Global Director of Strategic

pGlobal Director of Strategic Political Communications /ppbLocation: Global
- /b remote
- we encourage applications from candidates from any location that are comfortable working occasionally during European hours. /ppbConditions /b
- full time role
- 5 days a week. /ph3The opportunity /h3pThis is a rare opportunity to build the public-influence infrastructure for one of the most important gaps in the climate and environmental movement: how to make care for the environment credible, visible and mainstream among conservative and traditional audiences globally. /ppOur Common Home (OCH) works through independent local organisations in around 19 countries. These partners engage people with a strong attachment to the land, traditions and communities – audiences who have often felt alienated by the tone and politics of mainstream climate advocacy. The role of the Global Director of Strategic Communications is to help credible local voices be heard, trusted and repeated in the places where public and political opinion is formed. /ppThe postholder will build OCH's central public‑influence capability
- known internally as media engagement
- from the ground up. They will establish the standards, systems, methods and shared infrastructure that allow national teams to strengthen their own media and public‑influence work. In the early phase, the role will be hands‑on with priority countries. Over time, the work will shift deliberately from delivery to coaching, with the capability embedded in the network rather than held at the centre. /ph3About OCH /h3pOCH increases support for protecting the environment by empowering those who are currently left out of the conversation. It works through independent local organisations in around 19 countries, supporting local actors to take environmental action rooted in more mainstream values and interests. /ppIt works by: /pullipdeveloping better, longer‑lasting solutions that reflect the priorities of ordinary people; /p /lilipcreating the space for decision‑makers from across the political spectrum to lead on environmental issues on their own terms; and /p /lilipbuilding confidence, capability and credibility in places where environmental action has too often been framed as belonging to one side of politics. /p /li /ulpOCH’s model depends on local credibility. Country teams know their audiences, politics, language and media environments best. The central team exists to strengthen that work, not to direct it. A small global team sets the mission and supports country teams on strategy, research, governance and fundraising. /ph3Why this role matters now /h3pThe media and information environment is changing fast. Trust is fragmenting, audiences are harder to reach through traditional channels, and AI is reshaping how information is produced, discovered, summarised and repeated. Generic content is losing value. The premium is moving towards trusted voices, credible data, distinctive insight and rapid relevance. /ppThat shift plays to OCH's strengths, but only if the network is built for where media is heading rather than where it has been. The successful candidate will help OCH partners build the infrastructure to build up credible voices, develop them, connect them to the right media and platforms, and ensure their stories and evidence travel across the network. /ph3Purpose of the role /h3pThe Global Director of Strategic Communications will build and lead OCH's central strategic communications and public‑influence function. The role will define what good media engagement work looks like across the network, support countries to develop their own capacity, and create shared systems that allow learning, intelligence and media opportunities to travel quickly. /ppThe consistent priority is to amplify partners and credible local voices rather than to raise OCH's own profile. The postholder will have the authority, licence and resources to build the infrastructure needed to do that well. /ph3The role works across three levels /h3ullipPartner and spokesperson amplification. Elevating credible conservative and centre‑right voices already rooted in communities through the network's partners and ground game, led by local people and local stories. /p /lilipCountry entity communications. Helping national entities develop their own public presence, earned‑media capacity, spokesperson base and public‑influence strategy, without taking ownership of their political positioning. /p /lilipOCH central communications. Developing the strategy for OCH's own public profile where it is useful to the mission, while keeping the primary emphasis on the network and local voices. /p /li /ulh3What success looks like /h3pAfter the first year, success would mean that OCH has a clear media engagement strategy, a small but effective central capability, shared standards and methods, a tested spokesperson‑development process, priority‑country plans, and a growing rapid‑response model. /ppAfter three years, success would