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About RRI

Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) is a global coalition of more than 200 organizations dedicated to advancing the forest, land, and resource rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, Afro-descendant Peoples, and particularly women within these groups. RRI is coordinated by a Secretariat based in Washington, DC.

RRI and Campaign for Nature (CfN) launched the Community Land and Conservation Finance Initiative (CLARIFI) in January 2022. CLARIFI is an international funding mechanism to scale up support for secure community land rights. It aims to address the gap in investment in Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant (IP, LC, and AD) organizations and their allies.

Senior Associate, CLARIFI Communications

The Senior Associate, CLARIFI Communications, leads communications for the CLARIFI financing mechanism while supporting RRI's broader strategic communications efforts. The role develops accessible, compelling content that showcases CLARIFI's research, advocacy, partnerships, and impact across digital, print, media, and event platforms.

The successful candidate will be a versatile writer, editor, and storyteller who can transform complex data, research, and community narratives into accessible and engaging content. The Senior Associate will lead and contribute to blogs, impact reports, press materials, advocacy content, newsletters, and multimedia products while ensuring accuracy, accessibility, and alignment with CLARIFI's communications strategy.

Working across thematic and regional teams, the Senior Associate will support media engagement, event promotion, research dissemination, and coalition storytelling. Ideal candidates will have at least four years of relevant communications or journalism experience and a demonstrated commitment to equity, climate justice, and amplifying community voices.

Why Join RRI?

Join a global coalition advancing the land and resource rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant Peoples. As part of the CLARIFI team, you'll collaborate with colleagues and partners across the globe to expand community-led conservation and strengthen climate resilience through innovative grantmaking and partnerships.

This is a full-time position based in Montreal, Quebec, with the option to telework two days per week (Mondays and Fridays). Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada and located in the Montreal area prior to the start date.

Primary Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Director of CLARIFI and working closely with the Director of Strategic Communications and other team members, the Senior Associate will:

Writing, Editing & Storytelling (30%)

• Write, edit, and proofread digital-first content-including impact stories, blog posts, newsletters, web copy, fact sheets, social media content, scripts, presentations, and donor-facing materials for CLARIFI and the CLARIFI Director.
• Lead creative storytelling initiatives documenting CLARIFI-funded pilot projects, rightsholder leadership, and community-driven conservation.
• Coordinate the production of annual reports and other major publications, including writing, editing, proofreading, design, translation, and dissemination.
• Translate and synthesize complex technical information into intuitive, locally relevant formats for use in infographics, advocacy materials, and digital assets.

Communications Strategy & Research Dissemination (20%)

• Develop compelling presentations and talking points for international speaking engagements by the CLARIFI Director, CLARIFI team, Steering Committee members, and RRI leadership.
• Lead the refinement and execution of CLARIFI's communications strategy, ensuring alignment with governance structures and stakeholder priorities.
• Develop tailored dissemination plans for CLARIFI research, impact stories, and project communications, ensuring accessibility for rightsholders, donors, and partners.
• Provide thought leadership on respectful, community-led knowledge generation and representation.
• Prepare and distribute regular CLARIFI updates for staff, donors, and Board members.

Multimedia Production & Field Storytelling (15%)

• Conceptualize, develop, and distribute multimedia content (slides, graphics, video, audio, photographs, podcasts) to highlight CLARIFI's impact and advocacy.
• Travel internationally to project sites to conduct interviews with community members and document field experiences.
• Support communications logistics for CLARIFI events-including planning content, briefing speakers, and coordinating translations or interpretation.

Media Relations & Public Affairs (15%)

• Draft op-eds, press releases, talking points, and media statements for RRI leadership, CLARIFI governance bodies, and coalition members.
• Serve as the main communications focal point with RRI's external PR firm for CLARIFI-related media inquiries.
• Coordinate with the RRI Campaigns Specialist to identify proactive media opportunities to support grantees' advocacy campaigns.

Digital Communications & Brand Management (10%)

• Maintain accurate, engaging, and current content on the CLARIFI website.
• Enforce brand guidelines to ensure consistency across all CLARIFI outputs.
• Define KPIs and track CLARIFI's digital performance (website, newsletters, social media), producing monthly analytics reports and recommendations on content improvements.

Project Coordination & Administration (10%)

• Coordinate communications consultants, contracts, terms of reference, procurement, and related process improvements.
• Ensure all work adheres to RRI's financial, ethical, and quality standards.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, English, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• At least four years of progressively responsible experience in journalism, communications, editing, or content development, preferably within the climate, human rights, environmental justice, or international development sectors.
• Candidates must submit at least two professional writing samples demonstrating relevant experience and language.
• Experience working with media and applying journalism best practices.
• Experience writing and editing digital-first content with knowledge of SEO best practices, including for web and social media.
• Demonstrated ability to transform complex data, research, and technical information into accessible and engaging stories and advocacy materials, including the effective use of imagery, graphs, and charts.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with demonstrated ability to adapt to changing environments and competing deadlines, and to work well under pressure with discretion and good judgment.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, seek input when needed, and move projects forward across multiple teams.
• A passion for social justice, equity, and human rights.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional proficiency in Spanish is highly preferred. Additional proficiency in Portuguese, or Bahasa Indonesia is an asset.
• Experience working in partnership with Indigenous Peoples, local communities, rural communities, or grassroots organizations in multicultural or international settings.
• Working knowledge of multimedia, design, and communications software, such as WordPress, WebFlow, Asana, Mailchimp, Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Canva, and Hootsuite.
• Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder communications for international programs.
• Education or experience in nonprofit marketing is an asset.
• Experience managing publishing projects and coordinating deliverables across multiple teams while meeting deadlines.

Not sure if you have all qualifications? Apply anyway! RRI strives to create an inclusive work environment and welcomes candidates with different experiences and backgrounds.

Salary Range: CAD $61,000-$77,000.

Actual starting salary is typically between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on experience and qualifications, allowing room for future growth within the salary band.

Benefits & Perks:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer-paid life, disability, travel, and employee assistance benefits
• Retirement savings plan with employer match (where eligible)
• 25 days of paid time off (PTO) plus holidays
• Hybrid work schedule and flexible hours
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and career growth opportunities

Rights and Resources is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the organization and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, RRI makes all employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, political affiliation or belief, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, family responsibilities, matriculation, or any other category protected by applicable law.

A propos de RRI

Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) est une coalition mondiale regroupant plus de 200 organisations qui se consacrent a la promotion des droits forestiers, fonciers et sur les ressources des peuples autochtones, des communautes locales, des personnes d'ascendance africaine et, en particulier, des femmes au sein de ces groupes. La RRI est coordonnee par un secretariat base a Washington, DC. La RRI et Campaign for Nature (CfN) ont lance l'Initiative de financement des terres communautaires et de la conservation (CLARIFI) en janvier 2022. CLARIFI est un mecanisme de financement international visant a renforcer le soutien a la securisation des droits fonciers communautaires. Il vise a combler le manque d'investissement dans les organisations des peuples autochtones, des communautes locales et des personnes d'ascendance africaine (PA, CL et AD) ainsi que dans leurs allies.

Associee principale de communication, CLARIFI

L'associee principale de communication de CLARIFI dirige les communications du mecanisme de financement CLARIFI tout en appuyant les efforts plus larges de RRI en matiere de communications strategiques. Le poste consiste a elaborer du contenu accessible et captivant qui met en valeur les recherches, le plaidoyer, les partenariats et l'impact de CLARIFI sur les plateformes numeriques, imprimees, mediatiques et evenementielles.

La personne retenue sera polyvalente et possedera de solides competences en redaction, en revision et en narration, capable de transformer des donnees complexes, des recherches et des recits communautaires en contenu accessible et captivant. Elle dirigera et contribuera a la redaction de blogues, de rapports d'impact, de documents de presse, de contenu de plaidoyer, de bulletins d'information et de produits multimedias, tout en veillant a l'exactitude, a l'accessibilite et a la coherence avec la strategie de communication de CLARIFI.

Travaillant au sein d'equipes thematiques et regionales, cette personne appuiera les relations avec les medias, la promotion d'evenements, la diffusion des resultats de recherche et la mise en valeur des recits de la coalition. La personne ideale possedera au moins quatre ans d'experience pertinente en communication ou en journalisme et fera preuve d'un engagement demontre envers l'equite, la justice climatique et la mise en avant des voix des communautes.

Pourquoi se joindre a RRI?

Rejoignez une coalition mondiale qui fait progresser les droits fonciers et les droits aux ressources des peuples autochtones, des communautes locales et des peuples afro-descendants. Chez RRI, vous collaborerez avec des collegues et des partenaires du monde entier pour developper des approches novatrices qui renforcent la conservation dirigee par les communautes, la durabilite environnementale, la resilience climatique et les droits fonciers.

Il s'agit d'un poste a temps plein base a Montreal, au Quebec, avec la possibilite de teletravailler deux jours par semaine (les lundis et vendredis). Les personnes candidates doivent etre legalement autorisees a travailler au Canada et resider dans la region de Montreal avant la date d'entree en fonction.

Principales responsabilites :

Relevant de la directrice de CLARIFI et travaillant en etroite collaboration avec la directrice des communications strategiques et les autres membres de l'equipe, l'associee principale sera chargee de :

Redaction, revision et narration (30 %)

• Rediger, reviser et relire du contenu destine en priorite au web - notamment des recits d'impact, des articles de blogue, des bulletins d'information, du contenu web, des fiches d'information, du contenu pour les medias sociaux, des scripts, des presentations et des documents destines aux donateurs pour CLARIFI et le directeur de CLARIFI.
• Diriger des initiatives creatives de narration documentant les projets pilotes finances par CLARIFI, le leadership des detenteurs de droits et la conservation axee sur les communautes.
• Coordonner la production des rapports annuels et d'autres publications majeures, y compris la redaction, la revision, la relecture, la conception graphique, la traduction et la diffusion.
• Traduire et synthetiser des informations techniques complexes en formats intuitifs et adaptes au contexte local, destines a etre utilises dans des infographies, des documents de plaidoyer et des ressources numeriques.

Strategie de communication et diffusion des resultats de recherche (20 %)

• Elaborer des presentations et des points de discussion convaincants pour les interventions internationales du directeur de CLARIFI, de l'equipe de CLARIFI, des membres du comite directeur et des dirigeants de RRI.
• Diriger le perfectionnement et la mise en uvre de la strategie de communication de CLARIFI, en veillant a ce qu'elle soit alignee sur les structures de gouvernance et les priorites des part...