About Palladium: Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 3,200 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities. This Opportunity: Palladium is hiring a Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Associate to join a team working on a global sustainable land-use programme funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) that is due to launch in early 2025. This is an exciting opportunity for an excellent communications professional to work on a large-scale five-year global programme alongside an experienced team supporting action on climate change. As the Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Associate (UK), you will support the delivery of programme communications both internally and externally, and the engagement of key stakeholders. Location: The position is based in Palladium’s Bristol or London office. Reporting Lines: The role will report to the Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Lead, who is based in Bristol. The Associate will also work closely with a team of Regional Communications Leads who will support the delivery of regional programme communications activities. Primary Roles and Responsibilities: Support the Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Lead in updating and maintaining the programme brand and ensuring the consistent use of brand assets. Help develop strong and engaging communications and knowledge products including films, blogs, articles, press releases, and reports to help convey compelling stories and programme results. Support the planning and coordination of external online and in-person events, including global and regional forums, webinars and roundtables. Lead on the maintenance of the Programme’s dedicated website, LinkedIn account and other digital channels which represent core communications channels for the programme and support the development of digital products. Support on an initial mapping exercise of key stakeholders (e.g. incubators, global commodity platforms, investors, finance networks, corporate and DFIs), and support on designing engagement objectives for different groups. Help to build and maintain systems and processes to effectively manage relationships with existing and new external stakeholders and their ongoing engagement with the Programme. Create, plan and measure effective email communications campaigns and improve the quality of existing contact data in line with GDPR requirements. Help develop and maintain a knowledge hub to centralise information and communications products for the different regions and sectors of the Programme and coordinate with the Regional Communications and Stakeholder Engagement team. Support the Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Lead on the delivery of programme reports including the Inception Report and Annual Reports. Coordinate in-person and online meetings with internal and external programme stakeholders. Deliver communications about grant funding and other opportunities under the Programme. Working with the Global Communications Team to disseminate programme communications through Palladium’s communications channels. Support on the development and delivery of the Programme Learning Agenda. Support the Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Lead in carrying out the annual consultation process (including surveys). Support the delivery and response to reputational risk activities. Support the delivery of communications activities for other climate on nature initiatives at Palladium where there is a need and capacity to do so. Essential Criteria: An excellent communicator who is able to build strong working relationships both internally and externally. Competent at copywriting for different channels. Good knowledge of digital channels and tailoring content to their requirements. Experience working on FCDO-funded or relevant donor programmes in a similar role. Good understanding of email marketing and website analytics to track campaign results and report on KPIs. Good knowledge of search engine optimisation (SEO) to drive traffic to website content. Strong in use of MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel). Strong digital design skills to create online assets (e.g. InDesign desirable). Video production and editing skills (desirable). Excellent organisational, inter-personal administration and communication skills. Professional fluency in English. Able to work within a fast-paced team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality communications products. The role may include international travel, sometimes at short notice. Desirable Criteria: Professional fluency in Spanish, Portuguese and French desirable. Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.