Media Manager

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Position description

The Earth Journalism Network is one of the world’s largest communities of environmental journalists — over 40,000 strong, spanning more than 180 countries. Housed within Internews, a global nonprofit media development organization, EJN exists to improve the quality and quantity of environmental reporting around the world through grants, fellowships, training, mentorship, and a rich digital platform.

GENERAL FUNCTION

As Media Manager, you’ll lead EJN’s editorial function — shaping how stories are told, ensuring content quality across our platforms, and helping journalists in our network do their best work. You’ll manage a talented editorial team, oversee our website and newsletter, drive our grants and fellowships processes, and contribute meaningfully to business development and organizational strategy.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who loves editorial craft, cares deeply about environmental issues, and knows how to build and run systems that scale. You’ll work closely with the Executive Director and serve as a key voice for EJN internally and externally.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES include the following, with other duties upon request:

Editorial Leadership & Content Strategy

• Oversee the quality, flow, and distribution of content across EJN’s website, newsletter, and digital platforms — including timely republishing of EJN-supported stories.
• Manage editorial calendars in collaboration with program and communications teams.
• Sign off on social media content and partner with the Comms team on outreach strategy.
• Produce two-pagers, presentations, and other materials that communicate EJN’s mission and impact to external audiences.

Team & Mentor Management

• Directly supervise editorial staff and a roster of short- and long-term consultants — setting goals, reviewing work, and supporting their professional growth.
• Manage EJN’s mentoring program: assign mentors to grantees, coordinate with content coordinators and project staff, and regularly gather and analyze feedback to improve the process.
• Monitor your own mentees’ progress and offer constructive, practical guidance to sharpen their reporting.
• Support recruitment needs and onboard new staff and consultants as needed.

Grants, Fellowships & Program Support

• Lead or co-lead EJN’s selection processes for story grants, media grants, fellowships, and workshops — managing workflow from applications through to automated rejections and offers.
• Oversee EJN’s outcome harvesting work: tracking the real-world impact of supported stories, assigning impact investigators, and editing and publishing verified impact documentation on the EJN website.
• Track network member achievements — awards, professional milestones, career growth — as evidence of EJN’s value to journalists and communicators worldwide.
• Lead selected projects and support other staff in designing and implementing programmatic activities that innovate, solve problems, and enhance EJN’s performance.

Digital Platforms & Monitoring

• Manage the ongoing development, maintenance, and improvement of the EJN website and other digital products, working with technical experts and support staff.
• Work closely with M&E staff to support EJN’s monitoring and evaluation processes and ensure editorial activities are tracked, measured, and reported accurately.

Business Development & External Engagement

• Partner with the Executive Director and Business Development team to draft concept notes, proposals, and interim/final reports to funders.
• Build and maintain relationships with funders, partners, and collaborators — and help develop initiatives that amplify EJN’s work.
• Represent Internews at conferences, events, and in-person programmatic activities; serve as a media trainer and subject matter expert on environmental journalism best practices.
• Serve as acting lead when the Executive Director is on leave.

In all duties, uphold Internews’ Core Values and demonstrate commitment to fostering a culture of Belonging, Dignity, and Justice. 

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required

• University degree in journalism, environment, climate, development, or other related field, OR equivalent lived/professional experience
• Minimum seven years’ relevant prior experience in an editorial position, preferably a newsroom (advanced degree may substitute for up to three years of experience).
• Advanced knowledge of environmental and climate issues and preferably at least seven years’ experience covering and working on environmental topics. 
• Prior experience in managing media and/or development projects.
• Demonstrated understanding of management approaches such as work scheduling, prioritizing, coaching, and process execution.
• Native-level proficiency in English (written and spoken).
• Technical proficiency, including familiarity with Microsoft Office, as well as CMS and CRM software solutions such as Drupal, AirTable, Brevo, etc. or willingness to learn.
• Excellent writing skills and proven text-editing proficiency.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills; demonstrated leadership, diplomacy, tact, and ability to give and receive feedback.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills; ability to multi-task, meet deadlines, and effectively manage a dynamic workload and shifting priorities.
• Proven ability to collaborate with others and problem-solve in a multicultural and remote work environment.
• Flexibility to adjust working hours as needed to accommodate periodic shifts in workload and colleagues in different time zones.
• Ability and willingness to travel to conferences and international locations.
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Preferred

• Prior experience working for an international nonprofit, international media outlet or in the international development sector. 
• Proficiency in one or more major foreign languages is a plus 
• Prior experience managing and/or mentoring staff. 
• Prior experience living/working outside the US.
• Previous experience with datasets, data journalism, web design, multimedia production/editing, design programs, and/or web analytics highly desired. 
   

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