GSCC | Strategic Communications Associate, Climate Litigation

How you'll contribute

• Develop and deliver core communications outputs: Deliver the global climate litigation communications strategy by drafting and distributing a wide range of high-impact communications materials, including press releases, media backgrounders/briefings, social media content, campaign toolkits, and event communications support.
• Craft targeted messaging: Develop audience-specific messaging to support short- and long-term campaign goals and ensure consistent, impactful messaging across platforms and regions.
• Support media relations: Foster strong relationships with journalists covering climate, energy, and litigation. Help brief reporters, pitch story angles, and boost understanding of the implications of climate-related litigation.
• Lead on digital strategy: Work with digital experts and partner colleagues to develop and ensure successful implementation of digital strategies. 
• Partner and desk support: Work closely with partner organisations and GSCC national teams worldwide, building high-trust relationships to coordinate joint communications and align strategy.
• Impact monitoring and reporting: Keep track of media hits and campaign outcomes. Collect, evaluate, and contribute to tracking data to help assess impact, refine cross-border strategies, and improve future campaign activities.

Our ideal candidate has

• Experience in media relations tactics, including pitching, messaging coordination, briefing journalists, and identifying or preparing spokespeople.
• Experience working across digital platforms and channels to achieve communications goals. 
• Outstanding partnership skills, with the ability to support, influence and coordinate a range of partners towards common objectives.
• Experience identifying, briefing, and supporting diverse spokespeople, including experts, community representatives, and campaign partners.
• Experience crafting clear, compelling written content targeted to specific audiences and platforms.
• Highly organised with strong project management skills; able to bring clarity to complex multi-stakeholder environments, work independently, and meet tight deadlines.
• Has a baseline understanding of key climate and energy issues, and has experience of translating technical issues into accessible, effective communications outputs.
• High levels of self-motivation, with the ability to work quickly as part of dispersed international teams and to pivot quickly to reactive communications in response to events.
• Versatile and adaptable, with the necessary skills to flourish in a fast-paced work environment and work across time zones using tools including the Google Workspace suite and Slack. 
• Fluency in written and spoken English, our working language; additional languages are an asset.
• The disposition to work generously with colleagues in a high-trust global community of peers.
• Committed to an inclusive and empowering approach to addressing climate change.

Why join us?

• Be part of a remote-first, international network of professionals working on climate, energy and nature and work with a bunch of dynamic, culturally diverse individuals who combine their passion to make a difference with a rigorous and results-oriented approach to work.
• 6 offline days (with no calls or meetings) per year to focus on your work
• Reduced working time on Fridays during the Dry Season (summer)
• Access to our employee assistance program to support your mental health and personal development
• Supplementary paid business closure for end-of-year holidays
•  Maternity leave matched to 20 weeks for countries where regulation allows less than that
• Enjoy regular opportunities to connect and collaborate with colleagues around the world
•  A full-time position with an employment or consultant contract, subject to location, for 12 months, with possible renewal after one year.