Responsibilities

• This is an exciting opportunity to tell the story of our forests as welcoming and inclusive green spaces, available for everyone to enjoy.
• You would be responsible for growing awareness of our accessible recreation offer to attract new and existing audiences.
• This will be through developing engaging content and campaigns, signposting people to find accurate and relevant information that will support them to plan their visits.
• You’ll work to grow advocacy among key target audiences and build relationships with relevant partners to highlight our work.
• The role sites withing the National Engagement, Marketing & Communications team and will be a combination of working closely with national programme colleagues to increase the awareness of our accessible visitor offer and supporting regional marketing colleagues with the tools they need to promote local facilities and reach specific audiences.

Requirements

• Contract type – Fixed Term ( until March 2027 with potential for extension though not guaranteed)
• Hours – 37 hours per week
• Blended working is possible.
• The role can be based at either the Coleford, Tetbury or Lyndhurst office though commutable distance to our Bristol Office would be preferable to support regular face-to-face contact with national marketing colleagues.

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.