Who can apply
- Individuals applying for full-time employment rather than organisations
- Applicants with at least five years of relevant professional experience
- Communications professionals
- Journalists
- Content strategists
- Media professionals
- Fundraising communications professionals
- Applicants experienced in leading communications teams or functions
- Applicants with exceptional writing and editorial judgement
- Applicants able to translate research, data and complex ideas for non-technical audiences
- Applicants experienced in working with journalists and media outlets
- Applicants experienced in managing external partners and senior stakeholders
- Applicants experienced in leading communications initiatives from strategy to execution
- Applicants experienced in fundraising, revenue-focused communications or donor engagement
- Applicants familiar with international development, education, livelihoods or social-impact work
- Applicants comfortable working in a lean, fast-moving and distributed organisation
- No specific university degree is stated as mandatory
Focus areas
- Communications strategy
- Communications-team leadership
- Editorial leadership
- Team coaching and development
- Communications systems and workflows
- External agency management
- Freelancer management
- Fundraising communications
- Revenue-focused communications
- Audience planning
- Strategic messaging
- Content strategy
- Media relations
- Journalist engagement
- Executive visibility
- Thought leadership
- Public engagement
- Research communication
- Data storytelling
- Youth-impact storytelling
- Website content
- Press content
- Email communication
- Social-media communication
- Donor materials
- Brand voice
- Message consistency
- Communications risk management
- Communications performance measurement
Requirements
- Current résumé or CV
- At least five years of experience in communications, journalism, content strategy, media or a closely related field
- Two-to-three-sentence response describing communications experience connected to fundraising or business outcomes
- Two-to-three-sentence response describing experience managing or leading a communications team
- Country in which the applicant is legally authorised to live and work
- Declaration of any required visa assistance or work authorisation
- Expected gross monthly salary
- Safeguarding declaration
- Agreement to provide a Police Clearance Certificate, Certificate of Good Conduct or equivalent if selected as a final candidate
- LinkedIn profile where available
- Website or professional portfolio where available
- A separate cover letter is not listed as mandatory
- Application must be submitted through the official Greenhouse form
Application steps
- Read the complete official vacancy description.
- Confirm that you have at least five years of directly relevant experience.
- Tailor your CV to communications leadership, media engagement, editorial quality and fundraising outcomes.
- Prepare concise evidence-based responses to the two role-specific questions.
- Complete the work-authorisation, expected-salary and safeguarding sections accurately.
- Submit the application through the official Greenhouse form as early as possible.
Global Grants Hub strategic note
Applicants should demonstrate at least five years of relevant experience through specific communications products and measurable results. Strong applications will show media or journalist relationships, excellent writing and editorial judgement, experience translating research and complex data for public audiences, and leadership of communications teams, systems or campaigns. Applicants should identify results such as media coverage, audience growth, donor engagement, fundraising support, stronger executive visibility or improved organisational positioning. General social-media management experience may be insufficient where it is not supported by strategic leadership, editorial ownership and clear organisational outcomes.