Internal Engagement Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 302514**Salary**:

- £27,779 - £30,168- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- Pay Band 5**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 12 months**Business area**:

- FC - Forestry England**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- The King's House, Lyndhurst, HampshireAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Forestry England manages beautiful, diverse, and productive, publicly owned woods and forests. With 1,500 forests and over 250,000 hectares, we are the largest single land manager in England. We aim to connect everyone with the nation’s forests, caring for them to enable everyone to enjoy, wildlife to flourish and business to grow.

Nationally we have over 1,000 dedicated members of staff and 1,900 loyal volunteers looking after more land and more trees than any other organisation in England. There is a wealth of expertise and experience, coupled with a love for forests and wildlife that makes us a world leader in forest management.

Our South District team employs around 170 members of staff in teams including Land Management and Forestry, Recreation and Public Affairs, Planning and Environment, Estates and Land Agency, Civil Engineering, Communications and Marketing, and Business Support and Finance.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Internal Engagement Officer to join our local Communications Team for 12 months. If you have a passion for internal communications and are looking for the right opportunity this role may just be for you.

You'll be a firm believer in the power of involving employees with ideas to make that happen. You'll know the right communications channel to get our messages out, and the best ways to encourage conversations and hear people's views. You'll be comfortable working alongside and writing for senior leaders and keeping the programme focused on what different audiences need to know.

**Please note **this role is based at South Forest District Office in Lyndhurst, Hampshire three days a week, with opportunity to work from home on other days via a blended working contract. Regular travel across southern England is required.

**Job description**:
Reporting to the South Forest District’s Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, you will support the delivery of an internal communications plan that helps Forestry England achieve its objectives and purpose, by building a culture of inclusion, trust and engagement.

You will work closely with other members of our local team and colleagues in the national office to ensure a consistent approach to internal communications, engagement and wellbeing. It’s a busy and varied role, from supporting our internal events to creating content that helps colleagues feel connected to the organisation.

Main responsibilities:

- Deliver the overarching strategy to improve internal communications and collaboration in the District and encourage engagement of staff.
- Using and maintaining a range of tools and channels that are fit for a hybrid and disparate workforce, taking into consideration blended working practices.
- Play a key role in delivery of staff events both virtual and face to face.
- Supporting the overall effort of the local Marketing and Communications team to communicate Forestry England’s values and culture.
- Deliver communications with consistency in tone and style, which build an atmosphere of mutual striving towards a common goal and encourage open dialogue.
- Be the point of contact between National and District teams in relation to internal communication initiatives, providing feedback, suggestions and seek ways to better engage local staff with national messaging/briefings.
- Support colleagues across the wider team to improve their communications skills.

**Person specification**:
**Skills and experience you need**:
**Essential**
- Strong writing and proof-reading skills.
- Experience and good knowledge in Office 365 tools including MS Teams, SharePoint and One Drive.
- Experience of delivering internal communications content on different channels.
- Experience of promoting a corporate brand and conveying a professional image.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships across the organisation, communicate regularly with key individuals and with all levels.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organisation skills and be able to work to deadlines and handle multiple projects.

**Desirable**:

- Drawing conclusions from complex information.
- Passion for inclusion.
- Able to understand and promote sensitive issues in the most appropriate and engaging way.
- Able to work with colleagues to identify stories that support the organisations objectives.

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