Center for countering Digital Hate is hiring for various positions

UK Government and Parliamentary Affairs Officer

• Reporting to: UK Policy Manager
• Location: London, United Kingdom
• Salary: £45,000 – £50,000

CCDH is expanding our Policy and Partnerships Team and looking to hire a passionate, committed, and proactive UK Parliamentary Affairs Officer.

This role will be the eyes, ears and voice of CCDH in Westminster and beyond, working to create strong relationships with Ministers, MPs and advisors as well as our partners in civil society. The postholder will build interest in and awareness of regulatory action using the Online Safety Act, and grow political appetite for further legislative strengthening to make online spaces safer.

The postholder will genuinely love working in political spaces and will have demonstrated experience in government and public affairs, building collaborative and inclusive strategies to win, and a willingness to champion solutions to addressing online harms in the UK and globally.

Job Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with Members of Parliament and their advisors.
• Ability to represent the organisation externally, hosting and attending events in Portcullis House
• Monitor key legislation, speeches and parliamentary committees, with a view to identifying opportunities to advance our agenda in Westminster
• Provide inputs and context to CCDH written materials such as outreach to political stakeholders, policy briefs, memos and consultations.
• Work with the UK partnerships coordinator and policy manager, design policy roundtables, public affairs events, and interventions with political stakeholders to uplift CCDH’s work.

Senior Press Manager

Job Responsibilities

• Becoming CCDH’s main point of contact for journalists and external media.
• Ensuring the Press team delivers the highest standards of coverage of our work in broadcast, digital media outlets, e.g. podcasts, and print
• Line management of Press team, including their welfare, performance, professional development, and progression
• Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with key reporters and media outlets
• Ensuring new research has exceptionally clear, compelling press briefings by leading on developing our toplines and lines-to-take in consultation with Department Leads and CEO
• Ensuring ongoing maintenance of an MEL framework and contact databases for the department
• Ensuring the CEO and any other team members doing press work are briefed and have all materials they need when speaking to the media
• Strengthening our presence in the US/UK/EU across broadcast, print, Op-Eds, and digital broadcast (e.g. podcasts)
• Building CCDH content that brings real people and their stories into our messaging to enhance our impact
• Building Op-eds development to tell our story:
• Ensuring our key spokespeople have a high profile with bookers, producers, journalists and editors.
• Providing effective delegation of the work of day-to-day media relations
• Delegates and oversee our media monitoring and ensures the Head of Comms and CEO know where we are appearing; ongoing analysis and presentation to the wider team on what is working.
• Overseeing processes to allow CCDH to respond quickly to breaking news which relates to our work, including responding to exigent demands happening at unsociable hours.

Details:

• Reporting to: Head of Communications
• Location: Washington DC, United States
• Salary: $110,000 – $120,000 (depending on experience)