UNPAID Volunteer - PR & Media Officer

Role Overview

The PR & Media Officer plays a hands‑on role within BCI’s communications team, supporting media outreach, storytelling, and the day‑to‑day implementation of BCI’s communications strategy. This role is ideal for someone with strong writing skills, a nose for news, and a desire to build meaningful media relationships in the climate and technology sectors.
THIS IS AN UNPAID VOLUNTEERING ROLE

• Role
  
  Title:
  
  PR & Media Officer
• Nature: Volunteer (Unpaid)
• Location: Remote
• Reports to: Head of Communications

• Support the implementation of BCI’s media and communications strategy
• Research and maintain a database of media contacts in climate, sustainability, and emerging tech
• Pitch stories and press releases to international outlets and trade publications
• Track trends in climate policy, green tech, and blockchain for timely content development
• Assist with digital content planning across newsletters, web, and social
• Coordinate media outreach around high‑level events, including COP and ISO working groups
• Act as a media point of contact when required and draft briefing notes or talking points

• Prior experience working with media outlets or in a PR function
• Strong writing, editing, and copyediting abilities
• Understanding of media cycles, narrative angles, and story pitching
• Familiarity with social media scheduling tools and basic web publishing
• Organised, proactive, and detail‑oriented, with the ability to juggle deadlines
• Existing media relationships in climate or technology is a major advantage

BCI is an expert‑led platform that helps governments, inter‑governmental and regional organisations, as well as relevant corporations, negotiate the complex landscape of emerging technologies for environmental good. We research, identify, and analyse the applications of emerging technologies so that informed decisions can be made by leading stakeholders in the global climate change and action network.

What You’ll Gain:

• Experience working on media campaigns tied to global policy events
• Mentorship from senior communications leaders
• Byline or portfolio content in a high‑visibility, mission‑driven context
• Access to BCI’s international network of experts, partners, and collaborators