External Affairs Officer

7 days ago

Belfast, United Kingdom communityni - Jobboard Full time

The National Trust is a conservation charity which looks after places and spaces so people and nature can thrive. In Northern Ireland we look after 22% of Northern Ireland's coastline, 46 sq miles of countryside.

In Northern Ireland, we work with a broad range of sectors and stakeholders, championing the natural environment, built heritage and action in response to climate change.

Can you make a difference to nature and people through supporting stakeholder management, communications and advocacy and insight? We're looking for an experienced external affairs officer to join our team to support our Director and leaders in their priority relationships across a wide range of projects and programmes.

This is a fixed term contract due to end when the previous employee returns from maternity leave. At this point we cannot confirm exactly how long this contract will last, but it is unlikely to be more than 12 months.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week.

We're for ever, for everyone and we really mean that. We want everyone to feel welcome and enjoy access to natural and built heritage, in ways that are relevant to them. We're working to adapt our places and enhance nature and biodiversity in the face of climate change.

Our team is home to internal specialists in every field of the National Trust's work, working closely with colleagues at our places, national experts and external partners to achieve amazing things. You'll work across multiple teams to support our advocacy work, coordinate stakeholder communications and facilitate collaboration between local leaders and their priority relationships.

Your contractual place of work will be the National Trust office at Rowallane House. Our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and meetings at other National Trust places. We'll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40–60% of your working week.

It's an exciting time to be in our team as we prepare for a new ten-year strategy. You'll join our External Affairs, Marketing and Communications team to help grow awareness of National Trust's priorities in Northern Ireland, primarily amongst policy and political audiences. You'll work closely with the Regional Director, and other colleagues to build and influence relationships with local decision makers, communicating our advocacy messages both internally and externally.

You'll produce briefings and communications materials to support engagement with external audiences, including elected representatives. You'll coordinate engagements with Ministers, committees and MLAs, as well as departmental and local government representatives, ensuring we raise awareness of National Trust's strategic priorities. You'll gather insights and carry out research to fill in any gaps in our knowledge or evidence to support advocacy work.

We're looking for someone with the following skills & experience:

  • A degree or equivalent in a relevant area and/or recent experience in external partnership working, policy or advocacy
  • Strong understanding of the political context and the machinery of government in Northern Ireland
  • Practical working experience of distilling complex information into easily digested briefings
  • Excellent organisational skills including the ability to work to deadlines and prioritise workloads
  • Ability to carry out and respond to internal and external research, intelligence and analysis
  • Ability to build collaborative working relationships with senior stakeholders, both internal and external
Closing Date

Sunday / 26 May 2024
11:59pm

Rowallane House
Saintfield
Ballynahinch
BT24 7LH

More Information

Please apply online through our job site.

Rowallane House Saintfield Ballynahinch BT24 7LH

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