Engagement and Communications Lead

1 week ago

London, United Kingdom Stour Trust Full time

Job description

**FREELANCE CONTRACT DETAILS**

**Role Title: Engagement and Communications Lead**

Reports to: Programmes Director
- Location: Hybrid
- Total Contract Days: 40 days at £250 per day
- Working days: 2-3 days per week
- Contract Budget: : £10,000 with opportunity for extension.

**IN A NUTSHELL**

Would you like to drive and support the development of Stour Trust's narrative, story telling, communucations and engagments? The organisation is an at exciting stage have delivered a wide range of projects within land justice, civic power and policy.

You will be a key asset in project development, design and delivery and will work with the team to ensure that activities are executed.

**Organisation Profile**

Stour Trust CIC is a social enterprise which aims to improve the social and economic lives and wellbeing of local people by innovating new models of community-led regeneration through provision of genuinely affordable housing, community, work and cultural spaces. We seek to:

- Democratise access to built space and assets through influencing policies to deliver racial, social and economic justice for under-represented communities.
- Remove the disconnect between local communities and the buildings/assets that exist within them to serve the common good.
- Support the development of art and creative practice across communities, partnering with educational institutions, local organisations and government stakeholders to meet this vision.

**SCOPE**

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Lead on Stour Trust's website redevelopment, liaising with our freelance web designer, freelance copywriters and other parties as needed.
- Build Stour Trust’s key resource and information bank for the organisation's communication output to be used for websites, funding and events.
- Lead on collating relevant research, legacy and archived work, frameworks, guides and case studies.
- Develop key comms messaging for Stour Trust's social media platforms.
- Support copy and narrative writing for the organisation's mission areas..
- Support Stour Trust's three strategic project areas: Land & Spatial Justice, Racial & Economic Justice and Policy.
- Develop project delivery frameworks and timelines to support clear accountability and communication for projects, using project management tools
- Develop simple pitch decks, posters, case studies and proposals for partners or collaborators and manage sub-contractors as needed.
- Support key partnerships and relationships keeping the team up to date on key events.
- Attend relevant in-person and virtual meetings and sessions to support the team.
- Manage a small budget in relation to projects including website development.
- Support other areas of Stour Trust's work.

**Please send an expression of interest by 28th September 2025 including**:

- Up to 300 word text of what Land Justice means to you
- Short links or examples of previous work ( even if this is from your recent education, volunteering or community projects)
- When you can start the contract

We will be reviewing applicants as we receive them.
- We are genuinely interested in your approach, engagement and contribution to Land and Spatial Justice and the intersectionality of this work. This includes curation of events, knowledge exchange or thought pieces. If you are interested in leading or holding space for these themes, do state this within your EOI as other opportunities to support this work may arise. Thank you for taking the time to read and consider this proposal._

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