Content Manager - WorkForClimate

The Sunrise Project is searching for an experienced Content Manager to join our WorkForClimate team, supporting our objective of accelerating the global corporate transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Reports to: Director - WorkForClimate

About us

Driven by a passion to solve the climate crisis, The Sunrise Project is a team of experienced change-makers, researchers and communications professionals with a mission to scale social movements to drive the global transition beyond fossil fuels. With programs and staff in Australia, and affiliated programs and staff in Europe, and the US, we have developed a unique model of grant making and campaigning that supports networks of organisations to drive powerful change towards our mission. 

We have a dynamic and nimble organisational culture and we’re serious about supporting our people to thrive. We move fast and lean into the urgency of the climate challenge.

We believe that a diversity of experiences and perspectives will help us build stronger strategies, teams and movements. We strongly encourage First Nations people, people of colour, people living outside of cities, and people with all kinds of bodies and talents to apply. We are continually working on becoming a better workplace for everyone. You can read our commitment to this work here. 

About you

You will have experience in a communications, journalism or content role, with specialist or expert knowledge of corporate sustainability and climate impacts. You will have strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build successful relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders. You are an expert communicator, with a proven ability to effectively deliver compelling content to a variety of audiences globally. You have the ability to think strategically and take the lead on projects. You know content marketing inside-out, and are able to develop and execute engaging digital marketing campaigns across multiple platforms.

The Content Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of the Content Strategy across all WorkForClimate touch points (platform, playbook, social content, blog etc). The Content Manager must be able to produce content of a specialist nature (within the corporate sustainability and climate space) and must ensure that all copy also adheres to our brand tone-of-voice guidelines. Working closely with the Director and Product Manager, the Content Manager will ensure that content is created to deliver appropriate information to audiences at every stage of the customer journey.

About the role

WorkForClimate is an initiative within the Sunrise Project which is designed to accelerate the corporate shift away from fossil fuels. We are building a platform that provides individual professionals with the inspiration, tools and community to help them set and achieve ambitious climate goals within their organisation. 

Key responsibilities

• Understand and become an expert in corporate sustainability and climate impacts, and use that knowledge to create effective, impactful, strategic and share-worthy content;

• Devise and implement a WorkForClimate Content Strategy, incorporating product and creative content, with a focus on driving subscribers and achieving impact (getting companies to achieve climate goals);

• Collaborate with the Director, Product Manager and other key stakeholders to brainstorm ideas and concepts grounded in data-driven insights and help lead development for product content;

• Leverage a deep understanding of how content drives engagement, to develop curated content that is tailored to specific channels or touch-points to drive conversion

  Skills and experience

• Experience in a content, journalism or marketing communications role, with specialist or expert knowledge of corporate sustainability and climate impacts

• A deep passion for and demonstrated commitment to action on climate change

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build successful relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders 

• Excellent written communication skills, with strong attention to detail and the proven ability to effectively communicate information to a variety of audiences globally

• Leadership capabilities and clear strategic thinking

• Flexible disposition, happy to work outside areas of previous experience and happy to get stuck into laborious tasks when required; 

• Strong familiarity with online marketing best practices, including developing and managing digital marketing campaigns

  If you meet some but not all of the criteria for this position, are unsure, but you’re keen on the role - please get in touch. We value and recognise experience that has been unpaid, from the grassroots or is lived experience.

  
  How Sunrise supports its staff:

  The Sunrise Project is committed to creating a workplace that supports our staff to do their best work and develop professionally. We have the following in place to help us achieve that:

  ●      Superannuation contribution of 12.5%

  ●      Four weeks annual leave with leave loading of 17.5%

  ●      Birthday leave (if it’s your birthday, you get a day off)

  ●      Cultural leave

  ●      12 weeks parental leave after 12 months of service

  ●      Commitment to supporting to your professional development

  ●      Access to Employee Assistance Program

  ●      Coaching and management support with regular 1:1 meetings

  ●      Performance reviews and feedback to support you and the team to reflect and grow

  ●      A co-developed initial 3 month work plan to help you hit the ground running and have clarity on your role and responsibilities.

  ●      Flexible work policy