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Climate Focus is looking for a Junior Communications Specialist based out of our Washington D.C., USA, Amsterdam or Rotterdam, The Netherlands, or Berlin, Germany offices

About Climate Focus

Climate Focus is a pioneering advisory firm specialized in policies, programs and projects that mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Our international multidisciplinary team works closely with clients in the private sector, governments, non-governmental and philanthropic organizations across the globe and a range of sectors including forests and agriculture, renewable energy, transport, and energy efficiency.

We translate science and market intelligence into actionable advice that is relevant for today’s decision-makers and rooted in deep knowledge of climate science, policy, and finance. In addition to our analytical work, we support private sector and non-profit entities with the development of carbon projects and programs, with a focus on nature-based solutions. We also support carbon market investors with project risk assessments and offer a wide range of due diligence, project structuring and legal advice.

Our mission is to drive and support?impact, leveraging low-carbon and climate resilient solutions and strategies.

Climate Focus was founded in 2004 and has offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Bogotá, Rotterdam, and Washington, D.C. More information: www.climatefocus.com

Job Description

This role will participate in both internal and external facing communication tasks supporting our Communication Specialist and wider Climate Focus team with an emphasis on digital communications as well as relevant communications and design tasks on a project-by-project basis. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a pioneering, versatile and dynamic organization.

We expect the Junior Communication Specialist to assume communications-related tasks that will include but are not limited to:

Internal Newsletter

• Support the management of and sending out of internal newsletters and updates as publications come through, ensure important posts are published, etc. Potential for daily or weekly digests if time allows

Media Engagement and PR

• Press releases, pitching to journalists, tracking press mentions and profiles of high-profile team members, managing and updating new journalists contacts in our dashboard, briefings, keeper of quote banks

Social Media and Digital Engagement

• Content creation and first drafts of writing social media content, managing social media channels, posting, forums, engagement on and management of various public facing online platforms

Website

• Keeping the website updated, adding to/ removing content from the website, copyediting any and all executive summaries and blogs, needs to be aware of and comfortable with metrics and tracking on the backend

Projects

• Supporting development and implementation of communication plans for Climate Focus projects

Profile

Successful candidates will:

• Have the ability to work independently and adapt to project needs as they arise
• Have strong writing and copyediting skills
• Have strong organizational and time management skills
• Be a team player who is very comfortable working collaboratively and across time zones
• Be able to ask questions that help to understand the entire scope of a project or the content
• Fluency in English. Working knowledge of Spanish or French is a plus.
• The ability to think operationally, drawing connections between various projects that are happening within the company
• Have at a minimum, knowledge of tools such as Canva, with a preference to candidates that have a working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign)
• Enjoy working in an international environment on a range of topics related to climate change
• 2-4 years of experience in communications or a related field; Bachelors in communication, marketing, journalism, public relations, or English; an M.A. degree is a plus

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, including those with refugee status.

What we offer

• An immediate start
• A one year contract with the possibility to convert to a permanent position
• A flexible and dynamic work environment
• An inspiring workplace with the option to work on a hybrid schedule (between office and home)
• Opportunity to work with staff members from across our international team, with expertise in many different areas of climate change mitigation
• Salary based on market rates and applicant profile with potential for a variable annual bonus

Application

Interested candidates should submit their CV and a cover letter in English only, along with the additional required information listed.

Applications will be considered until the position is filled.

Apply at: https://climatefocus.bamboohr.com/careers/47