Senior Communications Specialist

Climate Caucus; EE. UU.; A distancia; USD 65.000 - 72.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health benefits after probation

Descripción de la vacante

Climate Caucus is seeking a Senior Communications Specialist to lead the organisation's communications strategy and day-to-day delivery. You will craft messaging for campaigns and policy launches, steward our brand across channels, and manage rapid-response content on tight timelines.

You will translate complex policy into clear, engaging content for members, decision-makers and the public, write across formats, and collaborate with senior staff, GR and policy experts.

Formación

• Strong political instincts and understanding of the Canadian political landscape.
• Excellent written communication and ability to adapt content for diverse audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships quickly.
• Proven experience pitching media and managing media campaigns.
• Deep understanding of social media best practices; online advertising tools are a plus.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects.

Responsabilidades

• Lead Climate Caucus's communications strategy with senior leadership and manage day-to-day delivery.
• Develop communications plans for campaigns and key moments with clear objectives and audiences.
• Maintain brand identity and voice across channels from member updates to public materials.
• Translate policy ideas into compelling messaging for diverse audiences.
• Write and edit press releases, op-eds, website copy, newsletters and talking points.
• Produce rapid-response content on tight timelines and oversee campaign materials production.
• Develop and execute social media strategy and paid online campaigns with external contractors.
• Track performance with analytics and adapt approaches accordingly.
• Pitch stories and coordinate with journalists; maintain media lists and briefing notes.

Conocimientos

Political instincts

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Media pitching

Social media strategy

Analytics & measurement

Project management

Herramientas

Online advertising tools

Descripción del empleo

Job Posting: Senior Communications Specialist — Climate Caucus

About Climate Caucus

Global challenges, local solutions: there has never been a more crucial time to accelerate community-level climate policy and to amplify trusted voices calling for ambitious provincial and federal climate leadership that meets the urgency of our times.

Climate Caucus is a national, non-partisan non-profit working at the intersection of two essential pillars of shared prosperity: local democracy and climate policy. Across the country, we support mayors, chiefs, councillors, regional directors and other representatives to enact, and advocate for, climate initiatives at every order of government. Our role is to ensure that such trusted voices have essential resources to succeed when supporting their communities through both policy action and bold, provincial and federal advocacy. At the heart of our work is a deep commitment to safety, health and affordability for everyone in Canada, and the belief that supporting local leaders is one of the most impactful ways to ensure just that.

About the Role

This is a collaborative, multi-faceted role ideal for someone with a range of honed communications skills, who knows how to turn policy ideas into impactful messaging; who can manage multiple priorities concurrently; and who thrives across mediums. The successful candidate will feel just as comfortable developing a rapid-response press release as they do checking the kerning on a document as they do creating social media strategy. You'll be working with a warm, supportive team in a growing organisation that's working at the forefront of change alongside senior professionals with extensive communications, GR and policy experience ready to collaborate.

Key Responsibilities

Campaign and Communications Management

• Lead Climate Caucus's communications strategy in close collaboration with senior leadership, and own its day-to-day delivery.
• Develop communications plans for campaigns, policy launches and key moments in the political calendar, with clear objectives, audiences, messages and measures of success.
• Steward our brand identity and voice across every channel, from member updates to public-facing materials.

Messaging and Content

• Translate legislative and policy recommendations into clear, compelling messaging for members, decision-makers, media and the public.
• Write and edit across formats: press releases, op-eds, website copy, newsletters, member communications, social posts and talking points.
• Produce rapid-response content when the news cycle demands it, often on short timelines.
• Oversee the production of campaign materials such as briefs, brochures, flyers and presentations, with a sharp eye for quality and detail.

Social Media

• Develop and execute our social media and digital strategy, including content planning, publishing, community engagement and channel growth.
• Plan and manage paid online advertising campaigns with external contractors, overseeing progress and ensuring value for money.
• Track and report on performance using analytics, and use what you learn to sharpen our approach.

Media Relations

• Proactively pitch stories, spokespeople and op-eds to national, regional and political media.
• Build and maintain relationships with journalists, and keep our media lists up to date.
• Prepare spokespeople with briefing notes, key messages and Q&A, and coordinate media requests.
• Work with external PR consultants and organizational partners on larger campaigns.

Skills & Experience

• Strong political instincts and a solid understanding of the Canadian political landscape.
• Ability to quickly synthesize complex information and apply it across strategy, communications and engagement.
• Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to review, edit and adapt content for different audiences and formats.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to listen deeply, build trusting relationships quickly and work with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Proven experience pitching media and managing media campaigns, with knowledge of the political media landscape.
• Deep understanding of social media best practices; experience with online advertising tools is an asset.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Experience supporting or contributing to political and advocacy campaigns; direct campaign leadership experience is a strong asset.
• Experience coordinating people, projects or working groups; formal staff management experience is an asset.
• Ability to communicate at a senior level in English; French is a strong asset.

Terms

• Type: Full-time, fully remote role with a semi-flexible work week
• Contract: Initial two-year contract, with potential for extension.
• Benefits: Eligible for health benefits after a three-month probationary period.
• Compensation: $65,000 — $72,000 p/a, dependent on experience.

Equity

We strongly encourage applications from individuals from historically and currently marginalized groups, including but not limited to Indigenous people, Black and racialized people, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and others who bring diverse perspectives and experiences to this work.