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 Job Description

Journalist Capacity-Building Programme- Project Lead

November 2026

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) exists to protect the natural world and defend our basic human right to a secure environment.

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.

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. We have worked in Thailand since 2014 to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and human rights abuses on fishing vessels, actively promote improvements to policy-making, corporate governance, and management of fisheries, and most recently build journalist capacities to report on environmental crimes and climate change related issues.

EJF is seeking to employ a new 'Project Lead' to join its Journalist Capacity-Building Programmeand capacity-building programme for environmental storytellers reporting on blue carbon and climate change issues for improved ocean governance. This position will involve engaging with a wide range of stakeholders including local communities, multimedia journalists, local government agencies across Thailand.

Expected project outputs that the successful candidate will contribute to will include organising a series of capacity-building workshops to enhance the capabilities of journalists in covering environmental issues (with an emphasis on blue carbon and climate change-related stories), working directly with journalists to effectively report on these issues, and driving local and nationwide awareness of the importance of environmental issues and the need for expanded environmental reporting.

Successful candidates should be comfortable working independently, be adept at media engagement, have excellent interpersonal skills, be confident in public speaking, and be prepared to travel within Thailand (often at short notice and for prolonged periods of time).

Post Title: Project Lead

Type of appointment: Fixed term.

Remuneration:  THB 65,000 – 75,000 per month depending on experience.

Duration of contract: 12 months (potentially renewable or convertible to a permanent position, subject to performance review)

Location: Bangkok-based with the opportunity to travel.

This position is open to Thai citizens only.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, planning, delivery and evaluation of training workshops, the story grant programme and project events.
• Identify knowledge gaps in Thai media on blue carbon, climate change and ocean governance, and liaise with journalists, editors, local CSOs, media agencies and partners to engage them in the project.
• Oversee the journalist grant programme: develop grant tracking tools and protocols, select grantees, and give regular check-ins and mentoring.
• Lead M&E and technical analysis with evaluators and stakeholders, with regular reporting to guide programme direction.
• Lead media and policy monitoring, and use media sentiment tools to inform EJF’s campaign strategy.
• Oversee the development and launch of a digital platform for data transparency and citizen journalism, with support from the Regional Manager.
• Lead project visibility in line with funder requirements.
• Oversee project administration and finance with the Project Coordinator and Finance Officer, including endorsing MOUs, financial documents and clearances, and lead narrative, financial and M&E reports.
• Work with EJF’s campaign teams on media strategy, partnerships, community and stakeholder engagement for policy advocacy, and the review of briefings and reports.
• Support other EJF projects in the Southeast Asia region as required.

Essential skills and experience:

• Thai native speaker.
• Professional proficiency in the English language.
• A degree in any relevant discipline (journalism, international relations, development studies, social-political science, environmental science, marine sciences, etc).
• Minimum three years of working experience in relevant areas (journalism, NGOs, private sector, field research work, etc).
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation and donor reporting.
• Extensive networks and strong connections with media outlets, journalists, and content creators based in Thailand.
• Demonstrable experience in forming and maintaining relationships with various stakeholders.
• Strong experience in project and grant management.
• Ability to use desk-based internet research to gather information.
• Ability to work with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, etc.) and Google-based documents (Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc.).
• Strong communication and writing skills in both Thai and English.
• Willing to travel across Thailand.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Demonstrable interest in or experience working on the following topics: blue carbon, climate change issues and ocean governance.
• Experience in media monitoring or analysis, and digital platforms or citizen journalism.
• Professional camera experience (film or photography)
• Experience in conducting field-based environmental projects and preparing project administrations, including financing and reporting.
• Car driving license.

Deadline:  31 December 2026 (applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis)

Please submit a CV with a cover letter to:  recruitment@ejfoundation.org