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Job Title: Senior Communications Manager, Europe

Department: Programs, Europe

Center Background: The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is a global human rights organization working to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights around the world. With offices in New York City, New York; Nairobi, Kenya; Bogota, Colombia; Geneva, Switzerland; and Washington, D.C., the Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization changing law and policy throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States. Our 230+ diverse professionals are committed to advancing the Center's human rights mission through game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work. This has powered the Center's exceptional growth to an operating budget of over $50 million and won the respect of law firms in countries around the world, with an additional $29 million annually of donated legal services, representing the work of countless lawyers from more than 46 countries.

The Center's Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact: By 2030, half of the world's population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they are today. The Center has a track record of success to back up this ambitious goal. Since our founding in 1992, the Center has transformed how reproductive rights are understood and applied by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, abortion, assisted reproduction, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). We have won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N. Committees, and regional human rights bodies. Additionally, the Center has led the development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights and has built the legal capacity of women's rights advocates in more than 65 countries and counting.

The Role: Reporting to the Senior Regional Director for Europe, the Senior Communications Manager will create and lead the implementation of traditional and online media strategies and outreach in Europe so as to advance the Center's work and visibility in Europe and across the world. The Senior Communications Manager will also support collaborative work with key partners to create joint communications strategies in support of joint initiatives and will also provide support to the Chief Program Officer in relation to media engagement. The role is for a 2-year period initially. This role is based in Europe.

The Senior Communications Manager, Europe will be based in Europe.

Primary Responsibilities:

The Senior Communications Manager's primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Design and develop impactful European communications strategies to advance the Center's work in Europe and across the world and build awareness of the Center's work and profile among key European stakeholders.
• Provide communications support to the Chief Program Officer and Senior Regional Director for Europe, and other Europe based staff as relevant.
• Draft and edit press materials (press releases, statements, op-eds, talking points, press kits, etc.) for a European media audience, related to the Center's work in Europe and across the world.
• Prepare Center spokespeople for press interviews and public appearances, including drafting talking points and key messages and providing prep sessions prior to each interview or event.
• Proactively pitch Center spokespeople and secure Center placement in target media markets.
• Cultivate, maintain and expand a robust network among media contacts in Europe who regularly cover gender equality and reproductive rights issues and proactively develop relationships with journalists and editors.
• Create and manage a database of media contacts for the Center in Europe.
• Create and manage a European communications calendar for the Center to track upcoming opportunities for media engagement and outreach, develop content and ensure advance planning.
• Draft and edit communications content for use across multiple channels including, but not limited to, website and social media.
• Manage the Europe program's social media accounts including by planning and developing content, managing community engagement, developing innovative ways of connecting with and expanding engagement, tracking and monitoring performance and developing the program's use of social media tools to broaden its visibility and networks in Europe.
• Coordinate the production of design and other assets to support digital communication streams.
• Identify opportunities for joint traditional and/or online communications initiatives with Center partners in Europe and provide technical communications support to partners as relevant.
• Where necessary, identify and supervise local media and communications consultants and firms to support and complement the Center's communications efforts in Europe.
• Work closely and collaborating effectively with other departments to ensure strategies are aligned across the organization.
• Execute special projects as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's or advanced degree in communications, journalism, public/media relations, languages or a related field.
• At least 10 years of demonstrated progressively responsible experience working in communications or public relations, ideally including experience working in media relations for an NGO.
• Strong awareness and deep understanding of the European media landscape and current and developing strategies for communicating effectively in a continually and rapidly evolving media environment.
• Successful track record of developing and executing communications strategies and campaigns in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment in Europe, including for NGOs.
• Successful track record of pitching and securing traditional media coverage and placement.
• Deep understanding of online tools and strategies to grow social media audiences and influence and experience in managing social media accounts.
• Excellent English writing and communications skills including drafting, editing and proofreading skills. Demonstrated ability to research, write, fact-check, and edit a variety of communication pieces for target audiences with minimal supervision.
• Experience developing content for a variety of materials (e.g. press releases, articles, newsletters, web content, advocacy resources, and email marketing materials, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines, handle simultaneous assignments, and work within a team setting across varied time zones.
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, digest large quantities of information and apply transferrable skills to new areas or types of project.
• Strong organizational skills and a proven ability to concurrently manage a large number and wide variety of projects with strict deadlines.
• Proven ability to manage the workflow of projects, including facilitating project scope, identifying goals and deliverables, planning and scheduling project timelines, and monitoring project progress.
• Experience working on communications strategies or media outreach in the field of human rights, women's rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights or other fields of social justice desirable.
• Experience working within traditional and online media organizations or as a journalist desirable.
• Must be flexible and adaptable and able to work proactively and independently, multi-task, and deliver high quality work under tight deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and to exercise discretion and good judgment;
• Ability to give and receive feedback professionally, and to provide openness and honesty in communications;
• Ability to travel for work;
• Ability to work in a multicultural, diverse, and performance-driven environment.

Don't meet every single requirement? At the Center, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Develop & Manage Self & Others: Takes ownership of individual growth in order to achieve full potential; recognizes the value of direct reports and helps them develop their full potential while also achieving set objectives.
• Collaboration (People First): Works intra- and/or cross-departmentally to support the goals and overarching strategies of the Center and its strategic plan.
• Feedback (Improve & Innovate): Actively engaged in feedback cycles: Gives and requests feedback to and from peers, supervisors and direct reports about work products, behaviors, values, style, and approaches with a view on how this impacts self, other individuals, and teams.
• Accountability: Follow-through on each commitment made to individual contributors, teams and partners and proactively informs others of any delays that occur along the way.

Work Competencies:

• Project Management: Works effectively on project teams in order to achieve long-term project goal and objectives.
• Problem Solve & Make Decisions: Identifies, analyzes and resolves existing and anticipated problems, using common sense to make timely decisions in order to reach the best solutions for the organization.
• Internal/External Focus: Anticipates internal and external partner's needs; assesses requirements and identifies new solutions that align with overall goals and objectives of the organization.
• Communication & Influence: Communicates with and influences others to gain agreement and commitment to the strategic goals of the organization.

Compensation: The Center offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and a comprehensive benefits program.

Benefits:

• Well-being: The Center offers resources to help prevent and recover from burnout through different programs that enable mental, physical and community well-being. The Center offers generous leave including paid parental leave, personal days, vacation, sick and unlimited sick time for COVID. We are also closed the last week of December to allow staff to spend time with their loved ones.
• Culture of Collaboration: Everyone at the Center is aligned to a specific goal, leading to a supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Growth: You will be working with and learning from some of the top legal and operational minds, all passionate about the mission of advancing reproductive rights around the world. You will also be eligible for a stipend to use towards professional growth.
• Global: You will get a front-row seat to update on the fight for reproductive rights in the global space. You will also have access to Employee Resource Groups to connect to colleagues that share similar interests/backgrounds/views.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Center is committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage people from all communities to apply. If you are excited about this role and unsure about whether your past experience aligns with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Our hiring processes and our work culture offer support and flexibility for staff with a variety of needs. Should you face an accessibility barrier in the application and interview process please let us know by contacting [email protected]. We will work with you to provide the accommodation that works best for you.

To learn more about the Center's commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), please visit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Center for Reproductive Rights

Learn more about the Center for Reproductive Rights, go to www.reproductiverights.org

How to Apply: Please complete the application below to apply. A cover letter and resume must be included in your application. Please include these application materials as attachments.

Please note that all genuine Center openings must be applied through the Center website. The Center does not charge a fee at any stage in the recruitment process (application, interviews, or selection). Nor does it request any medical examinations or bank account information as part of this process. If someone contacts, you on behalf of the Center requesting payment for your application please notify [email protected] before taking any further action.

Our hiring processes and our work culture offer support and flexibility for staff with a variety of needs. Should you face an accessibility barrier in the application and interview process please let us know by contacting [email protected]. We will work with you to provide the accommodation that works best for you.

Deadline for applications: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Center policy on visa sponsorship for US based positions: Applicants for employment in the US must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the US by The Center for Reproductive Rights.

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