Climate Action Engagement Officer

**The Purpose of the Job Role**

To work closely with the Sussex Green Living (SGL) Founder and undertake a wide range of tasks associated with the delivery of educational and engagement activities, inspiring action for small green steps that address the climate and ecological emergency.

The Climate Action Engagement Officer’s responsibility is to raise awareness and expand the reach of SGL initiatives through successful online marketing, communications and PR. Providing reports, analysis, and statistics as required by SGL’s Board of Trustees, the CEO, or external stakeholders, to shape the future direction of the charity.

Working in collaboration with others, take a supporting role in the successful delivery of the monthly Saturday Sussex Green Hub in Horsham, West Sussex. As a long-standing community initiative, this involves regular liaison with Volunteer Leads, helping to secure resources, and responding to requests that will deepen engagement of both volunteers and audiences.

Drawing on experience of planning and evaluating marketing and PR, make recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of SGL communication activities, in particular, to attract potential funders (government and business) and generate individual giving donations.

**Priority Focus Areas**

**Website**
- Keep the SGL website fresh, updating event pages, blog posts, and campaign themes and content
- Develop the user e-Experience with technical support from SGL’s external provider as needed
- Monitor web traffic, provide monthly reports and make recommendations for content review

**Social Media**:

- Using the Communications Strategy 2025 - plan, write, and schedule posts schedule for Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn to increase audience reach and engagement
- Edit photographs, and create eye-catching graphics and posts using Canva, aligned to the SGL brand template
- Monitor and evaluate posts to ensure they work to engage new audiences, provide monthly reports and make recommendations for content review

**Newsletters**
- Write themed content, aligned to the Communication Strategy 2025 (currently using Mailchimp) requiring specific comms for volunteers, general public and educators in schools, and business prospects.

**PR**
- Write and share press articles with local, regional and online publications.
- Build relationships with journalists and editors to positively influence SGL’s profile.
- Liaise with SGL volunteer teams and support resource requests
- Track where SGL is featured and source what it’s worth in ‘advertising’ value.

**Event Management**
- Support the delivery of SGL experiences that connect with the audiences in meaningful ways
- Utilise appropriate tools to track budget and engagement for enhanced RoI

**Additional Areas of contribution**
- Assist in recruiting and supporting volunteers to take part in SGL initiatives
- Full compliance with SGL administrative obligations as a UK registered charity
- Participate in SGL partner meetings & events as required
- Project tasks as requested by the CEO and Chairperson

**Essential Experience**
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Delivery of marketing campaigns using digital communication tools and techniques - researching, copywriting and editing content for social media, publications, websites, newsletters and public information material
- CRM system managing donor pipelines and on line media scheduling
- Planning and delivering community scale events and PR activity
- Monitoring, collating and evaluating online statistics, data management and information reports with feedback for future activities
- Excellent interpersonal skills working alongside a diverse range of people at all levels.
- A flexible approach being able to adapt to changing priorities whilst managing a busy workload.
- High level proficiency in MS platforms (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), plus Canva, Mailchimp and G-Suite
- Full UK driving licence

**Desirable**
- Knowledge of community climate action, climate justice, or the ecological emergency
- Experience of project and budget management.
- Flexibility to work occasional weekends by arrangement.

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: £17,550.00 per year

Expected hours: No more than 25 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Flexitime
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote

Application deadline: 15/01/2025
Reference ID: Climate Action Engagement Officer Jan 24