Responsibilities

• The Marketing and Communications Officer is an important role for Forestry England’s North District. Working as part of a team, you will help bring our work to life, promoting and enhancing the district’s image, increasing its visibility, and encouraging people to visit the nation’s forests. You will be a custodian of our visual and written content and a proud champion of the diverse range of work that happens in our district.
• Reporting to the Marketing and Communications Manager, this role will support the delivery of the Marketing and Communications strategy for North District. You will promote the work of Forestry England by telling the story of the nation’s forests and the benefits they provide for climate, nature, people and the economy.
• You will create engaging and dynamic content to support and promote our activities district-wide. This will include those that directly deliver Forestry England’s national strategy (e.g. recreation, ecology, forestry, heritage), and those that are critical to enabling this (e.g. civil engineering, fundraising and projects, estate management).
• You will promote North District as a leading provider of outdoor recreation activities, supporting teams to achieve their business plan objectives.

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, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
• - STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
• - free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
• - a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.