Communications Manager - Global Power System Transformation Consortium (GPST) (f/m/d)

The Global Power System Transformation Consortium (GPST) brings together grid operators, researchers, and industry to tackle the most pressing technical challenges in advancing toward fully clean energy power systems. GPST fosters topical and regional opportunities to exchange, share, and collaborate on research projects, deployment strategy, and lessons learned, supporting faster development and transfer of solutions and enabling greater confidence in operating highly renewable power systems.
The GPST Secretariat, housed at Agora Think Tanks, works across the globe and collaborates with partner organisations including grid operators, research institutions, and multinational energy transition initiatives to advance power system transformation.

In this role, you will be part of our global Secretariat team and will be based in Berlin. In close cooperation with our partner organisations, you will communicate insights and activities through various channels, strengthen communication partnerships globally and further develop GPST’s communication strategy.

The Communications Manager is responsible for the overall communications strategy, planning, and delivery for GPST, leading messaging, channels, content development, and performance tracking across a wide portfolio of activities from technical publications and webinars to digital outreach and partner coordination. The Communications Manager will act as the central point of integration for all GPST communications, ensuring consistency and quality. This role is responsible for GPST communications and serves as part of the GPST team based in Berlin and hosted by Agora Think Tanks, collaborating with GPST’s global partners on strategy, content, and delivery.

This role requires strong project management skills, excellent editorial judgment, comfort working independently and asynchronously, and the ability to translate complex technical work into clear, compelling communications for diverse audiences.

• Outstanding English language skills, including the ability to draft and proofread documents and review text at a high level. Other languages from GPST member/target countries, in particular Spanish, are a plus.
• At least 5 years of work experience supporting complex, technical, multi-stakeholder initiatives ideally in energy, climate, infrastructure, or international development.
• Proven track-record as a communications professional, with strong editorial judgment, excellent project management and organizational skills, and the ability to translate technical work into accessible, high-impact communications.
• Proficiency with website content management systems.
• Comfort co-developing strategy and executing complex initiatives and projects.
• Ability to work independently within a globally collaborative environment.
• Comfort moderating and facilitating high-profile global virtual or in-person events.
• Demonstrated social media skills.
• Experience with customer relationship software management platforms.
• Willingness to travel internationally, as needed.
• Global perspective with lived experience in international contexts, including a strong understanding of various media and political landscapes.
• An understanding of energy transition, particularly power system transformation, technical topics in heterogeneous contexts is desirable.
• Willingness to occasionally adjust working hours to accommodate collaboration with internationally based colleagues across significant time zone differences.

We assume that there are excellent candidates for the job who do not meet all the criteria in the description. Maybe you have certain skills we haven’t thought of yet? Tell us why you are the right person for the job.

As a member of the GPST Secretariat you will benefit from:

• A diverse and international working environment with a cooperative team culture.
• Insights into the work of a dynamic, mission-driven organisation, including collaboration with colleagues and partners from around the globe.
• The opportunity to work from the Agora headquarters in Berlin, with the flexibility of hybrid working and good digital equipment.
• Opportunities for professional and personal development, including access to an online coaching platform, training sessions, and team retreats.
• One option from our benefits basket (e.g. job ticket, Urban Sports, Shopping Vouchers, etc.).
• 29 days of annual leave (based on a 5-day work week), plus 24 and 31 December off. 
• A flexible full- or part-time role with initially a two-year employment contract.

We look forward to receiving your application by 19.06.2026, via our website.
A complete application should include cover letter, CV/Resume, and past published writing sample.

For reasons of objectivity, we ask that you refrain from submitting an application photo.

We want an energy transition for everyone from everyone. Therefore, we are particularly pleased to receive applications from people from groups that have been underrepresented in energy policy so far. We welcome applications regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability and age, and sexual orientation. Our offices are not completely barrier-free, but we are open to find individual solutions.

As part of this, we are soliciting anonymous information on a voluntary basis regarding our applicant’s backgrounds. This information will be used only to inform future recruitment strategies and will not impact hiring decisions in any form. Your input will not be forwarded to third parties and will not be used in connection with your application.

Please follow this link to participate in the survey.
https://limes.sefep.eu/index.php/833735?lang=en

If you have any questions, please contact our Recruitment Manager Marleen Kropat at marleen.kropat@agora-thinktanks.org