Senior Associate, Communications, Forest Future Alliance

Global Roles; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Forest Future Alliance is seeking a Senior Associate, Communications to coordinate and deliver internal and external communications, strengthening visibility and communicating priorities, initiatives, and impact across the alliance. You will manage workstreams, coordinate contributions and ensure timely, high-quality delivery with leadership and communications colleagues.

The role involves planning across Earth Systems Agenda initiatives, coordinating with partners and external agencies, and

Qualifications

• University degree in communications, marketing, journalism, international relations or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least five years of relevant professional experience in communications, media engagement, content development or campaigns.
• Experience producing articles, media releases, talking points and digital content.
• Experience collaborating with media contacts, public relations agencies or external consultants.
• Fluent written and spoken English; familiarity with environmental sustainability topics is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate implementation of the communications strategy and narrative with leadership and colleagues.
• Plan and deliver communications across multiple channels and audiences.
• Support media engagement activities and coordinate with external consultants and marketing teams.
• Align messaging with internal centres and amplify through existing channels.
• Provide guidance on messaging and content development for partners and teams.
• Maintain relationships with external agencies and media contacts for coordinated activity.
• Coordinate digital communications across social media, newsletters, and hubs.
• Track outputs, media coverage and engagement for impact measurement and reporting.

Skills

Communications Strategies

Media Engagement

Content Development

Campaign Management

Writing and Editing

Editorial Judgment

Digital Content Creation

Public Relations Collaboration

Stakeholder Communication

Environmental Sustainability Knowledge

Climate Communication

Conservation Finance Awareness

Digital Communication Channels

Website Management

Newsletter Production

Social Media Management

Microsoft Office Suite

Communication Coordination

Education

University degree in communications, marketing, journalism, international relations or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Senior Associate, Communications will coordinate and deliver the Forest Future Alliance's internal and external communications activities, strengthening the alliance's visibility and communicating its priorities, initiatives, and impact. The role involves managing communications workstreams, coordinating contributions, and ensuring timely, consistent, and high-quality delivery in collaboration with FFA leadership and communications colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the implementation of FFA's agreed communications strategy and narrative, translating priorities into communications activities, content plans and deliverables in collaboration with FFA leadership and relevant communications colleagues.
• Contribute to the planning and delivery of communications activities across the Earth Systems Agenda, working with ACT Ocean, FFA and relevant Centre for Nature and Climate colleagues to ensure consistent messaging and coordinated delivery.
• Support the planning and implementation of FFA's media engagement activities, coordinating with external communications consultants, the Global Communications Group and the Forum's marketing teams as appropriate.
• Work with the Centre for Nature and Climate's communications functions to align messaging, coordinate activities and identify opportunities to amplify FFA's work through existing communications channels.
• Provide communications input and recommendations to FFA colleagues and relevant Earth Systems Agenda and Centre for Nature and Climate teams on messaging, content development and communications opportunities.
• Maintain productive working relationships with communications counterparts from FFA partners, external agencies and relevant media contacts to support coordinated communications activities.
• Coordinate FFA's digital communications activities across social media, newsletters and the FFA Hub, working with the Communications Associate and relevant colleagues to ensure consistent messaging and timely delivery.
• Track communications outputs, media coverage and audience engagement, contributing to FFA's impact measurement, donor reporting and identification of opportunities to improve communications effectiveness.
• Plan, coordinate and deliver communications activities around key FFA events, milestones, publications and announcements, ensuring alignment with agreed priorities, audiences and timelines.
• Develop communications materials that raise awareness of FFA's objectives, activities and progress among relevant internal and external audiences.
• Coordinate with the Forum's Media and Marketing teams to identify and implement digital and media opportunities that support FFA's communications objectives.
• Work with FFA colleagues and partner organizations, including funders, to incorporate relevant communications contributions into agreed campaigns and activities.
• Coordinate communications deliverables, timelines and external agency contributions within agreed budgets and project parameters, ensuring quality, accuracy and consistency with Forum standards.
• Provide practical guidance and editorial feedback to FFA colleagues on communications materials and messaging, supporting consistent and effective communications across the initiative.
• Coordinate updates to FFA website content, working with relevant colleagues to ensure accurate, engaging and consistent information across the website, FFA Hub and other communications channels.
• Develop and deliver communications content across FFA's thematic areas and Living Landscapes work, including Forum Stories, articles, media releases, reports, business updates and speeches, in coordination with the Global Communications Group and relevant teams.
• Draft and refine key messages, talking points, presentations, factsheets, website content and other communications materials that support FFA's engagement with members, partners and wider audiences.
• Write and edit blogs, articles and media releases relating to priority FFA developments, coordinating contributions from internal colleagues and external consultants where appropriate.
• Ensure communications materials are accurate, accessible, aligned with the Forum's editorial standards and appropriate for their intended audiences.
• Identify opportunities to improve the quality, consistency and effectiveness of communications materials and digital content, recommending practical improvements to colleagues and relevant communications leads.

Requirements

• University degree in communications, marketing, journalism, international relations or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least five years of relevant professional experience in communications, media engagement, content development or campaigns, preferably in an international or multistakeholder environment.
• Experience developing and delivering communications materials and activities across multiple channels and audiences.
• Strong writing, editing and editorial judgement, including experience producing articles, media releases, talking points, presentations and digital content.
• Experience collaborating with media contacts, public relations agencies, external consultants or communications professionals.
• Familiarity with environmental sustainability, nature, climate, conservation finance or related topics would be an advantage.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and translating complex information into clear and effective communications.
• Experience using digital communications channels, including websites, newsletters and social media.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity with digital communications platforms and tools.

Skills

• Communications Strategies
• Media Engagement
• Content Development
• Campaign Management
• Writing and Editing
• Editorial Judgment
• Digital Content Creation
• Public Relations Collaboration
• Stakeholder Communication
• Environmental Sustainability Knowledge
• Climate Communication
• Conservation Finance Awareness
• Digital Communication Channels
• Website Management
• Newsletter Production
• Social Media Management
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Communication Coordination

Languages

English