Media Analysis Lead

Department:
Measurement, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) Team

Location:
Remote / Flexible (+/- 1hr CET)

Final date to receive applications: 25 March 2026

We're looking for an innovative Media Analysis Lead with a unique combination of skills who wants to play a major role in tackling climate change. You’ll be joining our Media Monitoring and Analysis (MMA) group that supports communication practitioners by helping them monitor, analyse and intervene in conversations in traditional and social media. This is very much an applied research role: the focus is on delivering practical analysis and advice that informs real-world communications strategies.

MMA uses a variety of tools and data sources to monitor conversations where they happen, and supports communicators working on a variety of issues across six continents. This role reports into the Director of Impact & Evaluation and is ideal for someone who is passionate about the news but has a rigorous analytical background and data-oriented mindset. The role requires strong editorial and people skills, deployed in service of measuring what drives narrative and social change.

If this sounds like you, we'd love for you to apply.

• Coordinate the MMA analysts currently distributed across Asia and Europe who compile coverage reports, analyse trends and prepare insight products for communications leads working in more than 40 countries globally.
• Triage, prioritise, and allocate incoming analysis and reporting requests, balancing competing priorities, deadlines, and time zone demands.
• Provide editorial review and quality control on analysis products to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency and usefulness for different audiences.
• Pitch in directly with analysis and writing as needed, particularly during peak periods or for complex or high-profile requests.
• Interface with local or thematic leads making analysis requests to clarify scope and expectations, manage delivery issues, and collect feedback on outputs.
• Manage workload and workflow, ensuring skills, capacity, and wellbeing are balanced and used effectively across the portfolio.
• Lead weekly calls, including work planning, prioritisation, delivery check-ins and reflective discussions.
• Conduct periodic retrospectives to assess ways of working and implement improvements to workflows, tools, and collaboration practices.
• Ensure the regular updating of case studies and examples to support organisational reporting, learning, and funder communications.
• Identify new tools, analysis types and product offerings that can be provided based on user feedback.
• Manage access to subscriptions and paid tools, including liaising with vendors on contracts, assigning accounts to users, and supporting management of the budget.
• Plan and oversee training and skills development, with a focus on analytical quality, writing, and confidence working with stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with the MEL technical roles to improve existing software tools and contribute to the development of new analysis products and systems.
• Undertake any other duties as assigned from time to time.

To succeed in this role, you will have all four of the below qualities:

• Significant experience (5+ years) focused on media or data analysis, with a track record of leading quantitative or mixed-methods analyses from design through delivery.
• Demonstrated knowledge of quantitative analysis methods, or advanced knowledge of media monitoring and analysis tools such as Event Registry/NewsAPI, Brandwatch, TVEyes, Muck Rack, etc. such as experience analysing large volumes of media data or working with APIs.
• Strong writing and editorial skills, with the ability to help others produce clear, compelling written reports, slide decks, dashboards, and other analysis products in English.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, our working language; additional languages are an asset.

• Experience managing or coordinating groups, ideally in a distributed or cross-regional context, with sensitivity to cultural differences and time zone realities.
• Strong people and communication skills, including experience working closely with…