Head of Communications at Blue Ventures

Summary job description

• Blue Ventures is seeking a Head of Communications to play a key role in shaping and amplifying our narrative on a global scale. In this exciting role, you’ll be working closely with colleagues worldwide championing our mission, sharing our learning, and telling engaging stories from the communities that we and our partners are privileged to support. Whether through photo stories, news articles, data stories, media releases, blogs, opinion pieces or social media campaigns, you’ll be proactive in telling our story, and advancing the importance of human rights based approaches to ocean conservation.
• Reporting to the Director of Strategic Communications, and working closely with our Advocacy, Donor Stewardship and Partnerships teams, as well as national and regional leads, this is a fulltime permanent role based in any BV’s registered locations. For countries in which Blue Ventures has an office: our hybrid working policy currently requires attendance in the office at least 40% of the working week.

Key responsibilities

Content creation, coordination, review and publication

•  Lead and coordinate the drafting, editing, reviewing and publishing of content for external audiences including blogs, photo stories, digital media content, news articles and website updates across all of Blue Ventures’ global hubs
•  Oversee internal systems for scheduling and collaborating on planned communications, ensuring timely publication of content aligned with key organisational priorities
•  Work with the Director of Strategic Communications to ensure that all external facing content is clear, compelling and high quality
•  Work closely with country directors, department heads and national communication managers to gather and tell the best stories from across the organisation
•  Oversee global social media channels and strategise ways to engaging existing and new audiences
•  Lead email newsletter campaigns and maintain databases of relevant Blue Ventures and partner communications
•  Lead delivery of quarterly and annual communications reports

Strategic communications

•  Support the Director of Strategic Communications on the delivery of global and regional communications strategies
•  Champion datadriven optimisation of content, analysing audience data across channels and in the media, establishing key performance metrics and delivering quarterly reports
•  Represent Blue Ventures at meetings, conferences and events internationally

Media relations

•  Build and nurture relationships with key media outlets, content creators, and partners to amplify Blue Ventures' visibility and coverage. Support the management of media inquiries, press releases, and interviews to showcase the organisation's work and expertise

Team development

•  Manage and develop the communications team using a supportive and collaborative approach: assign accountabilities; set objectives; establish priorities, and monitor and evaluate results.
•  Manage and develop relationships with other key functions, notably Technical and Knowledge, Advocacy and Donor Stewardship
•  Train colleagues in key communications skills

Skills and experience

•  7+ years experience in a communications role, with evidence of senior level experience
•  Outstanding written communication and editing skills, with excellent attention to detail
•  Demonstrable experience of producing targeted communications for a range ofaudiences, including donor, practitioner, government and academic stakeholders
•  Successful track record of placing content with external media
•  Strong record of empowering, motivating and managing colleagues from diverse backgrounds (including remote/virtual management)
•  Ability to travel internationally as required
•  Experience of using data and analytics to assess and optimise multichannel content

We would also love to see

•  Expertise in the environmental conservation, fisheries management and/or international development sectors, with a solid grounding in marine conservation, climate and environmental justice, and scalable solutions to the climate and ecological emergency
•  Excellent knowledge of collaborative working with Google’s suite of projects
•  Working knowledge of French, Malagasy, Kiswahili, Indonesian or Portuguese