engagement manager London, England
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There has never been a more exciting time to get involved in creating new woodlands and truly make a difference. Forestry England have ambitious targets to grow more forests over the next few years. We are looking for someone to help tell this story and garner support for over 1,000ha of new woodland that we aim to create by 2025.
Forestry England care for more forests and land than any other organisation in England which gives us unique opportunities to address biodiversity loss at scale, and have an impact on people’s health and wellbeing throughout the country. We are on the frontline of the climate crisis, seeing the impact on our forests on a daily basis. We are not only planting new forests but using the latest research to plan and plant the right forests which will survive in a hotter climate.
This role will support Forestry England to create new woodlands as part of Defra’s Nature for Climate Programme. You will be part of a small team in Forestry England who work to identify, appraise, design and deliver new woodland sites. The new woodlands will be accessible to the public, delivering for people, wildlife and the climate.
It will be varied and fast paced to meet our challenging woodland creation targets. You will work in close collaboration with people from across the organisation and beyond to support the smooth delivery of new woodland with good communications.
There are two key areas of communication and engagement support required to make this delivery happen:
1. Site-focused engagement and communications with neighbours and communities as part of the individual site design and delivery. This will be delivered in collaboration with local site teams.
2. Promoting the scheme to reach private and public landowners to help build a pipeline of suitable applications.
We are looking for a passionate and proactive person to co-ordinate engagement and communication aspects of our woodland creation programme.
Job description
- Creating communication and engagement plans for individual woodland creation sites.
- Liaising with colleagues from a wide range of teams in Forestry England, Forest Services and Defra as well as external stakeholders.
- Drafting news releases and other content.
- Coordinating design requests for resources, including for promotion, public engagement, and signage.
- Supporting promotion of the Forestry England Woodland Partnership.
- Attending some consultation events and responding to feedback
- Preparing communications associated with woodland creation and corporate partnerships.
Person specification
Professional and technical expertise
Essential
Experience in developing and delivering communications plans for projects with multiple stakeholders.
A confident communicator who can translate complex information for a range of audiences.
A self-starter with the ability to manage multiple tasks, highly organised and able to bring clarity to processes and thinking.
Successful record of developing and managing communication and engagement strategies across many channels, providing integrated solutions for different audiences.
Demonstrable experience of working positively with different people across different pay grades, work areas and locations. Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
Excellent writing and editing skills.
Competent IT user with experience of MS Office.
Desirable
Working experience of corporate use, and integration of mainstream social media platforms - Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc.
Knowledge of forestry in relation to land management/climate emergency/sustainability issues/wildlife and conservation.
Some experience of analysing campaign performance and an understanding of the role analytics play in evaluating and refining marketing campaigns.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture
Benefits
- Flexible working to support a healthy work/life balance.
- 25 days holiday pa with an extra day’s holiday entitlement each year over the first 5 years up to a maximum of 30 days per year, plus bank holidays and 2.5 extra days leave. (all pro-rata)
- 3 days paid volunteering leave every year (once you have passed probation). (pro-rata)
- Access to technical and personal development training and qualifications that are tailored to your role.
- 5 days dedicated to your self-driven development each year. (pro-rata)
- Extensive opportunities for further learning through Civil Service Learning.
- Reimbursement of any professional membership fees.
- Employee benefits that include (but are not limited to) the Cycle to Work scheme, free high-street and online discounts and offers through ‘STaR’, and the opportunity to join the Civil Services Sports Council.
- The brilliant Civil Service Pensions scheme.
- Access to our dedicated Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that gives free, confidential and independent support - whether it is personal or work-related.
- Free eyesight tests and £100 voucher for glasses for visual display usage.
- Pay advances of up to £5,000 for computers, sports equipment, or training costs.
- Free parking at all Forestry Commission sites (including Moors Valley Country Park and Alice Holt Forest) and free entry into our National Arboretum in Westonbirt.
- Up to 15% discount at Forest Live Events, Forest Holidays cabins, and Go Ape outdoor activity centres.
- Numerous retail discounts including 10% off at Forestry Commission shops and Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
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Selection process details
This is a Fixed Term Appointment for 24 months with the possibility of extension but no guarantee.
As part of the application process you will be required to complete the following:
- A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
- A Personal statement (no longer than 500 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience are suitable for the role, with reference to the criteria in the Person Specification.
Applications will be sifted based on the CV and Personal Statement. The anticipated shortlisting and interview timetable is noted below. Interviews will be via video, on Microsoft Teams.
Sift: w/c 10th July
Interviews: w/c 24th July
Please note these dates are subject to change.
Interviews
We may ask you to deliver a short presentation at interview. The topic will be given to candidates who have been selected to interview.
Further Information
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.
Any move to FC from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
This post is part time for 15 hours per week, across seven days, but which will normally be worked Monday to Friday each week. However, the nature of the work includes requirement for some rostered working to cover work on some weekends, public and privilege holidays and evenings (with the exception of Christmas Day).
As the post involves dealing with contacts across Forestry England, some travel with stays away from home is a requirement of this post.
The duties of this post require the applicant to have a full current driving licence that enables them to drive in the UK. However, the Forestry Commission is willing to consider any proposals put forward by applicants that would allow them to do the job by any other means.
Reasonable Adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
As the post involves dealing with contacts across Forestry England, some travel with stays away from home is a requirement of this post.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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