Global Director of Strategic & Political Communications

Global Director of Strategic & Political Communications

Location: Global - remote - we encourage applications from candidates from any location that are comfortable working occasionally during European hours.

Conditions - full time role - 5 days a week.

The opportunity

This 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.

Our 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.

The 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.

About OCH

OCH 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.

It works by:

developing better, longer-lasting solutions that reflect the priorities of ordinary people;

creating the space for decision-makers from across the political spectrum to lead on environmental issues on their own terms; and

building confidence, capability and credibility in places where environmental action has too often been framed as belonging to one side of politics.

OCH’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.

Why this role matters now

The 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.

That 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.

Purpose of the role

The 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.

The 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.

The role works across three levels

Partner and spokesperson amplification.