Climate Communications Associate
Nonpartisan nonprofit policy initiative producing recommendations on U.S. competitiveness in AI and other emerging technologies.
Funding history
Investors
About Special Competitive Studies Project
Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) is an Arlington, Virginia private operating foundation focused on how AI and emerging technologies affect U.S. national security, the economy, and society. It publishes policy work and operates programs, assessments, and convenings.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will develop climate-program narratives and create clear, accurate content for public and media audiences. You will write and edit materials across digital, social, press, and multimedia channels; pitch stories; monitor performance; coordinate communications requests; and apply digital, visualization, and AI tools to strengthen communications.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, climate science, environmental science, energy policy, or a related field
- 3 to 5 years of professional communications experience
- Experience pitching stories and working with the press
- Knowledge of climate modeling, carbon-cycle science, energy-transition pathways, and computational tools
- Ability to translate technical topics for non-expert audiences
- Experience collaborating with researchers, scientists, or technical subject-matter experts
- Writing and editing skills
- Experience using AI tools for workflows and productivity
- Experience managing websites, digital-content platforms, and social channels
- Familiarity with analytics tools and audience-engagement metrics
- Project management and multitasking skills
Responsibilities
- Develop unified narratives for the climate portfolio
- Advise program staff on positioning, messaging, and presentations
- Create grantee profiles, interviews, and feature stories
- Write and edit press releases, web content, reports, newsletters, op-eds, social posts, speeches, and explainers
- Translate climate and scientific research for media and public audiences
- Pitch stories to journalists, podcasters, and influencers
- Manage social-media content calendars and posts
- Maintain consistent brand tone and messaging
- Collaborate on video, audio, interactive, and short-form storytelling
- Monitor communications metrics and use findings to inform strategy
- Identify digital, data-visualization, and AI opportunities
- Monitor climate research and grantee publications for amplification
- Manage communications requests from internal teams and external partners
- Provide project support to the communications team