Meliore Foundation Hiring Strategy and Communications Manager, Polling & Audience Insight — Apply by 20 August 2026

The Meliore Foundation (FUP) is seeking a Strategy and Communications Manager, Polling & Audience Insight to lead audience research, polling and insight-sharing across its international network. The fully remote position offers an opportunity for an experienced research and communications professional to influence campaign strategies and help progressive organisations better understand public opinion and audience behaviour.

The application deadline is 20 August 2026.

About the Meliore Foundation

The Meliore Foundation is an international philanthropic foundation supporting programmes focused on progressive communications and campaigning across areas including climate, energy, technology and gender.

Its vision is to create a world where science-based evidence on climate helps shape public debate. Through operational support and regranted funding, the Foundation works with programmes engaged in strategic communications and campaigns addressing global issues.

The organisation operates as a diverse international network, bringing together professionals working across different countries and time zones.

About the Role

The Strategy and Communications Manager, Polling & Audience Insight will work within the Foundation’s Audience Insight Hub (AIH), a five-person team that provides audience research to programmes across the organisation.

The new role will report to the Audience Insight Director and will focus on making the team’s research more proactive, strategic and influential.

Rather than only responding to requests for audience research, the successful candidate will identify opportunities for research that could benefit the wider progressive campaigning ecosystem, donors and other stakeholders.

The role combines polling, audience research, strategic communications and knowledge-sharing.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Leading a proactive programme of audience research, particularly polling.
• Identifying research topics of strategic interest to progressive campaigns and stakeholders.
• Communicating research findings to interested audiences.
• Developing ways to share audience research more widely across the progressive communications ecosystem.
• Designing and delivering webinars, presentations and training programmes.
• Helping teams translate quantitative and qualitative research into actionable strategic insights.
• Supporting campaign and communications strategy development.
• Promoting effective use of audience insights across the organisation.
• Sharing lessons and identifying trends in public opinion and audience behaviour.
• Building senior stakeholders’ understanding of research and audience insights.
• Identifying opportunities to make research more influential both internally and externally.

The position therefore requires someone who can move beyond conducting research and turn research findings into practical strategic advice.

Ideal Candidate

Meliore is looking for an experienced audience research professional with a strong understanding of polling.

Candidates should have experience with areas such as:

• Audience research.
• Polling.
• Audience segmentation.
• Message testing.
• Survey design and writing.
• Quantitative and qualitative research.
• Research communication.
• Campaign strategy.
• Translating research into actionable insights.

The successful candidate should also have a strong track record of identifying opportunities for proactive research that can influence opinion-formers and communications professionals.

Communication Skills Are Important

A major part of the position involves communicating research findings to people who may not have specialist research backgrounds.

Applicants should therefore be able to explain complex research and public-opinion findings clearly and accessibly to non-specialist audiences.

Experience communicating research to people who speak English as a second language is considered an advantage.

Fluency in written and spoken English is required because English is Meliore’s working language.

Desirable Experience

The Foundation identifies several additional experiences that could strengthen an application.

These include:

• Experience conducting polling during election campaigns.
• Experience developing communications strategies.
• Experience developing campaign strategies.
• Additional language skills.

However, the organisation states that it welcomes applications from a broad range of backgrounds.

Potential candidates could come from:

• Polling agencies.
• Research agencies.
• Private-sector audience insight teams.
• Non-profit research teams.
• Political parties.
• Communications organisations.
• Campaigning organisations.

Remote Working

The role is fully remote and flexibly located, with the position advertised as Remote / Flexible (+/- 5 hours CET).

Candidates should be comfortable working remotely and collaborating across different time zones.

Some international travel will be required, and Meliore may be able to provide coworking spaces in certain locations.

Applicants must have the right to work in their location.

Contract and Benefits

The position is advertised as a full-time role, although requests for part-time arrangements, such as four days per week, will also be considered.

The initial contract is for 12 months, with the possibility of renewal after one year. Depending on the candidate’s location, the position may be offered through an employment or consultant contract.

Benefits may vary according to jurisdiction, but Meliore highlights several benefits, including:

• Six offline days each year with no calls or meetings.
• Reduced working time on Fridays during the summer/dry season.
• Access to an employee assistance programme.
• Support for mental health and personal development.
• Supplementary paid business closure during the end-of-year holidays.
• Maternity leave of up to 20 weeks where local regulations allow less.
• Opportunities to connect and collaborate with colleagues internationally.

The Foundation states that compensation is determined using local market data and a systematic compensation framework that considers the responsibilities of the position and the candidate’s skills and experience.

Who Should Apply?

This opportunity could be particularly relevant to professionals with experience in polling, audience intelligence, market research, political research, campaign strategy or strategic communications.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate not only that they can conduct research, but also that they can answer the more important strategic question:

What should organisations do with what the research tells them?

Experience turning public-opinion data into campaign recommendations, messaging strategies or audience engagement approaches could therefore be particularly valuable.

The position may also appeal to professionals interested in combining research with climate action, progressive campaigning, environmental advocacy and strategic communications.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit both a CV and a cover letter.

The cover letter should clearly explain how the candidate meets the requirements in the person specification.

Applications containing only a CV will not be considered.

Candidates should use their cover letter to demonstrate relevant experience rather than simply repeating their employment history. Examples of polling projects, research programmes, message testing, audience segmentation, campaign strategy or research presentations could help demonstrate suitability.

Opportunity Summary

• Position: Strategy and Communications Manager, Polling & Audience Insight
• Organisation: Meliore Foundation (FUP)
• Department: Operations & Network Support
• Employment type: Full Time
• Location: Remote / Flexible (+/- 5 hours CET)
• Workplace: Fully remote
• Contract: 12 months, with possible renewal
• Travel: Some international travel required
• Core areas: Audience research, polling, communications, strategy and campaign insight
• Key skills: Polling, segmentation, message testing, survey writing, research communication and strategic insight
• Application deadline: 20 August 2026

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

The Meliore Foundation role offers an opportunity to combine research expertise with strategic communications and progressive campaigning.

The successful candidate will not simply collect or analyse audience data. They will help identify which research questions matter, communicate findings to wider audiences and help organisations translate evidence into better campaign and communications strategies.

For professionals with backgrounds in polling, audience insight, political research, communications strategy or campaigning, this could be an opportunity to work internationally while contributing to work around climate, energy, nature and other global issues.

Interested applicants should prepare a tailored CV and a strong cover letter demonstrating how their research and strategic communications experience matches the role.

Application deadline: 20 August 2026.

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