Consultant - European Communications Management and Strategy Development

February 13

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Clean Air Task Force

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Clean Air Task Force is a non-traditional and fact-based environmental organization dedicated to decarbonizing the global energy system to combat climate change. With over 25 years of history, CATF focuses on policy advocacy, technology innovation, and modeling and systems analysis to drive effective climate change mitigation strategies. Their work includes advancing nuclear energy, carbon capture, zero-carbon fuels, methane pollution prevention, and other technologies to achieve a zero-emissions, high-energy planet. CATF operates globally, with a strong focus on supporting innovative technologies and policy solutions to address the climate crisis efficiently and affordably.

Climate Change • Energy • Policy

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1996

🤝 Non-profit

⚡ Energy

📋 Description

• Expert communications management to help drive CATF’s key objectives in Europe, with a focus on opportunity spotting, campaign design, and strategically framing and socializing key messages and work products with target policymaker and industry audiences • Proactively identifying communications opportunities for CATF’s European team and designing and executing strategies to capitalise on them. • Ensuring visibility of CATF research and thought leadership on key policy initiatives, such as the Clean Industrial Deal, and raising awareness and engagement with policymakers and stakeholders through the media. • Effectively communicating complex policy and technical concepts to stakeholders, including policymakers, Brussels-focused media, NGOs, and others. • Developing communications campaigns, key messaging, and outreach plans for agreed upon narrative change efforts, CATF work products, reports, white papers, op-eds, sign-on letters, and other materials. • Advising on high-level framing, messaging and narrative building efforts to maximise impact and adapt to target audiences. • Creating and distributing communications collateral including press releases, media advisories, statements, op-eds, and blogs • Strategic media relations to build CATF’s profile and socialize its thought leadership • Support in driving awareness of and engagement around key CATF events in Europe • Engaged presence on regular European Advocacy virtual meetings, as well as skilled coordination and project management across CATF’s European Advocacy and Communications & Marketing teams.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 5 years of proven experience delivering impactful communications and public affairs strategies in Europe • Writing and editing for media, policymaker, and funder audiences • Media relations and existing relationships with top tier press in Brussels and beyond in Europe, preferably in the climate and energy policy area • Expertise and experience in planning public affairs campaigns (media, editorial, digital, and events) • Project management and coordination • A high degree of proactivity and collaboration • English language fluency • Working skills in other EU languages is a plus • Understanding of the policymaking processes in the EU and in European countries where CATF is active