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Officer, Communications

Publication or Company  The Pew Charitable Trusts
Industry  Communications
Job Duration Full Time
Job Location Washington, DC
Experience Level 8 years
Job Requirements •Bachelor's degree required, related graduate degree desirable.
•At least eight years of direct experience in positions with communications responsibilities, with considerable experience as a media relations and strategic communications at the international level required.
•Superior oral and written communications skills. Proven experience drafting media materials and other public documents including press releases, fact sheets, speeches and op-eds.
•Ability to synthesize and summarize large amounts of information and to focus quickly on the essence of an issue, as well as to identify, understand, and address different policy perspectives. Confident in presenting one's own ideas and diplomatically persuading others as appropriate.
•A strong interest and/or experience in international environmental policy required.
•Strong systems skills, including use of Microsoft office products, required.
•Ability to work professionally and collegially within a creative, fast-paced corporate culture that demands excellence and emphasizes teamwork.
•Demonstrated time- and project-management skills, including an ability to meet multiple deadlines by maintaining a high level of organization. Ability to set priorities and identify resources.
•Ability to work independently with limited supervision. Flexible and able to routinely juggle multiple competing priorities and work in teams of both support and senior staff to meet project goals.
•Able to understand the links between Pew's programs, and legal, philanthropic services, and government relations. Demonstrates ability to incorporate the needs of others into work process and product and to manage relationships to produce high-level results.
•Able to build and leverage relationships within and external to Pew to assemble networks that facilitate positive outcomes.
•Language proficiency beyond English a plus.
•Experience working with multi-lateral institutions highly desirable.

Travel
Regular international travel for meetings and conferences.

Compensation
We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package, including four weeks vacation, a generous 401(k) plan, and flexible benefit options.

Pew is an equal opportunity employer.
About Our Company The Communications Department

The Communications department supports leaders at all levels of the institution to promote project and campaign efforts, inform key audiences, and protect and advance the Pew brand. The department provides a comprehensive range of communications services for all programmatic and administrative units and Trusts-operated projects. Our in-house expertise includes: strategy and message development; editorial support; design and creative services; media event planning; digital and video production and social media. The unit oversees all communications policies, guidelines and processes in order to manage the Pew brand, ensure production of the highest quality work and effectively steward Pew’s resources.

Position Overview

This position, based in Pew’s Washington, DC, office, reports to the Director, Communications, and is a member of the Pew communications staff supporting the work of the environment group. He/she develops and implements communications strategies for international ocean conservation projects, particularly Pew’s tuna and shark campaigns, to effectively communicate Pew’s work and messages.

The successful candidate must have excellent writing and editing skills, be creative, think strategically and have strong international media contacts. Extensive experience in advocacy communications and strategic communications is required.