Communications and Marketing Officer at Forestry England | Pickering, York, UK

Forestry England

Communications and Marketing Officer

Pickering, York, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelInternship

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own district-level storytelling and content governance to raise visibility and drive visits, balancing recreation, ecology, heritage and enabling work with a focus on audience-focused content in Yorkshire.

Content ownership: steward visual and written district content and align it with Forestry England’s national strategy across recreation, ecology and heritage.
Audience and channels: create engaging content district-wide to boost awareness and drive visits to forests.

Job Description

Responsibilities

The Communications and Marketing Officer helps bring Forestry England’s Yorkshire District work to life, promoting and enhancing the district’s image, increasing visibility, and encouraging people to visit the nation’s forests.
Custodian of the district’s visual and written content and a champion of the diverse range of work in the district.
Supports the delivery of the Communications and Marketing strategy for Yorkshire District, reporting to the Communications and Marketing Manager.
Promotes Forestry England by telling the story of the nation’s forests and the benefits they provide for climate, nature, people and the economy.
Creates engaging and dynamic content to support and promote activities district-wide.
Works on activities that directly deliver Forestry England’s national strategy and those that are critical to enabling this, such as civil engineering, fundraising and projects, and estate management.
Promotes Yorkshire Forest District as a leading provider of outdoor recreation activities and supports teams to achieve business plan objectives.

Requirements

Hours – 22.2 hours per week
The post will initially be based at Forestry England’s Yorkshire Office in Pickering; it will move to the Dalby Forest Office in autumn 2027.
Regular travel around Forestry England’s estate in Yorkshire will be required.
Occasional trips outside of Yorkshire for Forestry England-wide meetings, which may require an overnight stay.
Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

Benefits

Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
25 days holiday a year, rising to 30 days with service, pro-rated for part time employees, plus bank holidays.
STaR employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday shopping and other perks including hotel stays, mobile, insurance, holidays, gym discounts and Headspace wellbeing app.
Free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
Commitment to lifelong learning with support for career development and professional body memberships.

Forestry England

3.6 Glassdoor

We are England's largest land manager, looking after the nation's 1,500 woods and forests.Forests flourish with careful planning and expert management. We’re landscapers and foresters on a vast, nationwide scale: we shape landscapes for people, timber and wildlife. We work in partnership across government, with charities and private companies.Before 1 April 2019, Forestry England was known as Forest Enterprise England. Forestry England is part of the Forestry Commission family.

Founded in 1919

Bristol, England, GBR

606 employees (83 in marketing)

www.forestryengland.uk

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