Climate Emergency Support Officer

Job Summary - Devon County Council are looking for a recent graduate to support the Devon Climate Emergency Project Manager, principally with partner and wider stakeholder engagement and communications requirements of the Devon Climate Emergency project. You will work alongside different stakeholders allowing you to develop your communication, project coordination, marketing, and organisation skills. This role is part of the Graduate Business Partnership (GBP) scheme and offers a full-time contract until March 2025 with the potential to extend. You will be employed by the University of Exeter and seconded to Devon County Council’s Environment Group, which is based at County Hall, Exeter. The Environment Group includes a range of specialist officers covering issues relating to ecology, marine and estuaries, landscapes, flooding, historic environment, energy and climate change. The team works flexibly from home or the office. There will be a need to attend physical engagement events in Devon, such as the County Show. For more information on the GBP scheme, please visit www.exeter.ac.uk/internships.
About You – For essential criteria you should be a graduate who has a degree in an environmental discipline, has excellent written and verbal communication skills, good organisational skills and excellent IT skills. You should have a keen interest in climate change, be a team player, be self-motivated and able to work unsupervised, have a good level of creativity and innovative ideas, be a strategic thinker, and have a commitment to equal opportunities. For desirable criteria, you should have experience in a communication field (including writing newsletters, articles, website material, using social media and other comms channels (video etc)), experience organising events and webinars, and experience of partnership working. It is also desirable you have basic design knowledge, experience of editing websites and a broad appreciation of local authority democratic and political processes.
The Benefits to You - You will have access to a wide range of benefits, rewards and recognition from the University, including a generous pension, a holiday allowance of 39 days per year, Totum Card (student discount) and Salary Exchange Schemes (such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, and discounted membership to the university's sports facilities). The University offers extensive support to staff, including a structured Professional Development Review and Wellbeing Service plus 1:1 support from the Internships Team. You will be offered a ‘How to Make the Most of Your Internship’ guide, bespoke mentoring, work shadow and career consultancy opportunities.
Application Closing Date: 28 April 2024
Interviews: 8 May 2024
For further information please email internships@exeter.ac.uk
GBP Scheme Requirements
To be eligible to apply and undertake a GBP role the graduate must meet all of the following criteria:
*To undertake a graduate role through the GBP scheme, you must have either achieved your degree or be in your final year at any UK-based university.
*If you are in your final year, your working hours may be reduced to 15 hours per week (for undergraduates) or 6 hours per week (for postgraduates) to ensure you have the capacity to successfully complete your degree. More hours can be completed if your academic agrees and provides written confirmation.
*If you do not pass your degree, the GBP role will end early.
*You must have graduated in the UK within the last 3 years of your most recent degree (we will consider extenuating circumstances of potential applicants that may have prevented them from undertaking a graduate role within 3 years of graduation).
*The University of Exeter is committed to developing an environment which promotes equality of opportunity, values diversity and inclusivity.
*At the time of starting employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK and evidence must be provided in advance of the appointment. Candidates should continue to have permission for the duration of the GBP contract. This includes British citizens, individuals with an EU Pre-Settlement or EU-Settlement Status; and those with a Graduate Route Visa.
*All graduates need to reside in the UK whilst undertaking this role.
How to apply
Please apply by completing the Internship Application Form (downloadable here: http://ex.ac.uk/d8G), following instructions on the form and returning it to The Internships Team at internships@exeter.ac.uk as an email attachment by the closing date: 28/04/2024. We do not accept CVs so please make sure you send a completed application form.

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