Climate Emergency Communications and Engagement Officer

Climate Emergency Communications and Engagement Officer

£38,223 – £44,305 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Fixed Term/secondment – 2 years (funding) 

Closing date: 22 January 2024 
Reference: 13308

We are committed to flexible working. To view the types of flexible or part time working
available for this role, please see the Job and Person Profile.

We’re passionate about improving the future for our customers, our communities and the
environment. If you are too, join us as a Climate Emergency Communications and Engagement
Officer and make a huge and meaningful impact. Your innovation and drive will help us to
continue improving and evolving. 

Our opportunities and support will enable you to make a difference and leave a
positive, lasting legacy.

Job details

As Climate Emergency Communications and Engagement Officer, you will work for the Suffolk
Climate Change, Environment, and Energy Board, the Senior Officer group that oversees the
delivery of the Suffolk Climate Emergency Plan (SCEP) on behalf of Suffolk’s Public Sector
Leaders.

• Do you have recent experience in delivering effective communications and engagement
  campaigns focused on climate change and/or environmental action?
• Would you like to work in an incredibly varied, challenging, and rewarding role utilising
  your knowledge of effective behaviour change approaches?
• Are you passionate about supporting our aspiration to work towards a net zero county by
  2030?

Your role and responsibilities

• Liaise with teams from across Suffolk’s public sector to devise, commission, deliver, and
  evaluate the impact of a range of high-profile communication and engagement campaigns to
  support the delivery of the SCEP. The SCEP is the public sector leaders’ response to the
  declaration of a Climate Emergency and accompanying aspiration to work toward a net zero county
  by 2030.
• Effective support for the SCEP, aspiration of a net zero county by 2030, championing
  behaviour change, and leading on communication, engagement, and event organisation. You will
  raise the profile of the SCEP and its associated co-benefits, engaging Suffolk society in its
  delivery.
• Work on the development and distribution of content to support the communication of SCEP
  activities, including to both internal and external audiences.- Engage and maintain a strong
  network of stakeholders and local media to support the dissemination of communications
  materials.- Work in an exciting role in a passionate team, focusing on the behaviour change
  aspects of climate change and wider environmental action, with particular emphasis on effective
  communication and engagement with local media, events, and across online platforms.

You will be supported by a network of specialists from across Suffolk’s public sector, highly
committed to working with businesses and communities across the county to address the climate
emergency.

You will need

• a passion to achieve environmental improvements and collaborate with others to deliver on
  challenging targets.
• an ability to creatively and continually seek to find new ways to influence people through
  communications activities and campaigns
• to be comfortable to work autonomously, planning and managing your workload in the context
  of strategic objectives.

If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you don’t meet all
the requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your
application.

The team

• We are part of Suffolk County Council’s Environment Strategy Team, a dynamic group of
  professionals committed to delivering projects to support carbon reduction within individual
  homes, communities, and businesses and enabling Suffolk’s transition to a Low-Carbon economy.
• We work flexibly to support a healthy work-life balance and embrace remote working where
  this improves efficiency in the delivery of our shared objectives.

Shaping Careers and Learning

We want to champion talent and seek to continuously develop everyone’s professional knowledge,
potential and job satisfaction. Through accessible learning opportunities and clear career
pathways we aim to identify individual strengths, diversify skill sets and enable people, from
all walks of life, to build influential and impactful careers.

Empowering Everyone

We’re big believers in potential, possibility and the power of different ideas. We’re always
searching for ways to encourage, respect and enable everyone to be the best they can be. We
want to represent the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from everyone,
particularly those from minority ethnic and minority sexual orientation groups because they are
under-represented in this Directorate.

Travel and workplace requirements

We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate, but in this role, you will need
to travel to locations away from your contractual base, so you must either hold a full and
current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements
of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.

Hybrid - This role supports hybrid working, a broadly even balance between working from home
and working from an office base. Please speak with the contact detailed if you wish to discuss
how that might impact your working arrangements. #LI-Hybrid

For more information

For an informal discussion, please contact David Walton by calling (01473) 264842.

If you are considering applying for a secondment, please read the secondment policy and ensure
you have sought permission to apply before completing your application.

How to apply:

To apply and for further details, please
visit: https://www.suffolkjobsdirect….

Closing date: 22 January 2024

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people
and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks
or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. We are also committed to flexible
working. 

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