Senior Strategic Communications Associate – Built Environment

Role Overview

• Maintain an overview of national policies affecting the Built Environment (such as EPC standards, heat pump mandates, and social housing retrofits), ensuring UK communications are technically grounded and politically relevant.
• Monitor high-level political and media debates across the UK to identify emerging trends, ensuring the Hub’s UK strategy remains proactive and responsive to shifting public sentiment.
• Map and engage the landscape of UK partners ranging from specific localized groups, such as city networks and trade unions, and high-level lawmakers, finance sector leaders, and broad civil society coalitions to amplify their overall impact.
• Identify and elevate new voices who can talk convincingly about the built environment sector in the UK, building communications capacity from the ground up to diversify and strengthen the national narrative.
• Support the Europe Manager and Director in implementing the UK strategy, ensuring it is evidence-based, achievable, and delivers measurable shifts in the public narrative.
• Lead the production of UK-specific communications by operationalizing multi-channel strategies. You will devise a wide range of materials such as press releases, social media content and blogs, in order to translate complex building data into compelling stories about health, affordability, and comfort.
• Coordinate the local delivery of global milestones, as required by the team.
• Monitor the impact and outcomes of your work, ensuring UK-specific progress is clearly articulated to partners and the broader network.

Requirements

• Solid professional experience in strategic communications, with a proven track record in media relations and/or digital campaigns within the UK market.
• A deep understanding of the UK policy-making process and the unique dynamics of the national housing and energy debate.
• An active network of influential actors across the UK, such as journalists, lawmakers, civil society leaders, and progressive business voices.
• Deep knowledge of the UK media landscape and a track record of securing strategic story placements in national and trade outlets.
• Fluency in English with exceptional skills in producing engaging and impactful communications materials.
• The ability to deliver effectively with minimal guidance while thriving as part of a high-trust, international team.
• A genuine interest in the mission and values of the organisation and a strong understanding of communication issues related to climate, energy and the built environment.
• A versatile and adaptable skill set suited to a fast-paced environment, with a commitment to an inclusive and empowering approach to climate change.
• Additional languages are an asset.

Benefits

• Be part of a remote-first, international network of professionals working on climate, energy and nature and work with a bunch of dynamic, culturally diverse individuals who combine their passion to make a difference with a rigorous and results-oriented approach to work.
• 6 offline days (with no calls or meetings) per year to focus on your work
• Reduced working time on Fridays during the Dry Season (summer)
• Access to our employee assistance program to support your mental health and personal development
• Supplementary paid business closure for end-of-year holidays
• Parental leave matched to 20 weeks for countries where regulation allows less than that
• Enjoy regular opportunities to connect and collaborate with colleagues around the world
• A full-time position with an employment or consultant contract, subject to location, for 12 months, with possible renewal after one year.