Global Head of Communications

Location: London or Bath, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.

Contract type: Full-time, permanent.

Salary range: Competitive, dependent upon experience.

Reporting to: CEO

About the role: As the Global Head of Communications for the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), you will play a lead role in building EJF’s visibility and global brand, deepening and extending impact and positive outcomes. You will develop and implement communications strategies for global campaigns, maximise the reach of EJF’s investigative films and reports, and secure high-profile coverage for key audiences.

Key responsibilities

• Communications strategy and leadership: Work with the CEO to develop and implement EJF’s global communications strategy aligned with organisational priorities and campaign objectives. Lead the communications team to consistently maximise opportunities to drive impact for individual campaigns, working closely with teams to develop communications strategies at inception. Provide high-level advice and guidance to EJF leadership and teams on messaging, media strategy and reputational risk. Lead the comms team to develop sector-leading communications that engage and inspire audiences about our campaigns across traditional and digital media platforms, ensuring appropriate, inspirational and effective messaging that helps deliver policy change.
• Media and external engagement: Ensure strong outreach to our target audiences in the public and private sector and to policymakers and world leaders. Secure high-impact coverage in the most influential media platforms for investigations, reports and campaigns across priority markets that will bring our campaigns to the attention of leading changemakers. Work with teams to ensure that coverage opportunities are maximised and effectively planned in advance. Devise and coordinate media, press, and special events, such as film screenings, patron and celebrity events, and like-minded business partnerships.
• Editorial oversight & storytelling: Set editorial standards across communications outputs, ensuring clarity, accuracy, integrity and consistency of voice. Writing and editing compelling op-eds, press releases and briefings, ensuring they are tailored to the target audience and the strongest media platforms and channels. In close collaboration with campaign and investigation teams, ensure the production of high-quality impact reports, updates, briefings, blogs and speeches/presentations to engage new audiences, including celebrity and high-profile supporters. Oversee EJF’s digital platforms and social channels to grow EJF’s exposure, engagement and support the delivery of communications strategies and campaign objectives. Ensure content is optimised for different platforms and regions, using data and insight to refine strategy.
• Team leadership & collaboration: Lead and develop a high-performing international communications team. Collaborate effectively with the wider team to ensure communications supports organisational objectives. Build effective workflows that enable rapid response and clear sign-off processes while maintaining quality and safeguarding. Ensure that our internal communications are effective, so that team members get the information they need to collaborate and succeed.

Essential skills and experience

• At least 8 years in professional communications roles, with demonstrable experience of leading teams and building high-impact communications strategies.
• Track record securing high-profile media coverage that advanced campaign objectives.
• Ability to design, prioritise and deliver media strategies and multiple comms activities that drive up the quality and quantity of media coverage.
• Excellent skills in creative storytelling: producing engaging and inspiring content that delivers real-world impact.
• An excellent writer/editor – including press releases, features, opinion pieces, letters to editor and blogs – particularly to meet tight deadlines.
• Superb attention to detail and factual accuracy and an ability to ensure your colleagues meet the same high standards.
• Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines and changing priorities.
• Experience in managing strategic relationships with external partners (corporate, high-profile individuals), entrepreneurial and a creative problem solver.
• Committed to changing our world for good and a demonstrable commitment to EJF’s Mission, Values and Vision.

Desirable skills and experience

• Good understanding of environmental justice issues and policies, in particular within the fields of climate change and ocean conservation.
• A wide network of relevant media.
• Languages, especially French, Spanish, Portuguese or German.

What we offer

• 22 days’ annual leave, increasing with each year of service, plus additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year.
• Generous pension scheme, with employer contributions increasing over time.
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working (typically 3 days in the office / 2 from home).
• A dynamic, supportive, and inclusive working environment, with genuine opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• The chance to play a leadership role in an organisation delivering real-world impact for people and planet.

EJF is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity within the workplace.