Peatland Programme Communications and Engagement Lead

Full Time: 35 hours per week (1.0 FTE) or 28 hours per week (0.8 FTE)

About You

The successful candidate will be employed by the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s host
organisation, The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. The new team member will be pivotal in the
delivery of the Peatland Programme’s objectives to champion peatland values. They will have the
level of knowledge and experience to drive forward and promote peatland restoration in the UK
and be able to advocate the multiple benefits of peatlands through partnerships, strong
science, sound policy and effective practice, and communication.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Communications and Engagement Lead to drive
and deliver the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s communications activity to promote the benefits of
healthy peatlands to a national audience. This will be done primarily through establishing and
maintaining good relationships with external contacts and partners and using these networks to
identify opportunities and to build the Programme’s reach. You will lead the production of
communications materials through design and appropriate messaging, assist our advocacy work,
and plan and deliver events such as online workshops and our annual conference.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about communicating peatlands to a wide audience
and is creative and proactive in their approach. The peatland agenda has expanded exponentially
over the last 10 years and you will need to be an excellent team player and networker to
capture what is happening and communicate this to multiple partners and stakeholders. The
Communications and Engagement Lead post is a standalone communications post within a small team
(9 people) and your ability to quickly develop good relationships with partner organisations
will be critical to your success in the role.

You will be lead on the delivery of the communications strand of the Peatland Programme’s
activity. You should have experience of designing publications, creating digital content,
newsletters, running stakeholder events and managing social media accounts. You will support
the wider Peatland Programme team in networking, identifying opportunities for collaboration,
as well as in the production of resources such as briefings and web content.

About Us

Our host organisation, The Wildlife Trusts, are a federated movement of 46 charities, supported
by a central charity, the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. Together we have 870,000 members,
38,000 volunteers and 3,400 staff across the UK. We are at an exciting moment in our 110-year
history, with the development of an ambitious new strategy, setting out a vision of nature in
recovery, with abundant, diverse wildlife and natural processes creating wilder landscapes
where people and nature thrive.

The Wildlife Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength
in diversity. Whilst we are passionate in promoting our aims, we are not judgemental and are
inclusive. We want our people to be as diverse as nature, so we particularly encourage
applications from people who are underrepresented within our sector, including people from
minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to creating a movement that
recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.

RSWT take our Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. 

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a
disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you
require any adjustments to make our recruitment process more accessible.

This role may be subject to a DBS check.

Closing date for applications: 28 July 2024
First Interview: 6 August 2024
Second Interview: 12 August 2024