Salary:$105,000 – $115,000
Location:Los Angeles
Contract Type:Indefinite
Hours:Full Time
Closing Date:26 September 2022
First Interview Dates:Week commencing 3rd October
About the role
ClientEarth believes a healthy planet where nature and all people can thrive together isn’t just possible: it’s essential. We use the law to make that vision a reality. We take on governments, hold businesses to account, and change financial markets. One well-placed, hard-won legal victory can change the system. Enough of them can change the future.
Mission-critical to this success in the Unites States will be a Communications Manager with the know-how, creativity and drive to build, shape and amplify our presence and voice in the US.
Over the past decade, we’ve cemented our position as the leading experts in environmental law across Europe and delivered high-impact work in Africa and Asia. We have won world-first legal challenges against coal plants in Poland and successfully challenged the UK government three times in national courts on air pollution. After a decade-long legal battle we secured the right for more than 400 million people to challenge environmental decisions in EU courts. We’ve helped to bring in stronger environmental protection in China.
But we know that climate change and nature loss are global challenges requiring global solutions – so we’re continuing the global expansion of our work into new territories around the world. This includes the US, where we will use some of the innovative legal approaches that we’ve developed and increase our existing fundraising efforts.
Our US Communications Manager will play a critical role in building awareness of ClientEarth in the US and coordinating all of our communications activities in the US.
Meet your Manager
In this role, you will be managed by our Director of Communications, Chris Duncan. Chris joined ClientEarth in 2018 and is based in London. Before joining ClientEarth, Chris was Global Communications Director at Marie Stopes International. Prior to this he held a number of communications, marketing and public affairs roles across a range of sectors.
Responsibilities and Relationships
The Communications Manager will establish our communications channels and spearhead our US strategy to drive brand awareness among key US audiences.
With support from colleagues in the global Communications team they will:
devise, deliver and evaluate communication strategies that increase awareness and positive perceptions of ClientEarth among potential supporter audiences (those who bring influence, will promote our work, and can financially contribute to it)
ensure a strong, consistent external voice and image for ClientEarth US, ensuring appropriate alignment with the global brand.
develop and manage opportunities to profile the story of ClientEarth, its work, CEO, President, and key staff, in external media, events and other opportunities, with a focus on channels that will reach a potential donor audience.
deliver high-profile, positive communications and campaigns, including high quality media coverage, digital content, and other paid, owned and earned promotional approaches.
work with colleagues across the organization – particularly the Development (fundraising) team – to devise and deliver cross-cutting campaigns which help to draw new support at all levels and which cement existing support.
build strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, continually looking for new ways to tell ClientEarth’s story and to increase the impact of our work.
provide communications advice and support to the Head of US and other colleagues.
support the development of communications strategies designed to increase the impact of our legal work in the US.
This role sits within ClientEarth’s global Communications Department, but will work very closely with colleagues in our US office, including our US fundraising team and colleagues working on legal programs. The Communications Manager will report to the Global Director of Communications (based in London) and work with our Head of Americas.
At the outset this position does not include management responsibilities, though we anticipate the need for growth within the team as our US operations become more established. The successful candidate will have a strong hand in how the communications team in the US looks and operates in the future.
Experience, knowledge and capabilities
The right candidate will demonstrate the following experience, knowledge and capabilities:
devising, implementing and measuring high-impact communications strategies designed to attract financial support and build influence.
working and building relationships with a wide range of creative, strategic and media partners.
building and protecting the reputation of an organization.
managing an organization’s social media output and building its audience.
grasping complex concepts and ideas quickly and framing them for a broad range of audiences
a deep understanding of the communications landscape in the US.
managing and leading teams.
strong presentation, written and verbal communications skills.
non-profit experience not expressly required, and individuals with backgrounds in are also encouraged to apply
Further Information
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Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based See our Benefits page for more.
ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds.
Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the USA.
ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties