The Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC) is looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven individual who wants to play a role in tackling climate change, with a special focus on Norway and Denmark. You will be joining our Nordics Team and the wider GSCC network as a Communications Associate focused on strategic communication in the area of climate and the energy transition. GSCC is a programme hosted by the Meliore Foundation.

In GSCC you will be working as part of a global network of communications experts to enhance public engagement and manage stakeholder relations around climate change and energy transition topics. The successful candidate will implement media strategies, build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, journalists and spokespeople in Norway and Denmark, while working closely with our international team of communications professionals as well as partner organizations.

This is an exciting opportunity for a PR professional with a strong sense of the media landscape to shape the narrative around the energy transition and climate initiatives in the Nordics through strategic communication and media engagement.

If this sounds like you, please read on and apply.

How you'll contribute

Media strategy: Execute the team’s media strategy through pitching stories about climate change, its impacts, climate policy, the energy transition and more to the media in Norway and Denmark.
Storytelling: Develop compelling narratives and storylines to proactively drive media coverage and public conversations around climate solutions and energy transition in the region.
Capacity building: Identify and train new voices and partners across the region and support them in executing media strategies.
International collaboration: Work with colleagues in GSCC and with partner organizations to develop media packs with strategically important events and developments from the Nordic region to the rest of the world.
Content creation: Develop a wide range of content such as press releases, press briefings, social media posts, OpEds, and communication support during events.
Event Planning and Coordination: Organise and provide on-site support for events such as press conferences, media briefings, partner workshops, ensuring seamless execution.
Media monitoring: Monitor impact and outcomes and contribute to drawing conclusions and recommendations to improve our activities and strategies.
Relations: Seek out key journalists, editors and influencers in the climate and sustainability sectors to build and maintain strong relationships with them.
Polling and surveys: Use polling and surveys to inform messaging and identify target groups effectively.
Strategic insight: Follow the public debates in Norway and Denmark to identify where strategic communications can be usefully deployed in order to speed up the net-zero transition.

Our ideal candidate has

Professional experience in communications, PR or journalism, ideally with a track record of handling media relations in Denmark and/or Norway.
A demonstrated ability to analyze public, political, and media debates to identify opportunities for impactful strategic communications.
A track record of setting and achieving measurable goals in communications or media outreach, including monitoring and reporting on outcomes
An enthusiasm to embrace complex, technical topics and transform complicated substance into compelling narratives about the urgency and necessity of swift and ambitious climate action.
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).
Fluency in written and spoken English, our working language as well as either Norwegian or Danish, a prerequisite for local media work.

You are based in Copenhagen, Denmark or able to work from there 3-5 days a week (with full weeks in the beginning while getting to know the job and the network).

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 an employment contract, for 12 months, with possible renewal after one year. Only candidates with the right to work in Denmark will be considered.

About Global Strategic Communications Council

A place to thrive!

We’re an international network that values genuine diversity. We know that tackling the climate emergency will need all of society and we want our network to be reflective of the richness of that society. We are looking for people who bring their best, most professional and effective selves to work. People who are respectful, kind and have a sense of fun. If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

Your ideas, perspectives, and lived experiences are key to how you go about your work. We encourage people from historically disadvantaged or underrepresented groups to apply.

About GSCC

This position is with the Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC), a global network of communications professionals in the field of climate, energy and nature. GSCC is a programme hosted by the Meliore Foundation.

Through our work, we aim to contribute to a world with a safe and stable climate for current and future generations. We hope to build broad support for just, inclusive, and equitable solutions to the climate crisis.

Our philanthropically funded work focuses on media debate and public discourse at the global level and in major economies across Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and the Americas. We support a diverse range of partners across sectors and geographies, helping them add their voices, views and insights to the conversation.

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