Full Time – 35 Hours per week
Salary: £29,000 - £30,000 depending on skills and experience
Fixed Term Contract until 31 March 2026
Location: Beechcroft House, Vicarage Lane, Curdridge, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 2DP with hybrid opportunities available
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is a grassroots movement working for nature’s recovery and to bring people closer to nature.
We are seeking a Watercress and Winterbournes Communications Officer to join our cause.
The Watercress and Winterbournes Landscape Partnership is a National Lottery Heritage Funded Scheme that focuses on the headwaters of two of the UK’s most iconic chalk rivers, the Test and the Itchen. This area of distinctive chalk stream habitats and winterbournes supports a rich diversity of wildlife.
This role sits within the Watercress and Winterbournes project team and will work closely with the team and with colleagues from across the Trust and the partnership. The post will be responsible for co-ordinating and delivering the communications for the whole scheme for our planned activities, ensuring that we are using the best methods to reach the required audiences.
The post will also co-ordinate Scheme events and will directly deliver two key people-engagement projects including:
1. Hidden Treasure Trails – co-ordination of the delivery of animated wildlife trails and associated interpretation.
2. Septic Smart project – co-ordination of messaging about septic tanks and their impact on chalk streams to targeted communities.
We are happy to discuss the possibilities of hybrid and flexible working.
We offer a wide range of benefits including a competitive salary, generous annual leave allowance, a contributory pension scheme, life assurance, learning and development support, 24-hour access to our employee assistance programme, discounted staff travel with our corporate partners Wightlink (subject to T&Cs) and more.
Closing date: 06 January 2025
Interviews: 24 January 2025
To apply for the role, please visit our website.
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