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Communications Director Greenpeace Southeast Asia

This person will be responsible for developing and implementing communications strategy in order to raise the profile and perception of Greenpeace in the Southeast Asian region, to enable us to achieve our campaign and other organizational goals.

As a member of the Senior Management Team, he/she is expected to contribute to the overall strategic management of the organization, to lead and mange the Communications team, to develop, monitor and manage expenditure of departmental budget, to build Greenpeace Southeast Asia’s brand awareness in the region, to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of communications strategies, and be part of the global Greenpeace communications community.


Required Experience / Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, related fields or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Strong management, planning, administrative, financial and organizational skills
• Demonstrable experience supervising professionals and/or directing large, national or international projects.
• Strategic thinker with proven results in building high profile communications strategies.
• Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects and to meet tight deadlines, including a flexible mindset regarding working hours.
• Good understanding of the media advocacy needs of a campaigning organization.
• Experience with market research, brand surveys and data analysis.
• Established relationships with media contacts and detailed knowledge with media operations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage the formulation and implementation of innovative communications strategies and content for national or international campaigns.
• Experience in working with people of different cultures.
• Superb English writing and communication skills.

Other Requirements
• Approachable and collaborative with a willingness to learn as well as teach.
• A commitment to peaceful direct action as a means for change.
• A bias for action and an orientation towards metrics.
• Commitment to Greenpeace values and policies.

Application/Selection Process:

Interested candidates are invited to write Letter of Introduction, explaining why you are qualified for the position and why you want to work for Greenpeace. Please attach this to a completed application form which you can download from http://www.greenpeace.org.ph/commsdirector and email to: jobs.ph@greenpeace.org