Senior Campaigner at Meliore Foundation

How you’ll contribute

• Work closely with colleagues to develop a keen understanding of which strategic communications and digital gaps exist in the climate space that must be filled in order to achieve GSCC’s objectives;
• Based on those gaps, lead the strategic development and implementation of the IDH’s empowerment program in order to build the necessary strat comms and digital knowledge and expertise among partners, activists, and other actors fighting on behalf of climate action at the regional, national, and international level;
• Conduct and organise empowerment efforts with partners in various forms (such as co-campaigning, support writing long-term comms plans, trainings, recruitment, grants, etc), bringing in audience insights experts and digital specialists where appropriate;
• Spread thought leadership within the IDH and network on empowerment best practices and where it fits into strategic campaigning, including by pooling existing expertise and experience within the network.
• Advise colleagues planning their own empowerment projects on approaches they could take.
• Drive GSCC’s internal digital capacity building program to contribute to the professional development of digital staff in line with network needs and digital best practice;
• Measure and report on the success of the capacity building project, focusing on actual impact and avoiding vanity metrics;
• Manage necessary budgets, compliance, internal communication, and administrative process development in order to execute the program effectively

Our ideal candidate

• Has extensive experience creating and implementing effective comms strategies - including by drawing on digital comms methods - to shift an audience and achieve an outcome, ideally in multiple regions around the world.
• Thinks ambitiously, strategically and creatively about where partner empowerment can make the biggest impact on real-world outcomes, rather than narrowly focusing on routine training for its own sake.
• Has a solid understanding of digital campaigning and where it fits into overall strat comms.
• Is a talented networker who can bring external and internal stakeholders along with their strategic vision.
• Is a solid project manager who can drive projects to completion efficiently.
• Is proactive, outcomes-driven and has experience in starting and completing their own projects, bringing others on board where needed.
• Deep knowledge of adult learning techniques and the technicalities of digital marketing is less important, but the candidate should be able to proactively draw on other experts.
• Is fluent in written and spoken English.
• Has the disposition to work generously with colleagues in a high-trust global community of peers.
• Has the versatile and adaptable skills necessary to flourish in a fast-paced and wide-ranging work environment and work across time zones using tools such as Zoom, Slack and email (Google Workspace).
• Is committed to an inclusive and empowering approach to facing climate change.