The Tobacco Tactics team is looking for a Monitoring Coordinator to join working on the STOP project.
TobaccoTactics.org is a unique academic resource that summarises research and monitoring findings on the tobacco industry and its allies in an evidence-based and user-friendly format. It is used globally by politicians, civil servants, journalists and advocates. You will be joining at an exciting time, when TobaccoTactics is being integrated into a larger web platform to function as a global watchdog on the tobacco industry.
You will be required to carry out global and regional monitoring of the tobacco industry, its allies and fronts. You will coordinate this monitoring with that of other members of the Tobacco Tactics team, as well as other partners within the STOP project. You will edit and update existing content as well as research and develop new profiles for the TobaccoTactics website.
You will be required to brief project partners and external stakeholders, including conducting media interviews, about the work of Tobacco Tactics under the direction of the Managing Editor and the Marketing & Communications Lead. That includes the production of a variety of materials for a range of audiences, including regular webinars/podcasts.
You will have experience and knowledge of undertaking research and writing for a general audience, ideally in a public health research or journalistic setting.
We are looking for someone who has an understanding of corporate political activity ideally in health (tobacco/ food / alcohol) or other related subjects (e.g. (oil/pharma) Although knowledge of the global tobacco industry or tobacco control is desirable, knowledge of corporate political activity more generally will be considered favourably.
We require someone who can work in a small team to synthesise information from a range of diverse sources, provide strategic analysis and convey that to a variety of audiences and in a number of different formats. We are particularly interested in someone who can show an understanding of company accounts and other financial analysis.
