Ph-Senior Environmental And Political Campaigner

Greenpeace Sea Foundation; Philippines; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Greenpeace Sea Foundation in Manila seeks a Senior Environmental and Political Campaigner to lead high-impact political, legislative, climate justice, and environmental campaigns. You will guide strategy, manage consultants, and work with regional teams to achieve systemic wins.

The role requires flexibility, strong policy and advocacy skills, and fluency in English and Filipino. You will be a primary spokesperson with media and decision-makers as part of GPSEA priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Political Science, Law, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, or related field.
• 6-8 years of experience in environmental campaigning, political advocacy, public policy, and project management.
• Fluency in English and Filipino.

Responsibilities

• Formulate advanced political, legislative, climate and environmental campaign strategies.
• Analyze political dynamics, regulatory frameworks, legislative trends, and mindset/social sciences to identify strategic advocacy levers.
• Direct campaign projects from conception to completion, managing project budgets, timelines, and implementation plans.
• Line manage short-term/consultancy project roles.
• Produce fact sheets, policy submissions, legal/technical briefings, and campaign reports.
• Co-develop Non-Violent Direct Action (NVDA) concepts and tactical field interventions.
• Collaborate with GPSEA regional teams and country offices to advance One GPSEA priorities.
• Lead cross-functional campaign project teams; keep stakeholders updated on strategy and risk changes.
• Collaborate with Communications, Engagement and Fundraising teams to integrate political messaging across assets.
• Participate in GPSEA Strategy and Analysis community team and contribute to regional-global priorities.
• Act as primary campaign spokesperson for environmental and climate issues with media, government decision-makers, and public forums.
• Build and catalyze strategic political alliances, grassroots networks, and human rights advocates.
• Ensure timely deployment of campaign plans, policy submissions, and fast-response advocacy.
• Maintain high strategic rigor, policy accuracy, political risk mitigation, and robust MEL evaluation.

Skills

Political analysis

Policy advocacy

Coalition building

Media spokesperson

Line management

English and Filipino

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Political Science, Law, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, or related field

Job description

PH-Senior Environmental and Political Campaigner

Company : Greenpeace Sea Foundation Job Type : Full Time Quezon City, Philippines

About Greenpeace:

Founded in 1971, Greenpeace gives voice to a fragile Earth by promoting solutions, advocating change, and inspiring action. The organisation has employed non-violent methods to campaign for environmental justice since its inception. Greenpeace operates globally through a network of independent national and regional entities across over 40 countries with Greenpeace International based in Amsterdam.

Greenpeace in Southeast Asia

Greenpeace Southeast Asia (GPSEA) offers dynamic and meaningful opportunities for professional growth. It is driven by a diverse and committed team who uphold the highest professional standards of the world's leading environmental campaigning organization. By working alongside passionate and skilled colleagues, you will help to tackle some of the planet's most urgent environmental challenges,

Operating from our offices in Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and Manila, we lead globally significant campaigns shaped by regional and national contexts, offering challenging opportunities to address pressing ecological issues. We are financially supported by tens of thousands of people across the region. To remain independent we have a policy of not accepting funding from companies and governments and therefore only accept donations from individuals and private foundations.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Greenpeace Southeast Asia is an equal opportunity employer with a longstanding commitment to providing a work environment that respects the dignity and worth of each individual. We recognize and value the benefits and strengths that diversity brings to our employees and the whole organization and we thrive in an environment that encourages respect and trust. We do not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Selection will be in accordance with objective, job-related criteria and the appointment will be on the basis of the applicant’s merits and abilities.

The Senior Environmental and Political Campaigner Leads the formulation and execution of high-impact political, legislative, climate justice, and environmental campaign strategies for GPPH. Line manages specialized project consultants and drives policy interventions to achieve systemic policy and environmental wins. The position requires workload arrangement flexibility within the program portfolios and is eligible to be part of GPSEA's staff pool list for Global Project Staffing (GPS)-assignments in a certain period reviewed and agreed by direct Line Manager.

This is a permanent position, based in Manila office.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Formulate advanced political, legislative, climate liability, and environmental campaign strategies, theories of change, and policy positions aligned with national and regional objectives.
• Analyze political dynamics, regulatory frameworks, legislative trends, and mindset/social sciences to identify strategic advocacy levers.
• Direct campaign projects from conception to completion, managing project budgets, timelines, and implementation plans.
• Line manage short-term/consultancy project roles.
• Produce fact sheets, policy submissions, legal/technical briefings, and campaign reports.
• Co-develop Non-Violent Direct Action (NVDA) concepts and tactical field interventions in coordination with action leads.
• Collaborate effectively with GPSEA regional teams and country offices to advance One GPSEA priorities.
• Lead cross-functional campaign project teams; keep the CR, regional campaign leads, and project members updated on strategy and risk changes.
• Collaborate with Communications, Engagement and Fundraising teams to integrate political messaging across all public-facing assets.
• Participate proactively in and as a member of GPSEA Strategy and Analysis (S&A) community team and contribute to delivery of the development and implementation of GPSEA regional-global Programme strategy priorities.
• Act as primary campaign spokesperson for environmental and climate issues with media, government decision-makers, and public forums.
• Build and catalyze strategic political alliances, grassroots networks, impacted community groups, human rights advocates, academic institutions, etc.
• Ensure timely deployment of campaign plans, policy submissions, and fast-response advocacy during reactive political moments.
• Maintain high strategic rigor, policy accuracy, political risk mitigation, and robust MEL framework evaluation for campaign outputs

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Political Science, Law, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, or related field.
• Minimum 6-8 years of experience in environmental campaigning, political advocacy, public policy, and project management.
• Expertise in political analysis, policy advocacy, coalition building, media spokesperson experience, line management and fluency in English and Filipino.

Deadline: 14 August 2026