About Verra.
At Verra, we've created a culture of flexibility + autonomy. You'll be able to work with remote teams from diverse countries and industries. Wherever possible, we aim to find mutually agreeable solutions for international hiring.
Verra is a global leader helping to tackle the world’s most intractable environmental and social challenges. As a mission-driven non-profit organization, Verra is committed to helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve livelihoods and protect natural resources across the private and public sectors. We support climate action and sustainable development with standards, tools and programs that credibly, transparently and robustly assess environmental and social impacts and enable funding for sustaining and scaling up projects that verifiably deliver these benefits. We work in any arena where we see a need for clear standards, a role for market-based mechanisms, and an opportunity to generate significant environmental and social value.
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Job Title: Senior Program Officer, Digital and Social Media Communications
Location: Remote - Worldwide (working with significant overlap with US business hours)
Start Date: Immediately
Reports to: Director, Content
About Verra
Verra is a global leader helping to tackle the world’s most intractable environmental and social challenges. As a mission-driven non-profit organization, Verra is committed to helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve livelihoods, and protect natural resources across the private and public sectors. We support climate action and sustainable development with standards, tools, and programs that credibly, transparently, and robustly assess environmental and social impacts and enable funding for sustaining and scaling up projects that verifiably deliver these benefits. We work in any arena where we see a need for clear standards, a role for market-based mechanisms, and an opportunity to generate significant environmental and social value.
The Opportunity
With environmental and social actions growing rapidly and attracting public and media attention, Verra is seeking a digital communications professional to help scale up our work and increase our organization's impact.
The perfect candidate will be a dynamic, organized, and detail-oriented self-starter with strong interpersonal skills and a genuine enthusiasm for digital communications. We offer a supportive work environment and unparalleled opportunities for professional growth in the environmental communications ecosystem. We thrive on collaboration across practices and organizational boundaries, creating a tight-knit group of professionals working together to effect substantial change.
The Role
Reporting to the Director of Content, this role will tackle a large array of digital communications tasks as follows:
Social Media:
- Plan and implement a social media strategy, developing objectives, timelines, and work plans, using a mix of organic and paid tactics across multiple platforms (e.g., Twitter, LinkedIn). Prepare all content for clearance by senior staff. Coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders as appropriate. Ensure timely execution of all planned activities.
- Assess the effectiveness of social media activities: Review social media analytics; determine indicative metrics and indicators of success; identify lessons learned to enhance future efforts.
- Monitor social media traffic: Conduct comprehensive monitoring of social media traffic about the organization and its areas of work; escalate issues that are spotted; advise on possible responses; and implement follow-up activities. Stay updated with the latest social media trends, tools, and best practices to ensure the brand remains at the forefront of the digital landscape.
- Develop compelling social media collateral, including videos, graphics, and text, in collaboration with others. Conceptualize standalone social media campaigns and posts. Leverage storytelling techniques to drive brand awareness, engagement, and loyalty.
- Support staff social media needs: advise staff on best practices for using social media and work with staff to help amplify organizational messages.
Communications Production:
- Plan and implement a newsletter and stakeholder communications strategy, developing objectives, timelines, and work plans. Prepare all content for clearance by senior staff. Coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders as appropriate. Ensure timely execution of all planned activities.
- Manage stakeholder email lists and disseminate information through various communication formats, including e-newsletters and internal email updates.
- Organize, curate, and catalog our communications assets (photos, b-roll, testimonials, talking points) while identifying gaps in our collection and deploying assets so they can be used effectively at relevant moments.
- Support additional communications and marketing activities in collaboration with other Verra teams and staff members, such as preparing for and organizing events.
- Support high-profile organizational external webinars: set up the session in Zoom; provide administrative background support; and offer follow-up support (posting on YouTube, modifying follow-up emails).
What we’d like to see
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, advertising, marketing, business, or a related field
- 5+ years’ experience working in digital communications with demonstrated successes in social media management, creative and analytical copywriting, collateral creation, and other tasks outlined above
- Strong attention to detail, with an interest in, and aptitude for, proofreading text, ensuring image permissions, and checking links
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Fluency in English is essential
- Strong organizational skills and self-discipline to be able to prioritize and work efficiently and effectively under deadlines in an independent manner
- Ability to maintain a professional approach and demeanor in high-pressure situations and to work with stakeholders and partners from different countries and cultures
- Experience writing in a variety of styles and with attention to detail
- While not required, experience with video/audio production and editing, graphic design, photo editing, and corresponding software such as Adobe Creative Suite is highly desired
- While not required, fluency in a second language is a plus
- A great attitude, flexibility, and team-player mentality
Our Team
Verrans come from diverse locations and backgrounds and include carbon market experts, project developers, consultants, communicators, climate negotiators, researchers, and auditors. We are committed to providing large-scale financing for projects and programs that advance climate action and sustainable development through high-quality standards and programs.
Working at Verra
We’ve created a culture of flexibility + autonomy. You’ll be able to work with remote teams from diverse countries and industries. Wherever possible, we aim to find mutually agreeable solutions for international hiring.
The salary range for this position is between $82,000 - $92,000 USD. The compensation band is based on a U.S. base salary range and shares the minimum and maximum base salary for the position. This position is eligible for remote work.
The final compensation offered will be contingent upon role, level, and location. During the hiring process, our talent team can share the specific salary range for your preferred location.
Salary is one component of Verra’s total compensation package, which also includes:
- Health, vision and dental care, and life insurance
- Verra contributions to each employee’s retirement plan
- Verra contributions as required by national labor laws in countries where staff are located
- Paid Time Off (PTO), comprising 22-30 days’ vacation, 7 days of annual sick leave, holidays, sabbatical after five years of service, and other leave allowances
- Funds to support professional development
Verra is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all our work, and doing this successfully is crucial for us to embody our established values, including Teamwork, Results, Integrity, Balance, and Exploration. We actively celebrate belonging among our team members’ different abilities, sexual orientations, ethnicity, faith, and gender.
How to Apply
Please send us a Cover letter (not to exceed one page) and your Resume/CV (not to exceed two pages).
Verra provides equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination. As such, we conduct our recruitment and hiring without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.