Communications Lead – Trase

Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying
nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. We provide innovative
open-access data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial
institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide. 

Supply chain transparency: Trase is a data-driven transparency initiative that
revolutionises our understanding of the international trade and financing of agricultural
commodities which drive tropical deforestation. Its unique supply chain mapping approach brings
together disparate, publicly available data to connect consumer markets to deforestation and
other impacts in producer countries.

Trase’s free online tools and actionable intelligence enable governments, companies,
financial institutions and civil society organisations to take practical steps to address
deforestation. Trase is jointly led by the Stockholm Environment Institute and Global Canopy,
with many further partners and collaborators.

You will be part of a leading, multinational, multidisciplinary, and multilingual team
of experts, delivering this exciting program in a way that is effective, manageable and fun! We
value diversity, inclusivity and creativity at the core of what we do.

This role will lead the delivery of the Trase communication strategy over the next 5
year strategic period.

Working as part of the Impact team within Trase, alongside colleagues responsible for
content production and those engaging directly with companies, governments and financial
institutions, you will take responsibility for leading all aspects of public relations – press,
media, events, promotion and publicity.

For success in this role, these things will matter the most: 

• Writing – demonstrable experience of creating compelling and concise written pieces
  both from scratch and from detailed technical information, accurately and
  creatively.
• Planning – demonstrable experience of creating communications plans for the release
  of new data sets, to share new insights, or in response to external events, to deliver on
  Trase’s priorities and strategic approach.
• Engage and influence – demonstrable experience of developing and maintaining
  relationships with key people and organisations including journalists and partner
  organisations.
• Decision-making – able to make sound tactical decisions on the right public
  relations approach to ensure our external communications work remains tightly aligned with
  our strategy for engagement and impact.
• Innovative – able to bring new ideas and approaches to the table, think creatively
  and question assumptions.

At Global Canopy, we value diversity and inclusion. You can read our diversity
statement on our website. We encourage
applications from all backgrounds and are committed to having a team with a diverse set of
skills, experiences and abilities. We are committed to reducing systemic barriers in our
recruitment processes. 

Global Canopy works on issues of tropical deforestation. We are particularly interested
in strengthening our team to include those with a background from forest regions such as Latin
America and South East Asia. We welcome applications from people from these regions.

Global Canopy is an inclusive employer and accommodations will be made to allow anyone
who requires additional support to apply for this role. Please get in touch with us if you
require any additional support.