Africa Communications Consultant

Location: Remote in Africa with some travel to participate in events/meeting(s) in-person, with preference for candidates based in Kenya

Dates: July 2026 - June 2027

Contract Type: Part Time, Consultancy

Compensation: $2000 - $2500 USD per month, depending on experience, location and agreed working hours 

Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted, please apply soon to be considered.

Reporting to the Communications Director, the Africa Communications Consultant will help scale the communications for a Fossil Fuel Treaty across the region. If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to help grow a bold and ambitious global campaign - one that involves social media, partner engagement and strategic communications - while working with a diverse international team committed to a fossil fuel-free future, this opportunity is for you.

The Africa Communications Consultant will work closely with the Public Engagement team and the Africa Regional Director. The role will focus on supporting and coordinating communications efforts to ensure that a growing number of African nation-states formally champion the proposed Fossil Fuel Treaty and call for a global just transition.

The Africa Communications Consultant will support diplomatic engagement across the region, strengthen networks of organisations and movements, and help build sustained momentum for the Treaty. This will involve close collaboration with governments, as well as coordination with a wide and growing network of civil society organisations, youth movements, faith-based institutions, subnational governments and cities, high-profile individuals, and other allies across Africa.

Key Responsibilities

• Support public communications efforts in Africa that demonstrate growing support for the Fossil Fuel Treaty, in close collaboration with the Regional Director, the Communications Director and broader Public Engagement Team, particularly on social media, digital content production, and traditional media strategy.
• Create and distribute communications materials including press releases, comms packs, email blasts, website content, talking points, briefing papers, social media content (ideally copy and graphics design in Canva), and others.
• Coordinate traditional and digital communications around key regional and national moments in Africa, including supporting social media and media coverage.
• Strategize and implement impactful regional communications strategy as well as in target countries.
• Develop strong relationships with print, broadcast and online journalists regionally.
• Oversee tracking and reporting on regional media coverage.
• Activate and maintain relationships with a network of African partners, champions and high-profile individuals backing the Treaty to amplify communications and campaign engagement.
• Foster and deepen engagement with African movements and civil society organisations across a broad range of constituencies - including Indigenous communities, youth movements, artists, faith institutions, and the health sector - calling for global support for a Fossil Fuel Treaty.
  

Required Experience & Attributes

• A minimum of five years of professional communications campaigning experience in Africa.
• Demonstrated experience in social media and digital content production, as well as media relations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong problem-solving and multi-tasking abilities, with the capacity to work quickly and engage in creative problem-solving
• Fluency in English
• A strong commitment to, and competency in, working across cultures and differences, grounded in a decolonial perspective

Desired Experience & Attributes

• Experience in supporting event management
• Experience working with climate-focused non-profit organisations
• Relationships with influencers for content collaboration
• Experience with tracking and analyzing digital metrics to measure success and identify key lessons from campaigns and projects
• Experience in graphic design, video production and content production including using Canva
• Experience in working with remote, virtual, global teams across multiple timezones
• Fluency in French