Content and PR Manager, France

Salary £competitive

Location Paris, France

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

Would you like to work for an NGO fully committed to the preservation of the oceans? Are you an experienced PR practitioner or journalist who can deliver communications across multiple channels and change the way readers behave?

If so, this could be the opportunity for you!

The MSC Paris team is currently looking to recruit a Content and Public Relations Manager to join the team

As a Content and Public Relations Manager, you will manage media relations and develop compelling content aimed at strengthening the MSC profile, and growing support and engagement for the MSC and its mission among key stakeholders and audiences, including:

Design French PR and content strategy and execute the related campaigns to build trust and reinforce credibility
Source, create, and edit content for different channels
Manage media relations including media enquiries and support French staff with their training
Be responsible for proactive and reactive PR efforts

Coordinate responses to risks to the MSC’s reputation

To be successful in this role, besides sharing our enthusiasm for oceans, our ideal candidate will also have the following key skills / experience:

educated to degree level ideally in a journalism or communications-related field
excellent writing, and copywriting skills with proven experience of writing for the web
significant experience in PR and communications in sustainability, marine, or environmental issues, or in the consumer and trade sector with a repertoire of media contacts relevant for this post
fluency in both spoken and written French and English.

Applications for this vacancy are being managed by Rue Tandem, a recruitment agency. To apply, please click here to submit your cover letter in French and CV in English.

We look forward to hearing from you!

We’re an international organisation and our employees all demonstrate a level of cultural awareness, and value the diverse views and approaches relevant to the MSC program.

The MSC is committed to flexible working. We are currently running a trial for hybrid working, and the successful candidate will need to work from the French office for a minimum of 50% of their working time each month

Working at the MSC

The MSC’s vision is for the world’s oceans to be teeming with life, and seafood supplies safeguarded for this and future generations.  Through our internationally recognised certification and ecolabeling program, well-managed sustainable fisheries are recognised and rewarded in the marketplace, through the leadership of our partners.  Over 400 fisheries around the world, representing more than 17% of the annual global marine catch, are now engaged in the MSC program and MSC certified and labelled seafood products are now available in over 100 countries.

The MSC is committed to the principles of equality and fairness and we welcome applications from all communities. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, ethnicity, race, colour, religion or belief, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation or disability. If you consider yourself to have a disability and need reasonable adjustments made during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know how we can help you.

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Activities

Fisheries science and marine biology:

Working to develop our standards and with fisheries undergoing MSC assessment

Supply chain management:

Overseeing our work in product integrity and helping to develop our Chain of Custody Standard

Marketing and communications:

Supporting our mission by growing awareness of sustainable seafood and the blue MSC label

Seafood sourcing:

Working with commercial organisations to support their buying commitments

Logo licensing:

Working with partners in more than 100 countries to ensure that our label is used correctly