Electric Vehicles (EV) Communications Lead, South Africa

Application Deadline: 26 February 2025

Department: Transport

Location: South Africa

Description

We're looking for an innovative Electric Vehicles Communications Lead, South Africa with a unique combination of skills who wants to play a major role in tackling climate change.

As a strategic communications professional, you'll be joining our Transport team to collaborate internationally with a dynamic array of expert partners, to accelerate the transition to electric mobility. You'll be passionate about creating a sustainable future, and excited to experiment, learn and adapt your work to become more effective at making it happen.

If this sounds like you, we'd love for you to apply.

How you'll contribute

Strategic Communications

• Design, create, and deploy a national communications plan to accelerate progress on electrification of road transport and meet climate goals.


• Lead regular meetings with partners to coordinate and execute this plan.


• Prioritize key moments, plan messaging and materials in advance, empower coalition members and experts, and broaden social support for climate action.


• Work with coalition communicators and integrate their work into the overall
  communications strategy, messaging tone, and opportunities to elevate the
  coalition's work around key moments.


• Serve as a resource to partners to provide communications training.


• Draft, edit and pitch opinion pieces, news stories, podcast interviews, and broadcast media slots, in local language.


• Foster a wide range of media contacts and relationships to further this work.


• Execute media monitoring on a regular basis to measure the effectiveness and impact of the communications activities.


• Any other duties to be assigned from time to time.

Content and Digital development

• Develop messaging and social media guidance for coalition use around big or newsworthy moments pertaining to passenger vehicle electrification


• Work with external contractors or agencies as needed to oversee the creation of digital assets, implementation of ad campaigns, or other activities as needed.


• Regularly review and refine understanding of a target audience, where they are, and how to reach them.


• Liaise with influencers and other potential voices to shape an effective outreach strategy.


• Advise and steer strategy on running social media + traditional media ads.

Our ideal candidate

• Based in South Africa, with fluency in English and at least one other South African official language, in speaking, reading and writing.


• Experience working within a coalition setting for non-profit organizations, advocacy campaigns, policymaking, or similar.


• Ability to meet multiple deadlines and balance numerous projects in a fast paced and changing environment.


• Ability to develop and drive new initiatives, work with multiple stakeholders and organizations, oversee projects to completion and measure results.


• Ability to prioritize effectively; superb time management skills.


• Willingness to work across various time zones, as required.


• Willingness to attend EV related meetings and events in-country and internationally.


• An established local network of media or influencer contacts


• The disposition to work generously with colleagues in a high-trust global community of peers.


• The versatile and adaptable skills necessary to flourish in a fast-paced and wide-ranging work environment and work across time zones using tools such as Zoom, Slack and email (Google Workspace).


• Ideally, experience of working with or communicating to policymakers, although not essential.

Why join us?

• Be part of a remote-first, international network of professionals working on climate, energy and nature. We offer coworking access in some locations.


• 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.


• Enjoy regular opportunities to connect and collaborate with colleagues around the world.


• A full-time contract for 12 months, with possible renewal after one year. Only
  candidates with the right to work in their location will be considered.