Senior Communications Manager – Maternity Cover

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🇮🇪 Ireland – Remote

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🗣️ Communications

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Specialty Coffee Association

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51 - 200 employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Food & Beverage • Consulting • Logistics

Specialty Coffee Association is the largest global nonprofit trade association dedicated to advancing specialty coffee by fostering a worldwide community and supporting a thriving, equitable, and sustainable coffee value chain. It provides industry-focused research, standards, education and certification programs (such as the Q Grader and SCA Skills Diplomas), organizes major trade events and competitions (World of Coffee, World Barista Championship), and offers member services, resources, and advocacy to coffee professionals and companies across the supply chain.

📋 Description

• Support delivery of SCA’s global communications activities during a short-term maternity cover period • Support implementation of SCA’s communications strategy, coordinating priorities, projects, and communications calendars • Maintain consistent messaging aligned with organizational goals and brand guidelines • Build and maintain relationships with journalists, media outlets, and industry influencers • Manage responses to press inquiries and coordinate media trade agreements • Liaise with SCA’s external PR agency on media materials, approvals, interviews, and communications activities • Support press announcements, media inquiries, and storytelling opportunities • Support executive communications, including talking points, presentations, organizational updates, and thought leadership content • Coordinate content strategy across the website, newsletters, and social media while ensuring consistent voice, tone, and brand storytelling • Coordinate internal communications initiatives with HR and leadership • Monitor and escalate emerging communications issues and potential reputational risks to the CMO • Support preparation of statements, briefing materials, and communications responses • Manage partnerships with external agencies and consultants • Partner with the marketing team on timelines, approvals, and proofreading

🎯 Requirements

• 6–8 years of experience in communications, public relations, or a related field • Experience coordinating communications in complex and multicultural environments • Ability to work remotely, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines • Strong writing, editing, and messaging skills across internal and external channels • Experience coordinating communications projects and working with external PR agencies • Strong understanding of media relations, executive communications, and reputation management • Ability to build and maintain relationships with media, influencers, internal leaders, and global stakeholders • Excellent organizational and project management skills, including multitasking and managing time, priorities, and resources • Familiarity with managing content across websites, newsletters, social media channels, and digital communications tools

🏖️ Benefits

• Short-term maternity cover contract • Remote work anywhere in Ireland