CAG Somerset Project Officer

Salary: £20,000 – £22,400 per annum for 30 hours per week (£25,000 – £28,000 per annum FTE)
Hours: 30 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term until 31st March 2026 (with potential extension, subject to funding)
Location: Home-based with some travel around Somerset County. Ideally living within or close to the border of Somerset Council

About Resource Futures

Our vision is to create a sustainable world delivered through environmental consultancy and
community action. We work collaboratively with governments, businesses and the third sector to
help speed up the transition to a circular economy and manage resources and waste in a more
sustainable way.

We are non-profit-distributing and have a close-knit team of 50+ trusted employees who
collaborate across various areas of the business. Our multi-disciplined and connected approach
sets us apart from the competition and enables us to build robust solutions that have a
meaningful impact in the world.

We are passionate not only about what we do but how we do it, and we’re proud to be a part of
the global B Corp movement to use business as a force for good. Employee-owned and independent,
we’re all about helping each team member grow, and together striving towards our goal of a
creating a sustainable world. Read more about our
company and how we go beyond for our
people, to help them grow and thrive.

The opportunity – Community Action Groups (CAG) Somerset

You will be supporting the successful running of the Community Action Groups (CAG) network in Somerset. CAG
Somerset empowers community groups to act towards a more sustainable future, focussing
primarily on the areas of reuse, repair, waste reduction, sharing, surplus food and composting.
We provide community groups with the tools and support they need to thrive such as support with
governance, guidance, small grants, training and insurance, and opportunities for networking
and sharing skills with other groups.

What you will be doing

Day to day project support:

• Responding to enquiries from groups, organisations, and businesses.
• Co-ordinating training and events, using systems such as TicketTailor.
• Attending CAG and other project events and occasionally planning meetings (including
  evenings and weekends where required).
• Assisting with group and event risk assessments, insurance documents and related
  administration.
• Creation and dissemination of guides and resources.

Publicity and communications:

• Supporting maintenance of the CAG Somerset website, and
  ensuring project websites are well maintained and up to date.
• Managing social media
  accounts.
• Keeping social media presence up to date and increasing CAG visibility.
• Assisting
  groups with effective publicity for their events.
• Holding basic 1:1 social media surgery
  sessions with CAG members.
• Producing a regular CAG newsletter, encompassing news, events,
  funding.
• Producing CAG publicity material, news releases, and articles, including designing
  graphics and posters.

Administration:

• Ensuring communications with CAG groups are logged within the project database.
• Managing and updating mailing lists (Mailchimp, SurveyMonkey, Outlook, etc.), ensuring GDPR
  principles are followed.
• Monitoring projects, utilising tools such as Excel, SurveyMonkey and bespoke project tools.
• Supporting with quarterly and annual reporting.
• Gathering regular website and social media analytics data.
• Assisting project teams with administrative tasks.

The essentials

• Passion for the community/voluntary sector.
• Strong interest in sustainability.
• Experience of maintaining and developing websites and social media.
• Competent IT user, particularly in Word, Excel, Outlook, and web-based platforms.
• Good presentation skills.
• Previous experience in a communications, marketing, and/or public engagement role.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills to meet deadlines.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Great people skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Current full driving licence with own transport or ability to travel easily within Somerset
  County.

Great to haves

• Knowledge of waste and wider sustainability issues.
• Knowledge of Somerset and Somerset communities.
• Experience of working with schools/businesses.
• Knowledge/experience of social enterprise development.

Benefits

• Embedded flexi working culture.
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, each year – flexibility to work or use bank
  holidays for annual leave.
• One volunteer day each year.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Scottish Widows Ethical Series 1 pension plan – the company will match up to 7% of your
  contribution.
• Life assurance cover.
• Healthcare portal offering 24/7 GP access, mental health support, wellbeing advice,
  financial and legal guidance.
• Established mental health and wellbeing group with trained mental health first aiders and
  responders, maintaining a focus on support for our team.
• Cycle to work scheme and on-site showers.
• On-site charging points for electric vehicles at the Bristol office.
• Subsidised professional membership such as CIWM or IEMA.
• An opportunity to become a company member, contributing to decision making and the future
  of our business.
• Access to our Consultative Group platform – a representative group of employees that
  provides an anonymous vehicle for employee voice, raising issues and engaging senior
  management.
• Regular line manager 1:1s and performance reviews, with opportunities to discuss and build
  targets that inspire and push you professionally.
• Annual training budget to ensure continued progression and development, as well as regular
  internal ‘Lunch and Learn’ and other sessions to share skills and knowledge across all roles.
• Two annual team activity days, each followed by evening socials.
• Green Bristol location, surrounded by nature, and only 10 minutes’ walk to the harbourside.
• Central Glasgow location near train stations, with roof terrace.
• An opportunity to join a friendly, fun, professional, challenging, and supportive place to
  work, and a team that is collectively focused on making a positive impact.