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Senior Media Associate - Animal Agriculture

MELIORE FOUNDATIONBwizibwera , UG

30+ days ago

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Position : Senior Media Associate - Animal Agriculture

We're looking for an innovative Senior Media Associate - Animal Agriculture with a unique combination of skills who wants to play a major role in tackling climate change.

The Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC), a programme hosted by the Meliore Foundation,is seeking to appoint a Senior Media Associate - Animal Agriculture, reporting to the Strategic Communications Director for Food and Nature. You will be an astute, motivated story pitcher, who can work with a range of partners and respond to events to increase the quantity and quality of reporting around animal agriculture’s contribution to climate change in the global north.

You’ll be joining our team to secure food and nature at the heart of the climate change debate.

Our role is to act as a centre of expertise for strategic communications on Food, Nature and Climate and to play an active role in helping create more political, media and public

endorsement for action at an international, national and sectoral level.

This role will help develop the media and tactics focused on the need to transition to more sustainable, affordable food systems, a topic which is gaining increasing political and media attention in the global north.

The ideal applicant will have a sophisticated understanding of how to place compelling stories to create real change and shifts in the narrative required to achieve political action on sustainable agriculture and food systems. The successful candidate will be a brilliant and thoughtful communicator, be able to develop media relations quickly and a natural collaborator with a great energy to work diplomatically with a range of experts and partners to advance high impact stories.

If this sounds like you, we'd love for you to apply.

How you'll contribute

Shaping, pitching and amplifying newsworthy media interventions and compelling and salient stories on livestock and climate change in the global north media markets in line with the communications objectives
Building relationships with key journalists, editors, media influencers and commentators and managing media lists
Tracking political, public and media (including social media) debates around livestock and climate and distilling to inform strategy development
Developing / maintaining strong relationships with key correspondents and editors in mainstream and specialist media (food sector trade press and financial press)
Develop compelling, creative, audience-tailored, story pitches to achieve strategic communication goals
Build relationships with a range of spokespeople spanning academia, civil society and business
Provide strategic communications and media pitching advice and services to partners, including on framing and targeted media outreach
Developing and managing a calendar of key external and partner events and activities
Monitoring, evaluation and reporting on communications efforts

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Our ideal candidate has

At mid- to senior experience in environmental / finance / agriculture journalism or a related field

Excellent experience and understanding of media, the media landscape and the value of strategic story placement

Existing relationships with key environmental / finance / food / agriculture journalists highly desirable (alternatively the proven ability to develop these swiftly)

Knowledge of global food systems and commodities

High levels of self-motivation and the ability to work in a flexible and agile manner

Strong diplomatic skills and interpersonal relations, with the ability to quickly build trust with partners and colleagues

Skills in use of new media and collaborative IT tools

Project management experience

Fluency in written and spoken English, our working language; additional languages are an asset.

A genuine interest in and passion for addressing climate change.

The disposition to work generously with colleagues in a high-trust global community of peers.

The versatile and adaptable skills necessary to flourish in a fast-paced and wide-ranging work environment and work across time zones using tools such as Zoom, Slack and email (Google Workspace).

A commitment to an inclusive and empowering approach to facing climate change.

Why join us?

Be part of a remote-first, international network of professionals working on climate, energy and nature. We offer coworking access in some locations.

Work with a bunch of dynamic, culturally diverse individuals who combine their passion to make a difference with a rigorous and results-oriented approach to work.

Enjoy regular opportunities to connect and collaborate with colleagues around the world.

A full-time position with a consultant or employment contract, subject to location, for 12 months. Only candidates with the right to work in their location will be considered

Job criteria for job ad : Senior Media Associate - Animal Agriculture Job category : Health and social professionsMarketing, communication Industries : Associative activities Region : Bwizibwera - Entebbe - Gulu - Hoima - Jinja - Kampala - Kasese - Kira - Lira - Masaka - Mbale - Mbarara - Mukono - Nansana - Rest of Uganda - International Educational level : Bachelor Key Skills : strategic communicationcommunicationjournalismmarketingmediamarketing communicationhealthtracking Number of Position(s) : 1 Be cautious! Do not send money to a potential employer. Do not pay any money for a potential contract of employment or for pre-employment training.

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