Communications and Media Officer - Ghana

Position: Communications and Media Officer

Based: EJF office in Cape Coast, Ghana

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Salary range: $15,000 - $20,000 per annum (dependent upon experience)

Benefits:

· Health insurance package

· Annual leave of 20 days plus Ghanaian national public holidays, increasing by 2 days each year of service, plus 1 personal day per year

Position overview

This is a role for an ambitious and talented Communications and Media Officer with exceptional copywriting and organisational skills, an eye for a compelling story, and the confidence to secure media coverage. As EJF’s Ghana Communications and Media Officer, your work will exclusively focus on securing targeted, impactful media coverage for our work in Ghana, including but not limited to radio, television, traditional media, and digital media. Guided by the Ghana Fisheries Programme Manager for campaign priorities and our international communications team for fitting your work into our overarching global communications efforts, you will develop and deliver ambitious communications and media strategies for EJF’s projects in Ghana. As our in-country communications expert, you will draw on the work of our investigations, advocacy, film, and community engagement teams to generate compelling stories and drive success, although you will not directly participate in this work yourself.

Key responsibilities:

1. Working closely with the UK-based communications team and graphic designer, the Communications and Media Officer will produce press releases, social media content, webpage content, and other communications output such as leaflets, banners, and posters.

2. Plan, develop and implement agreed communications strategies.

3. Build and maintain a database of service providers in the field of communication (journalists, editors, media houses, etc.)

4. Identify and engage target radio networks for radio programs and support local communities to engage with radio journalists

5. Proactively develop a network of engaged journalists to secure significant media coverage for EJF’s projects and improve the quality of coverage of Ghana’s fishing industry in general.

6. Respond to media enquiries and work with colleagues to maximise opportunities for coverage.

7. Organise and coordinate journalist training workshops

8. Draft press releases to announce major project activities, nurture relations with members of the press and involve the media in the dissemination of results and successes of activities

9. Periodically prepare and implement awareness and information campaigns for improving the understanding of the importance of the projects being undertaken and their essence in the community, and liaise with the community officers to facilitate their implementation

10. Promote EJF’s films and radio programmes to both national media outlets and at local screening events.

11. Coordinate press conferences and trips – ensuring the smooth running of special events, including for guest speakers and other high-profile supporters.

12. Monitor media coverage of fisheries-related issues

13. Translate programme information into clear stories

14. Ensure that all communications materials comply with donor branding requirements.

Essential skills and attributes:

· Strong news sense and the ability to convey complex messages to multiple audiences, including local fishing communities

· Ability to produce inspiring and fact-checked copy for print and online

· A degree or equivalent experience in communications, media, journalism, public relations or a similar field

· Experience of working in a media/press team with excellent working knowledge of the media landscape in Ghana. Existing contacts are an advantage

· A track record of delivering projects with minimal supervision.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills

· Tactful, friendly and calm under pressure

· Confident, resilient, tenacious and collaborative in your approach

· Passionate about environmental and human rights issues

Desirable skills:

· Experience working within television or radio media, including operating a camera and conducting recorded interviews.

· Previous experience working on environmental or fisheries issues.

· Team player with the ability to collaborate with people from diverse backgrounds.

Applications: please send your CV and cover letter explaining why you are the right person for this job to: recruitment@ejfoundation.org

Closing date for applications: 20 February 2026

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

EJF is an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity within the workplace. We encourage minorities and under-represented groups (especially women) to apply.

Background

EJF works internationally to inform policy and drive systemic, durable reforms to protect our environment and defend human rights. We investigate and expose abuses and support environmental defenders, Indigenous peoples, communities and independent journalists on the frontlines of environmental injustice. Our campaigns aim to secure peaceful, equitable and sustainable futures.

EJF is committed to combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing as well as associated human rights abuses in the fishing sector.

Our investigators, researchers, filmmakers and campaigners work with grassroots partners and environmental defenders across the globe. Our work to secure environmental justice aims to protect our global climate, ocean, forests and wildlife and defend basic human rights.