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SalaryABOUT US
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. We want to see a world where trees and woods thrive for people and nature. The Trust engages and inspires people to make their difference tackling the nature and climate crisis helping protect, restore and create our vital woods and trees.
THE ROLE
We are looking for a Marketing and Communications Manager to play a strategic role within the wider Brand and Communications function.
This role is pivotal in ensuring our communications and marketing campaigns meet audience needs and support the delivery of organisational objectives.
You will have ownership of the Marketing and Communications strategy and activity for our youth and schools audiences, Community Tree Packs and volunteering. As a member of the Brand and Communications team, you will have the chance to champion the function of your team. As time goes on you will have scope to contribute to shaping the team in the future to achieve the department's goals. This role also manages and supports one Marketing and Communications Executive.
This is a Hybrid working role, where you’ll work part of your time at home and part of the time from our Head Office based in Grantham, Lincolnshire (currently a minimum of twice a month). Our Hybrid Working Policy is flexible, and the frequency of time spent in your contracted office will vary across teams and job roles.
Pro-Rata salary range is £27,600 to £28,800.
THE CANDIDATE
You will be passionate about conservation and will have relevant experience across the Marketing and communication channel mix. You'll be naturally collaborative and used to leading a team to deliver a campaign from start to finish. You'll be used to working with a variety of teams and will have strong stakeholder management experience. We are looking for someone with a warm, welfare-focused approach to managing their team and supporting them to achieve their goals. You will thrive in a varied role and be motivated by supporting a diverse group of teams and individuals towards achieving their collective goal. You'll be a strong strategic thinker, but able to
WHAT TO EXPECT BY JOINING A TEAM AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE
There’s no other organisation like the Woodland Trust. Joining the team you will be making your contribution to tackling the nature and climate crisis. In return, we recognise and value our people. You'll have our full support, training and opportunities for professional development, along with a contributory pension, life assurance, good holiday allowance and the opportunity to work flexibly from home.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
At the Woodland Trust, we believe everyone deserves to have their lives enriched by trees and woods.
We also believe that our organisation should reflect and represent the full richness of human diversity in terms of background, identity, ability and circumstance. As groups of people currently underrepresented as Woodland Trust employees, we are particularly keen to receive your application if you are Black, Asian or minority ethnic, disabled or under 25. We are measuring our success in redressing this.
We are open to discussion of any adjustments or flexible working arrangements you may need to achieve your full potential at any stage of the process, and if you are successful in gaining a position with us, during employment. We promise the only thing we assess within your application is how you have demonstrated your suitability for the job, and nothing else.
To ensure anonymised recruitment, if you have uploaded your CV, shortlisting panels do not see your CV until shortlisting has been completed. Before submitting your application, please ensure you have completed the supporting information section with details of experiences that clearly evidence as many aspects of the job description as possible.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. If you are interested, we'd encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
