Behaviour Change Officer

2 weeks ago


Chelmsford, United Kingdom Essex County Council Full time

**About the role**

**Behaviour Change Officer - Waste and Recycling**

Fixed Term, Full Time

Up to £28,432 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Anywhere worker

**Please note that this is a fixed term contract opportunity until March 2026.**

**The Opportunity**

Join the Circular Economy and Strategy Team in our mission to transform Essex into a Safer, Greener, and Healthier County. We’re dedicated to minimising the impact on the environment by supporting residents to reduce waste and increase the amounts recycled, and by working with others to deliver a more circular economy.

As Behaviour Change Officer, you’ll support delivery of projects, communication campaigns, reuse and recycling initiatives and partnership activities. The role is on the front line of waste prevention, recycling and environmental activities, delivering direct communications and interventions to the public.

We are seeking an organised and highly motivated individual to join our team and support engaging and innovative external campaigns and interventions that deliver lasting behaviour change.

Join us in creating a brighter, more sustainable future for Essex

**What will you be doing?**

As Behaviour Change Officer, you will create engaging content for a range of communication channels in line with corporate and campaign branding guidelines. You will be responsible for day-to-day management and audience development for social media, website and electronic newsletter.

Your role will support delivery of interventions and monitor the effectiveness and impact of communications and activities. The Officer will ensure customer enquiries, information requests and transactions are managed to a high quality and within agreed timescales. Working in a project environment you will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and partners.

**What’s in it for you?**
- Healthy work life balance; flexible and hybrid working options.
- Wide range of learning and development opportunities
- IT equipment and home-working equipment supplied.
- 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + choice to buy extra.
- Generous Local Government Salary related pension scheme
- Access to hundreds of discounts and benefits through Essex Rewards
- Access to our health and wellbeing support platform with Vita Health Group
- Up to 4 days per annum volunteering leave
- Life assurance of three times annual salary
- Learning and Development Opportunities
- Private health and dental care plans

**The Experience You Will Bring**

**Essential**
- Educated to A level or equivalent by experience.
- Advanced skills in written and oral communication. Confident in engaging with a broad variety of audiences via a range of channels and within brand guidelines.
- Competent user of social media channels (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) and scheduling platforms (e.g. Hootsuite). Experience of website editing using a content management system.
- Experience in use of data management systems and analysis including analysing data from social media channels and Google Analytics.

**Desirable**:

- Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
- Experience of working in a political environment, skills in understanding and responding to different perspectives and taking a cross organisational and cross-partner perspective.
- A broad interest and understanding of waste management, environmental issues and wider circular.
- economy issues.

**Interview details**

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 30 th April and 2 nd May 2024 at County Hall in Chelmsford.

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Climate, Environment and Customer Services

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

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