Senior Communications Manager - IPs and LCs

Senior Communications Manager - Indigenous People and Local Communities ICVCM

Employment Type: Full time

Location: Remote UK. We highly encourage applications from candidates based in the Global South.

Salary: £65,000 - £70,000 (GBP), equivalent market rate if based outside the UK.

Team: Communications

Seniority: Senior

• Closing: 5:30pm, 7th Mar 2025 GMT

Job Description

The Executive Secretariat for the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market is seeking to appoint a Senior Communications Manager who will work with our Communications Director as well as our Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Associate Director and the self-led Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Engagement Forum to help develop and deliver our strategic communications and engagement strategy. This is a unique opportunity to develop and deepen your experience of working in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment with the potential to contribute to meaningful environmental and social outcomes focused on Indigenous Peoples and/or local communities.

In this dynamic role, you will work in close collaboration with all parts of the Integrity Council's work programme, including the members of our Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Engagement Forum, our Board and Expert Panel members, as well as our external communications agencies, private sector partners, and funders. Your day-to-day focus will include managing the successful flow of strategic messaging through all our communications and marketing channels. You will also play a vital role in helping to shape the Integrity Council's overall strategic communications, bringing innovative and creative ideas to inform and educate our stakeholders, build alignment around our programme, and strengthen our brand and reputation.

This includes working in close collaboration with the Communications Director to ensure our work relating to Indigenous Peoples and/or local communities is fully integrated into the Integrity Council's strategic communications objectives, managing day-to-day communications implementation in partnership with the wider team, external agencies, Forum and Board members; making recommendations for improvements to processes, architecture or infrastructure of the communications function, and implementing those developments in collaboration with the Communications Director and wider team. It will also include significant exposure to senior figures and media to build alignment, ensure effective implementation, and manage day-to-day communications delivery.

The ideal candidate will be an excellent project manager and have experience working across multiple projects and stakeholder groups. You will be able to express your thoughts, ideas, and recommendations in a clear and compelling way. You should have a proven track record of delivery in media relations, digital communications, and marketing, and must be able to demonstrate experience of managing communications campaigns and activity in the climate change, Indigenous Peoples, and/or local communities and/or sustainability space. We are additionally looking for experience of working on international campaigns with a Global South focus, and would welcome applications from candidates based in the Global South.

You will be proactive and detail-driven with an excellent understanding of the media, finance, and the political landscape. To thrive in this role, you will be passionate about using strategic communications to ensure Indigenous Peoples' and/or local communities' rights and interests are protected and enhanced in a high-integrity voluntary carbon market and understand that achieving this is a critical part of accelerating climate action.

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