Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£38,000 per annum

About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), one of the world's leading non-profits working at the intersection of environmental conservation and human rights. We are lean, agile, creative, strategic, and results-driven. This varied and fast-paced role is for an outstanding Senior Press Officer fluent in English and Spanish, with a proven track record of impactful journalism and securing high-level media coverage as part of a press office. You will have a passion for our work and the drive, experience, and skills to build our audiences, raise the profile of our campaigns, and get our perspectives in front of key decision-makers. This role suits someone who looks forward to placing impactful stories daily that drive real-world progress for a more sustainable planet.

You will have a demonstrable ability to understand our audiences and develop communications strategies to reach them. You will enjoy meeting and briefing journalists, enthusiastically reaching out to 'sell' our key stories, and gain significant media coverage for EJF’s messages in influential international media outlets such as the Financial Times, New York Times, and El País. Working independently, you will ensure a steady flow of high-quality press outreach, pitching and writing articles and op-eds to promote our perspectives. You will know which outlets key political decision-makers read and how to place material with them. You will be an outstanding writer with superb adaptability and inventiveness to respond to a rapidly changing policy landscape.

This challenging but rewarding role offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of critical global environmental justice issues with unique opportunities for growth and development.

Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement integrated communication plans and campaigns supporting EJF’s global campaigns
- Ensure impactful and consistent coverage of campaigns in high-profile, gatekeeper media outlets
- Prepare press releases and media packs for report launches and external developments, ensuring proactive and reactive coverage
- Respond swiftly to media enquiries
- Research and actively engage media contacts and outlets, remotely and in person, to increase EJF’s reach, building and evaluating a media outreach database
- Collaborate with communications teams worldwide to develop coordinated media strategies across geographies and languages
- Evaluate and report on press performance with recommendations for improvement
- Create engaging and impactful content for various communication channels, including op-eds and blog articles
- Uphold the highest standards of scientifically rigorous yet engaging writing
- Host press briefings at events with external stakeholders

Experience
- Professional fluency in English and Spanish, including excellent writing and editing skills
- At least 3 years’ experience in communications, press office, journalism, or similar, with a focus on placing stories in high-level traditional media outlets
- Knowledge of media relations, communication material development, multi-channel content creation, and social media campaigns
- Confidence and experience dealing with journalists from diverse media to secure effective coverage
- Effective knowledge of media outlets read by international political decision-makers and how to place articles with them
- Excellent copywriting skills, including working under time pressure and linking current affairs to EJF campaigns

About You
- Exceptional creativity and drive to seek new opportunities to promote EJF’s work
- Outstanding attention to detail and factual accuracy
- Reliable, determined, self-motivated, resourceful, and able to work effectively within a small, dynamic, international team
- Superb organisational skills with the ability to work quickly and prioritise efficiently to deliver timely outputs
- A passion for environmental justice

Qualifications
- No specific qualifications stated; however, relevant experience and language fluency are essential