About Rethinking Economics International

Rethinking Economics (RE) is an international network of students, academics and professionals building better economics in society and the classroom. RE started as a student movement in 2012 and has since grown to become a youth movement for anyone interested in relearning, rethinking or rebuilding economics.

What we’re looking for

2026 is a huge year for communications at Rethinking Economics! We are launching an individual membership and making big changes to the governance of our network. This means the right person for this role will be responsible for maintaining our current communications channels AND supporting the team to create new systems for our changing organisation – including the launch of our exciting, new brand… You will be the voice of Rethinking Economics, representing us across social media, website copy, newsletters, email journeys, press releases & more.

You should apply for this role if you:

Want to help make our economic system work for people and planet and/or are interested in new economic thinking and want to learn more
Keep up to date with trends in social media and are able to creatively apply them to your work
Are passionate about creating communications systems that support your team to do their jobs more effectively
Understand the importance of a well-designed email journey!
Are a clear communicator who is able to break down complex ideas into accessible content
Enjoy being part of a small, remote team where you are given the freedom to take ownership of your work

Responsibilities

Purpose of the Role:

To lead on external communications for Rethinking Economics.

Main Areas of Responsibility:

Managing the communications@rethinkeconomics.org inbox
Creating & scheduling content for REI’s social media (Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn) and day-to-day management of the channels
Sourcing content for and sending our monthly newsletter
Producing, publishing and reviewing website content, including the REI blog
Liaison with and recruitment of students, writers, designers and video editors where relevant for content creation
Oversee email journeys and write copy to meet the needs of our new membership offer
Own Rethinking Economics’ relationships with press
Support in the creation and delivery of REI’s communications strategy
Support the rollout of REI’s new brand and redevelopment of rethinkeconomics.org website

Person Specification – Key Skills and Experience

The role profile asks for a wide range of competencies and we recognise that we are unlikely to find a candidate who fits every requirement. If you fit some of the essential and/or desirable criteria and believe you have the potential to learn the other areas of the role, we’d like to hear from you. We recognise that experience may be gained outside of the paid workplace, voluntary experience is also welcomed. A strong background in economics, campaigning and movement building would be of great advantage.

Technical Competencies & Experiences Essential

Fluency in English (written and spoken)

Social media management experience with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Youtube

Experience effectively using email to mobilise supporters, creating and sending newsletters in Action Network or similar platforms, e.g. Mailchimp

Graphic design skill, e.g. Canva, for creating visual assets for social media

Copy writing skill across a range of channels, including social media, newsletters, website copy, email journeys, etc.

Experience of using WordPress or similar CMS to publish on the webcontent

Experience reporting on the measurable success of communications output

Ability to proactively spot and exploit relevant communications opportunities

Experience of planning and delivering communications projects that deliver measurable results

A passion to reform economics teaching and practise

An understanding of social media strategy and algorithms to a high level

‍Desirable‍

Fluency (written and spoken) in a language other than English

An interest and understanding of economics, particularly a knowledge of alternative and pluralist economics

Ability to deliver engaging and impactful training

Project management

Experience of cultivating media relationships

Experience of working with freelancer positions

A strong understanding of branding, and the role of communications as part of this.

Editorial experience of delivering communications for a campaigning organisation or as part of a campaign

Experience of working with volunteer organisers in a campaigns or communications based role

Essential Organisational Competencies & Experiences

‍Uphold Rethinking Economics International’s values of curiosity, care & courage

Ability to utilise all relevant online tools required for your role such as Zoom, Google Suite and Trello

Manage your own workload to meet agreed deadlines & standards and manage competing priorities while working remotely with minimal day-to-day supervision

Project manage the necessary parts of their role, with oversight of related budgets and, if necessary, to scope the financial and/or physical resource needs for projects or activities

Terms & Conditions

Reporting to: Associate Director

Start date: As soon as possible

Contract type: Fixed term (with likely offer of permanent contract after first year)

Hours: 4 days a week, 7 hours per day (with an unpaid hour for lunch). Evening and weekend work will sometimes be necessary, for which time off in lieu can be claimed. We support flexible working across the whole team although we ask that you ensure one of your working days is Tuesday.

Starting salary:

£31,700 – £33,930 pro rata [4 days: £25,360 – £27,144].

All salaries across the organisation will be increased by 5% in April 2026. We are also undergoing an organisational fair pay review (likely implemented by April 2027) investigating fair global pay and opportunities for moving to a 4-day working week.

The salary offer is non-negotiable but based on having the relevant experience for the role. This can be re-negotiated after the 6 month probation period. We intend that the successful candidate in this role will progress and develop within the organisation, support and guidance will be provided for this.

Benefits:

Competitive holiday entitlement: 25 days holiday + bank holidays pro rata in addition to winter break for all staff (not taken from entitlement) between 25th December and 1st January.
High parental leave: 12 weeks fully paid maternal/primary carer leave and 10 weeks fully paid for paternal/supporting partner leave.
Personal investment: We aim for Rethinking Economics to be a place of continual learning. All members of staff have access to a shared training budget for opportunities relevant to their role.
Remote benefits: A working from home payment of up to £200 a year, contributions to coworking space costs if required and budget for necessary equipment for working from home.
5% pension employer matched contributions.
Additional country specific benefits: The country you are working from may have its own statutory benefits and we will ensure that we meet these requirements. Beyond that we will ensure that they are roughly equal to benefits available within the UK benefits (as listed above).

Location: Rethinking Economics has associated offices in Manchester, UK; Johannesburg, South Africa; Berlin, Germany; and Copenhagen, Denmark.

If you are applying outside of these countries/regions:

You need to demonstrate that you are able to work fully remote without day-to-day access to colleagues
You must be based in countries +4/-4 of Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)
You must be based in one of the following countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Travel: Any work-related travel will be reimbursed, not including commuting.

How to apply

Please complete the application form, including the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, before the closing deadline 23:59 UTC 25 JANUARY. You will also be asked to submit evidence of your work either as a portfolio or by providing relevant links.

Please note that you should not use AI in your submitted answers. We want to hear your authentic voice in this role! Your job is to stand out from the crowd, and AI-generated applications read the same.

There will be at least two stages to the interview process.

Stage 1 | A short phone call in the week of 2nd FEBRUARY.

Stage 2 | A zoom interview in the week of 9th or 16th FEBRUARY

Rethinking Economics International wants to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible to all. Please let us know if there are any accessibility-related adjustments we can make for you.

If you are interested in the role but unclear on any information, you can contact us via recruitment [at] rethinkeconomics [dot] org for an informal discussion about the role.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

We are committed to providing equality and fairness for all and not to discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, racialised identity, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, mental health, religion or age. We encourage and celebrate the different qualities that our colleagues, and others we work with, bring to our work. And we believe that seeing things from a wide range of different perspectives helps us to resolve problems, adapt our approaches and develop as an organisation. We want to bring greater diversity to our team and we’re keen to hear what you think you’ll bring from your own background and experience (beyond your professional skills and knowledge).

As a global network with a diverse membership, we’re particularly encouraging applicants from those from backgrounds that are currently under-represented on our staff team: working class and global majority. Happy to answer any questions from prospective candidates: recruitment@rethinkeconomics.org

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