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The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) seeks a long-term Policy and Communications Manager to join our dynamic team working for climate justice, systemic change, and women’s and feminist leadership in global climate solutions.

The Policy and Communications Manager will lead the organization’s policy analysis, advocacy strategy, and external communications, with the support of the Executive Director. This role will help shape WECAN’s public messaging, support policy engagement at the national and international level, and ensure alignment between policy goals and communications strategy. This role requires a creative and strategic thinker who can manage multiple communications platforms, create compelling content, and analyze complex climate and environmental policies and programs. Additional responsibilities include partnership engagement, representing the organization and its work publicly, and communications staff management.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Policy and Advocacy

• Track and analyze relevant national and international legislation and climate justice advocacy
• Draft fact sheets and position statements
• Develop advocacy strategies aligned with organizational goals
• Build relationships with policymakers and coalition partners
• Support advocacy events with other team members

Communications

• Develop and execute communications strategy for all WECAN programs, projects, and campaigns, in collaboration with WECAN staff
• Draft press releases, op-eds, blogs, and newsletters
• Manage media relationships
• Oversee press strategy and engagement, including managing media relationships, writing press materials, and developing outreach lists
• Oversee website and social media content
• Manage and delegate responsibilities to WECAN Communications Associate to support tasks of the Policy and Communications Manager
• Ensure consistent messaging and branding across platforms and communications
• Manage WECAN video filming, planning, production, and editing directly and/or through oversight of volunteers and contributing filmmakers
• Coordinate and contribute to content writing and editing of articles, blogs and other storytelling efforts along with WECAN Executive Director and other team members

Strategy and Integration

• Align policy priorities with public messaging
• Translate complex policy into accessible language
• Maintain organizational partnership lists, and build-out long term trajectory of partner/ally relationships – including coordination of communications, updates, and strategic expansion of partnership connections

Full position description with details on how to apply available here.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and interviews will start on April 1, 2026. The position will remain open until filled.