Cairngorms Connect Communications Officer (Maternity Cover)Reference: FEB20257761 Location: Achantoul, Aviemore PH22 with some flexibility Salary: £26,379.00 - £28,319.00 Per Annum Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance and Annual Leave Contract: Fixed-Term role until February 2026 Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week Cairngorms Connect is a partnership of neighbouring land managers, committed to a bold and ambitious 200-year vision to enhance habitats, species and ecological processes across a vast area within the Cairngorms National Park. The Communications Officer will work across the partnership to tell the stories of this wild landscape in the making, driving support and engagement, locally, nationally and internationally. What's the role about? Would you like to use your communications skills to support the UK’s largest ecological restoration project? Fancy working with inspiring people across the Cairngorms Connect Partnership to tell their stories of a wild landscape in the making? We are looking for a Communications Officer to join the Cairngorms Connect support team, a small, dedicated team supporting the delivery of our 200-year vision for ecological restoration. You’ll be part of a dynamic team working across the Partnership Area, seeking to engage key local, national and international audiences with stories of our landscape-scale habitat restoration work, to drive support and understanding. You will be responsible for planning, creating, and delivering engaging communications, including digital and printed publications. You will be able to effectively integrate with teams working across the Partnership Area, to uncover and promote stories which build support and understanding for our work. If you’re passionate about this landscape, and are able to produce creative and engaging communications, we’d love to hear from you Essential skills, knowledge and experience: Ability to communicate in a clear manner at all levels (written and verbally) to develop shared understanding. An understanding of how to achieve objectives through communications campaigns and PR techniques. Demonstrable experience of developing stories and messages from briefings or background information on a wide variety of topics. Experience of managing social media accounts for an organisation. Demonstrable experience in creating engaging content Relevant content creation skills e.g. video/audio editing, photography, graphic design. Experience using Adobe suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and MailChimp. Desirable skills, knowledge and experience: Gaelic speaker Working across a widely distributed organisation and across functional disciplines Key habitats and conservation issues in Scotland. Working with the press. Based in Aviemore, with options for flexible working (i.e. part-time home-based), Closing date: 23:59, Thursday 10th April 2025 We are looking to conduct interviews for this position on Thursday 24th April 2025. Interested? If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position. As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above. We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application. The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract. No agencies please.