Overview
Senior Communications Specialist – Americas – USA
Salary: From $90,000 (USD) for 4 day/30 hour week
Location: USA
Job type: Permanent, part-time
Location: USA. Remote working from home, preference for East Coast, our office is in Washington DC.
Hybrid working: You will be able to work from home and will be required to travel occasionally to collaborate with your team when required or attend events and meetings. We have flexible core hours, and we don’t believe in a culture of presenteeism. We will discuss what is important to you during the recruitment process.
Salary & Benefits: From $90,000 for a 4 day/30 hour week. 25 days paid vacation, medical, dental and vision plans, voluntary 403(b) plan with an employer match contribution (up to 6%) and life insurance, as well as other benefits to be discussed during the recruitment process.
Closing date: August 28 2025 at 09:00 EST. WRAP reserves the right to close this role early in the event of a large volume of applications.
Who are we?
WRAP is a global environmental action NGO championing the shift towards a circular economy, fundamentally reshaping how we produce, consume, and manage resources. Our vision is a world transformed, in which Circular Living is commonplace. Where the systems that provide our everyday goods contribute to the world’s prosperity and sustainability instead of reducing it.
WRAP is driving Circular Living through four key areas: accelerating the circular economy, future-proofing food, preventing problem plastics and transforming textiles. We catalyse action from policy makers, businesses, NGOs and consumers to make it happen.
We have offices in the UK, USA, Australia and the EU and live projects in over 30 countries.
Join us at WRAP and you’ll drive important change to make Circular Living the norm.
The role
As our Senior Communications Specialist, you will lead all our scaled external communications in the Americas. You will grow the profile of both WRAP and the issues we work on in the USA – and in the Americas more broadly – in order to attract funding and collaboration among businesses, trusts & foundations, multilateral organisations and government. You will raise the profile of our work as an organisation across all aspects of circularity and with a particular focus on food waste prevention in order to rapidly grow our impact in this area.
As part of both the Global Communications team and the Americas team, you will:
- Develop and execute the WRAP Americas communication plan
- Create compelling, audience-focussed communications through our website, social media, email, press relations, events and more
- Build relationships to identify and secure extensive PR and speaking opportunities
- Own our Americas website and social media content
- Develop business development messages and materials such as keynote presentations, leave-behinds and newsletters
- Collaborate extensively with both the Global Communications team based in the UK and with the Americas business development and program team based in the USA.
Who are we looking for?
The successful candidate will:
- Be a marketing and communications expert, highly capable in managing web content, social media content, press relations, events and speaking opportunities
- Be a driven self-starter, able to work autonomously and to learn fast
- Have strong interpersonal skills, able to build relationships internally and externally at all levels
- Be able to work collaboratively and effectively in a matrix organisation
- Be passionate about sustainability
Fluency in English is essential, proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese would be an advantage.
