Director of Communications

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The Global Fund for a New Economy

Director of Communications (Organization)

Introduction

The Global Fund for a New Economy (GFNE) seeks a Director of Communications to lead and execute a comprehensive global communications strategy. This role is essential to advancing GFNE’s mission by ensuring that its work is effectively positioned, communicated, and amplified across diverse audiences, including funders, policymakers, civil society, and the media.

The Director of Communications will play a pivotal role in amplifying GFNE’s impact, ensuring our work reaches key global stakeholders and influences critical conversations. Success in this role means increasing GFNE’s engagement with its core audiences, ensuring cohesive and coherent communication across all channels, maintaining the quality of content, strengthening the GFNE team’s media preparedness, and managing communication risks effectively to enhance its global positioning.

About the Global Fund for a New Economy (GFNE)

Founded in 2024, the Global Fund for a New Economy (GFNE) is dedicated to building an economic system that benefits all people, protects our planet, and strengthens democracy. GFNE partners with leaders, changemakers, and innovative organizations to provide the strategic funding, partnerships, and infrastructure needed to drive this transformation.

As a remote-first organization, GFNE is committed to building a global team rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We value a wide range of perspectives and strive to foster a collaborative, inclusive workplace culture that aligns with our mission. Our work spans partnerships with think tanks, community organizations, academic institutions, labor unions, and advocacy groups, building a global movement for a sustainable and democratic economy.

With initial support from the Hewlett Foundation, Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, and the Omidyar Network, GFNE is prioritizing efforts in ten countries: Brazil, India, the United States, South Africa, Kenya, Germany, the United Kingdom, Colombia, Mexico, and Indonesia. Our current focus areas include exploring the economic opportunities and challenges of the green transition and addressing the impact of AI and emerging technologies from a political economy perspective. Specifically, GFNE will invest in field building, mobilize resources for the ecosystem, support partner organizations through catalytic grants and strategic and operational support, and incubate new organizations.

We invite those who share our commitment to a sustainable, inclusive, and equitable economy to join us in this transformative work.

About the role

The Director of Communications will lead GFNE’s strategic communication efforts towards broad branding of the organization and its work, ensuring clarity, impact, and coherence across all external and internal messaging. This role will involve:

Developing and executing a global communications strategy that aligns with GFNE’s goals and appropriate (not necessarily maximum) level of coverage.

Managing media relations, including press engagement, media readiness for internal teams, and thought leadership positioning.

Overseeing content development, including newsletters, website updates, and digital storytelling, while building an engaged community.

Managing communications risk, particularly on delicate and sensitive topics.

Strengthening GFNE’s brand identity through strategic messaging, campaigns, and public engagement.

Acting as a liaison with all programmatic areas and departments to ensure alignment across teams and partners.

Establishing communications policies and systems for both internal and external engagement.

Industries: Non-profit Organization Management

Function: Admin and Back office