Applications Invited for The Club of Rome Communications Fellowship

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About the Organization

The Club of Rome is a platform of diverse thought leaders who identify holistic solutions to complex global issues and promote policy initiatives and action to enable humanity to emerge from multiple planetary emergencies.

The organisation has prioritised five key areas of impact: Emerging New Civilisations; Planetary Emergency; Reframing Economics; Rethinking Finance; and Youth Leadership and Intergenerational Dialogues.

About the Fellowship

The Club of Rome is currently accepting applications for its Communications Fellowship 2025.  The fellowship is a seven-month mentoring programme aimed at increasing the diversity of voices covering sustainability issues and supporting early-career communications professionals from Most of the World. The fellowship will be a remote placement with the successful fellow working from their home environment and with one trip to meet members of The Club of Rome team. The fellowship offers a modest stipend towards living costs and includes work-related travel costs.  

The communications fellow will gain experience in communicating complex systems thinking for non-specialist audiences through a variety of platforms including the website, multimedia and social media. The successful candidate will work directly with the communications team, assisting with a variety of tasks including web publishing, media relations, event coverage, multimedia, social media and other communication activities. 

Eligibility

• A Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in science or journalism, and/or current student or graduate of a science journalism program.
• Some experience in writing about systems thinking or sustainability research for non-specialist audiences via blogs, newspapers, university websites or other outlets OR experience in producing multimedia content on relevant topics.
• Written and oral fluency in English and a proven ability to understand complex scientific research or systems thinking.
• Experience with, or interest in, social media, video, photography or other multimedia.
• Alignment with the beliefs and vision of The Club of Rome.

How to Apply

To apply, please email the following documents to Jobs@clubofrome.org with the subject line: Communications Fellowship. 

• CV/Resume
• Cover Letter 
• One writing sample (in English) of no more than 800 words about a scientific topic or sustainability issue aimed at a general non-specialist audience (e.g., article for a newspaper or magazine, blog post, or op-ed) OR one piece of multimedia content on a relevant topic (in English) that you have made yourself.
• A letter of recommendation

The application deadline is 07 March 2025 23:59 CET.

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