Head of Communications & Media

The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust has a vision for “more nature everywhere, for
everyone”. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong.
This includes you being comfortable bringing your whole self to work, and us co-working with
the diverse communities we serve to ensure we are meeting everyone’s needs.

The Head of Communications & Media will help nature recover by effectively telling our
stories to everyone in our three counties. You’ll use your way with words and your eye for a
good image to lead on our local media, social media, online and video communications and
publications. You’ll grow our audience and inspire even more people to take action for nature.

You’ll lead a fantastic and hard-working Communications Team and be part of the Trust’s wider
leadership group, and you’ll use your creative flair and people-focused approach to get
everyone involved in delivering the communications strategy.

What you’ll do

• Enhance the reputation of the Trust through effective communications and media
• Collaboratively lead on developing high profile advocacy and lobbying campaigns alongside
  the Policy & Public Affairs team
• Devise, oversee, maintain, and deliver BBOWT’s communications and engagement strategy
  across all platforms

What we’re looking for

• Demonstrable experience in communications and marketing, including media, digital
  communications, brand and social media
• Results-focused, adaptable, and able to manage multiple demands on the team’s time
• Significant experience of effective communications in a fundraising environment
• Experience of leading complex communications projects
• Ability to quickly build positive relationships with both internal and external
  stakeholders

For all your hard work you can expect a great rewards package in return. In addition to being
part of a friendly, skilled and knowledgeable team, passionate about making a difference, when
you work for us, you’ll also receive

• Generous annual leave entitlement with paid birthday leave, wellbeing days, urgent personal
  business leave and generous occupational sick pay
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and family-friendly policies
• Flexible working to achieve work-life balance
• Salary exchange pension with generous employer contribution
• Learning & Development Programme for all
• Wellbeing initiatives including qualified Mental Health First Aiders, YuLife benefit
  package – access to our EAP, providing you with immediate and confidential help for any work,
  health, or life matters; 3x life assurance, online GP access prescription service, a variety of
  discounts
• Salary sacrifice Cycle scheme & Electric Vehicle scheme
• Membership to BBOWT’s, and The Wildlife Trusts’, Staff Network Groups for social
  interaction, peer support, mentoring and personal development

Hours: 28 hours per week. Flexibility in working pattern, in agreement with line
manager

The closing time and date for applications is 11.59pm on Monday
24th June 2024. Stage 1 interviews will take place Monday 1st July,
stage 2 interviews on Tuesday 9th July.

BBOWT values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We want every candidate to
have the best chance of success as part of this process. In order to do this, we know that some
candidates will need reasonable adjustments. Contact us on if there are any reasonable
adjustments we can provide during the recruitment process, including completing your
application.

When applying for the role you can expect to answer a few questions online relating to the
skills required and what you would be doing in the role. Your responses will be anonymised,
randomised, and scored by a panel of reviewers.

We don’t use an application form, or CVs – your answers to our situational based questions will
be scored against a review guide and scores from these will decide which candidates go through
to the interview stage. See here to find out why we do this.

Whilst we appreciate ChatGPT and other AI platforms can answer these questions, we know what
they have to say (and generally the answer they generate isn’t great). We want to hear your
perspective written in your own words. If it is clear that any of your answers are not your own
work, we reserve the right to reject your application on that basis.

You’ll also be asked for information about your background, anything you feel comfortable
sharing will be anonymised and will not be shared as part of the selection process, it will
only be used to help us understand how we are performing against our equal opportunities
metrics. All candidates will receive feedback on their application.