quality control for IT related to See Through Together projects.
Identifying, creating and maintaining strategic collaborations and relationships with third party partners.
Developing and maintaining See Through Together’s’ IT infrastructure
Prioritising and allocating resources.
Ensuring efficient and smooth internal communications, transmitting strategy guidance from Trustees and Advisors to operational levels, and operational level feedback and requests to See Through Network IT Manager.

Reporting to

The See Through Network IT Manager.

Collaborating with

IT Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through News, See Through Games and See Through Carbon.

Compensation

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

*

See Through Together HR Manager

Scope

Overseeing the human resources of the See Through Games
Identifying personnel requirements for See Through Games
Consulting internally to create job descriptions for required roles.
Advertising jobs internally and externally.
Recruiting, shortlisting, interviewing candidates
Onboarding and inducting recruits
Managing colleague relations
Supporting professional development and mentoring

Reporting to

The See Through Network HR Manager

Collaborating with

HR Managers for the Network’s other arms: See Through News, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.

*

See Through Together Marketing Manager

Scope

Overseeing the marketing and branding of the Network as a whole, and supporting the marketing managers for each of the Network’s four arms.
Developing marketing strategies in consultation with the Trustees and arm Managers.
Identifying marketing and branding opportunities at the Network Level.
Leveraging the Network’s social media reach to maximise impact.
Integrating and cross-pollinating the Network’s different arms to benefit the See Through brand.
External PR and comms, inc. market research.
Monitoring impact and communicating results internally and externally.

Reporting to

The See Through Network Board of Trustees and Advisory Board.

Collaborating with:

HR Managers for the Network’s four arms: See Through News, See Through Games, See Through Carbon and See Through Together.

Compensation:

Salary & budget = $0. Tonnes of CO₂e reduced or sequestered = up to you.