Senior Communications Officer - EMEEA

Location: London, UK

The Foundation

We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve.We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities.As a workplace, we’re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The Team

The Communications Division, led by the Chief Communications Officer in Seattle, oversees the foundation’s global communications strategy. The division brings together internal and external communications to advance the foundation’s mission of a more equitable world. The Global Communications team is responsible for shaping internal and external use of foundation voice to protect the foundation’s reputation and advance its priority advocacy and program objectives and ensure that employees are meaningfully connected to the foundation’s mission and community.

The team is responsible for comprehensive voice planning for foundation leadership and key spokespeople as well as driving engagement with media.

The Global Policy and Advocacy (GPA) Division’s mission is to understand the political context and policy debates affecting the foundation’s work, build support for our major program and policy objectives, and develop partnerships and alliances that can advance the foundation’s objectives nationally and globally. GPA works in close partnership with grantees, and with our colleagues in the Global Health, Global Development, Global Growth & Opportunity, Gender Equality divisions to build the environment in which all people have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives.

Within the GPA division, the Europe, Middle East, and East Asia (EMEEA) team leads the foundation’s geographic presence in the largest donor countries outside North America and China, covering Europe (with a focus on UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Nordics, Netherlands, and European Union institutions), the Middle East (Arab League countries), and the Asia-Pacific region (Japan, South Korea, and Australia).

EMEEA acts as the bridge between foundation teams and donor markets by offering deep insights on the geo-political landscape, media and public attitudes, and the foundation’s communication and advocacy priorities. EMEEA works alongside a network of grantees and partners - including, media, civil society organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions - to support the foundation’s overarching strategic goals.

Your Role

This Senior Communications Officer role is at the heart of delivering the Communication Division’s priorities, supporting the work of the GPA Division and driving the work of the EMEEA team.

This is a fascinating, stretching, fast-paced, and diverse role with no one day the same. The successful application will develop and execute communication strategies for the foundation’s work in France, Italy, Spain, and Arab League countriesin the Middle East - to support the brand, reputation and advocacy goals of the foundation. This involves gaining a deep understanding of those countries listed - how they work, their priorities, audiences, and communications landscape.

The strategies developed and implemented will cover everything from leadership visits and voice planning, to writing key messages, editorial planning, and creative content creation. They will be informed by audience insights and have measurement and evaluation embedded from the outset.