Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning and delivery of sustainability communications and engagement, driving behaviour change and cross-campus partnerships for credible, visible impact.
• Line-manage the Sustainability Communications & Engagement Coordinator and deputize for the Head of Sustainability, exercising autonomy across a complex institution.
• Oversee multi-channel campaigns and governance reporting to senior stakeholders, ensuring consistency of brand and audience segmentation.

Requirements

• Substantial experience in strategic communications or engagement, leading campaigns at senior levels, preferably in sustainability, higher education, or public sector.
• Experience line-managing staff and developing people while maintaining high output standards.
• Strong stakeholder management with confidence engaging senior audiences and building institutional partnerships.
• Experience overseeing multi-channel communications (web, social, newsletters, events) with brand consistency and audience segmentation.
• Ability to develop and manage budgets, track KPIs and produce evidence-based reports for senior governance bodies.
• Strategic mindset with practical delivery capability to set direction and land programmes effectively.
• Genuine commitment to sustainability and understanding of behaviour change in a university or similarly complex environment.

Benefits

• We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.