Job Title: Head of Communications and Media
Reporting to: Director of Client Services
Salary: NGO Competitive
Location: London/ Europe (working remotely until further notice)
Closing Date: 31 March 2021
Starting Date: ASAP
Hours: Full Time
About the Climate Bonds Initiative
The Climate Bonds Initiative is an investor-focused NGO working to mobilise global capital for climate action. The organisation is leading the development of climate finance, investment and transition opportunities with global stakeholders: governments, investors, banks and large companies.
Our main work streams are green bond standards and certification, green bond data and market analysis, policy analysis, green capital markets development and communications. Communications - and advocacy is central to our work.
The Role
The Head of Communications will be responsible for creating, implementing and measuring the success of a comprehensive, proactive communications strategy that promotes our brand and messages around the globe and supports the overall strategic aims of the initiative.
The communications strategy should ensure that a coherent message runs through all communications pieces targeting both internal and external stakeholders. That includes blogs, press releases, social media, publications and PR.
The Head of Communications will work closely with the regional Communications teams and other internal stakeholders, including Senior Management team, Markets, Policy, Standards and Certification, Events, Partnerships and Operations.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Communications Strategy (20%)
Responsibility for planning the Global Communications Strategy in alignment with our organisational strategy and priorities, setting smart objectives, timeframes and steps for achieving the strategy. There will be one strategy targeting the external audience and another one focused on the internal stakeholders.
The job holder will be accountable for the delivery of the communications strategy, acting as coordinator for the key communication areas and working in collaboration with the Communications team to ensure consistency of message and alignment of content.
Publications and Events (20%)
The job holder will be responsible for a coherent and planned approach to promote Climate Bonds reports and other publications. He/ She will provide editorial support where required and design a promotional plan to support the dissemination of messages (including research, write and publish news stories).
Digital content creation and management (20%)
The role will hold oversight of the Climate Bonds website, regular blogs and social media channels.
Moderation of the website and existing channels, including:
Social media management and strategy (10%)
The job holder will lead all communication and public relations planning and execution, monitor progress and evaluate performance against agreed targets set out in the communications strategy.
The role will have overall oversight of CBI’s presence on social media platforms, overseeing the content creation and planning for all social media activities.
This will entail:
Media amp; PR (20%)
The job holder will work closely with key media players on the delivery of media relations campaigns, as well as internal stakeholders to react to emerging news stories when required.
This will entail: