Communications Officer £25-30K

[Bright Green Talent]

A fantastic opportunity for a communications professional to contribute to the uptake of renewable energy
Our client is a multi-stakeholder global organisation within the renewable energy sector. It’s a champion of continuous improvement in sustainability practices, and works to build consensus in the international community through strong partnerships and initiatives that increase the contribution of renewable energy to supply the world’s water and energy needs.

The job…

• Handling all aspects of internal and external communications, as well as event management
• Playing a major part in the organisation of the biennial congress in Iceland
• Communicating through a number of channels to members of the organisation, external stakeholders, and the general public
• Writing marketing materials, policy documents and articles, activity reports, Board briefing documents, and factsheets, working to ensure consistency of messaging
• Being the first point of contact and building relationships within the mainstream media, as well as maintaining and building on already-established relations with sector-specific media
• Producing a quarterly newsletter for all stakeholders- including commissioning members to write pieces, sourcing pictures, and editing
• Taking care of all aspects of events and conference organising- obtaining speakers, liaising with agencies to produce brochures, contributing to content, as well as being there on the day itself
• Dealing with the processing and adding of new members and their information to the database
• Managing and updating the website using a Content Management System, including periodic overhauls; liaising with an external designer on the redesigning of the website

You…

• Have a minimum of 2 years experience in a professional communications role
• Are an excellent writer and all-round top communicator- with a second language ideally, and the ability to communicate to people of all levels
• Thrive under pressure, and enjoy the opportunity to work independently
• Are a strategic thinker and a natural diplomat
• Enjoy the idea of travelling- this role offers international travel for up to 20% of the time
• Have knowledge of publishing applications including Adobe Indesign
• Broadly understand sustainability, water, energy, climate change issues and policy development
• Have excellent editing, project management, organizational, and time management skills
• Have experience in events management, including coordination of presentations, building of programmes, promotion and documentation
• Have a good amount of experience of working with and managing PR agencies, as well as the press

Location: SW London, 30 mins from Victoria by train
If you’d like to be considered for this position, please send your CV and cover letter to hello@brightgreentalent.com, with the following job reference included in the subject: Communications Officer 10426