Sustainability and Engagement Officer

An exciting role has arisen for a highly motivated individual to join Sussex Community’s nationally-recognised sustainability team, supporting our Care Without Carbon (CWC) programme within the Trust and the wider region. This role is for 3 days per week but we could also consider a 2 day per week role, spread over 4 half days.
Based at Brighton General Hospital, the job involves supporting the Communications Manager for Care Without Carbon in developing and delivering multifaceted sustainability engagement campaigns at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) and other partner NHS organisations in the region. The role demands excellent writing skills as there is a lot of content creation for the website as well as Trust channels.
The post-holder will play a key role supporting Care Without Carbon's sustainability engagement programmes and associated wellbeing/sustainable behaviour change offering both internally and for other trusts.
Day-to-day management of multifaceted sustainability engagement campaigns and programmes at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust and other partner NHS organisations.
Day-to-day planning and management of engagement programme in line with an annual comms strategy and editorial planner.
Supporting delivery against the ‘Culture’ and ‘Wellbeing’ workstreams of the Care Without Carbon programme at SCFT and partner trusts.
Reporting on the impact of engagement work, including supporting the development and delivery of metrics to report on complex sustainability benefits and producing associated visuals;
Supporting the rollout of a new staff engagement programme to engage staff and our community with Care Without Carbon.
Attending events and being an ambassador for Care Without Carbon, SCFT and our partner organisations.
Working with other NHS organisations to develop staff engagement campaigns based on Care Without Carbon.
Support delivery of the CWC Envoy programme at SCFT and partner trusts.
Promoting Care Without Carbon outside of the Trust, and building links with other NHS organisations alongside external organisations.
Support and maintain the wider engagement of stakeholders within SCFT including clinical staff, CWC Envoys and patients as well as those from partner NHS organisations and the wider community.
Content creation for website news items, marketing collateral and social media.
Flexible and hybrid working patterns available.
Positive 2021 NHS Staff Survey results
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rates our quality of services as good with outstanding features
Stunning locations in Sussex, surrounded by the South Downs and the coast
A great working environment in the community, in patients’ homes and our community hospitals
Excellent training and development opportunities
Real Living Wage Employer, with great rates of pay
Flexible working options, including job sharing, annualised hours, career breaks, parental leave and adoption leave
Supportive team environments
Cost-effective and convenient workplace nurseries
Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
Accredited Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
General
Creative input into roll out of new staff engagement programme and ongoing input into campaigns.
Supporting the Communications Manager with the annual development of a communications plan and editorial calendar in line with CWC programme milestones, other internal programmes and external sustainability campaigns.
Daily monitoring of social media and CWC website, providing updates and general management to ensure a consistent presence for the brand and regular content.
Copywriting and editorial support for wider Environment & Sustainability Team.
Supporting the delivery of projects/actions associated with the ‘Culture’ and ‘Wellbeing’ work streams of CWC as necessary.
Assisting with other areas of work within the CWC team, as required.
On site attendance for events and face to face engagement opportunities, this can include attending the sites of our partner Trusts across the region.
Programme collateral
Day to day management of our online presence including ensuring content for the CWC website, trust intranet and trust internet sites contain up to date and relevant information relating to the CWC programme. This includes weekly creation of web content and promotion of content as required, as well as monitoring for and reporting faults and monitoring progress through to resolution.
Liaise with designers/suppliers as appropriate on the development and delivery of communications materials, including the creation of briefs to obtain quotes for the work, and managing delivery against them.
Assisting with quarterly production of an e-based newsletter for several trusts in the programme.
Management of campaign elements such as prize draws, goodie bags, and competitions, including sourcing freebies and support from local sustainability-focussed businesses.
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