Join the Staff—Communications Manager: Stakeholder Engagement (Fixed term contract)

Location: London, Frankfurt, Montreal; office-based role with flexible, hybrid office/home working offered
Expected duration: ASAP to February 2024
Salary: Competitive, plus benefits

About the role

Team: External Affairs
Reports to: Director of Communications—Stakeholder Engagement

As the Communications Manager: Stakeholder Engagement at the IFRS Foundation, you manage the development and execution of the IFRS Foundation’s plans to engage with stakeholders at sustainability-focused events internationally.

You will be responsible for identifying the key sustainability-related events around the world at which the IFRS Foundation should be in attendance, helping ensure the ISSB is effectively reaching key stakeholders globally, to drive awareness of the ISSB’s work.

You will be responsible for identifying sessions and panels within events that best align to the IFRS Foundation’s agenda and actively pitching the IFRS Foundation’s participation.

Furthermore, you will be responsible for reviewing the inbound requests the IFRS Foundation receives, making recommendations as to whether the IFRS Foundations should provide a speaker for the event, and if so, which IFRS Foundation representative would be best placed to speak.

Once a speaking slot has been agreed, you will be responsible for working with the IFRS Foundation representative to help with preparation, including attending prep calls and providing presentation and speech-writing support where needed.

You will therefore have strong communication skills, with the ability to get to grips with communicating highly technical concepts. You will have impeccable attention to detail, project management skills and verbal and written communication.

Key Responsibilities

The IFRS Foundation’s work is fast-paced and while the primary areas of responsibility are as follows, we value adaptability and a collaborative mindset.

Manage external events calendar

• Liaise with staff and ISSB members to identify and maintain a calendar of priority events in the IFRS Foundation’s key markets globally and across relevant stakeholder groups.
• Identify specific sessions within events most relevant to the IFRS Foundation’s agenda.
• Develop pitches to secure IFRS Foundation participation.

Manage inbound speaking requests

• Manage inbound requests, liaising with the organisers and making recommendations as to whether the IFRS Foundation should accept, and if so, who should represent the IFRS Foundation.
• Liaise with the organiser to ensure IFRS Foundation costs are covered, and other copy rights requirements are met during participation, or agree to waive these.

Messaging and communications support

• Once participation is agreed, attend prep calls and, where necessary, support with board member presentation development and speech-writing.
• Hone messaging relevant to the stakeholder group or region.

Analysis

• Develop analysis as to the IFRS Foundation’s participation in events and how this has helped advance the IFRS Foundation’s mission and vision.
  
• Ensure that participation is spread across key markets and we are reaching a range of stakeholders successfully.
• Coordinate with Market Engagement team to produce comprehensive information on external engagement activities when required.

Skills and Experience

Experience

• To qualify for this role, you must have previous professional experience in communications and stakeholder engagement. We are looking for an exceptional excellent communicator, skilled facilitator, self-driven doer, and amiable team player who can thrive in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.

Skills

• Experience managing an annual calendar of speaking engagements.
• Excellent organizational, attention to detail and project management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively around highly-technical subject matter.
• Partner-oriented: a great collaborator, communicator, and creative problem-solver.
• Highly organized with the discipline to keep track of multiple parallel projects.
• Experience in managing projects that have tight deadlines, limited resources, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Ability to meet the demands of multiple clients simultaneously, balancing speed with quality and accuracy.

To apply

Please send a detailed CV/résumé to recruitment@ifrs.org. Please include the following information or your application may not be considered:

• the job title/position you are interested in and the location of the job (in the subject line of your email); and
• covering email/letter detailing how you meet the specified role requirements and your salary expectations.

Closing date: 21 April 2023

Due to the number of responses we receive, we are unable to respond individually to each application. If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.