Internal Coordinator - Press Team

Group:UK Media and Messaging
Posted:03/10/2024
Location:From home role with XR UK (UK Wide)
Hours per week:5-9
No. spaces available:2
Meeting Time: Monday 10:00 main M&M meeting | Friday 14:00 Press team meeting
Meeting Format:Conference call
Meeting Schedule:
Essential Skills: Organisation skills, Knowledge of Internal Coordinator duties and responsibilities according to XR's Self-organising System (SOS), good ability to work on Google Docs, Sheets, Mailchimp, coordinating experience.
Desired Skills: Press experience, copy writing, journalist contacts
Accessibility considerations: If you're hard of hearing (closed captions can be used during meetings) or visually impaired, then the online meeting aspect may be a barrier. You would need to be able to use a computer/keyboard.

Press Team Internal Coordinator

-Role description -

Internal coordinator core duties

- To be up to date with upcoming relevant events that will need response from the Press Team

- To monitor the media for stories and developments regarding the Climate and Ecological Emergency and XR, helping planning press work.

- Assist with monitoring the press inbox.

- Keeping list of group members up to date so it’s clear who is in the group and who isn’t.

- Managing information flow within the group, including who is working on which story and who is available to help with quick turn around reactive pieces.

- Listening to feedback from group members and guiding them into the right role within the group.

- Inducting new team members and making sure they agree with XR’s Ways of Working, our Principles and Values and our Demands.

- Adding new members to any communications platforms as required e.g. Mattermost, UK Comms Hub, Telegram etc.

- Representing the group in the wider circle if the external coordinator can’t.

- Facilitator - Holding meetings on track with the agenda and structures decision making processes.

- Working closely with the Press External Coordinator and the Media and Messaging internal coordinator(s).

Administrative duties

- Keeping data about the group up to date, including: records of team membership; appointments to roles (with their term); mandates of all roles and sub-circles within the team; group contact details; and any policies the team may create.

Regenerative culture advocate

- If someone is taking on a lot of work, reminding them that they could pass that work back to the working group.

- Encouraging a regenerative cycle of work moving through the cycle from overview and integrate - planting the seed (first thoughts) - setting intentions and getting to know the group - orientation and logistics - action/focus - understanding/debrief - rest - reflect - back to start.

- Dealing with conflict and tensions, asking for support from the SoS team as and when needed.

For more information, please email media@rebellion.earth

This role is being advertised by the following working group:

UK Media and Messaging

Location: XR UK (UK Wide)

UK wide comms and messaging

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