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The Head of Marketing and Communications
The Head of Marketing and Communications will strategically lead Trees for Cities’ marketing and communications to grow reach, influence and engagement, delivering agreed organisational objectives, OKRs and KPIs.
This role leads the strategic direction and delivery of Trees for Cities’ marketing and communications function, ensuring campaigns, communications and audience engagement activities support organisational objectives and deliver measurable growth. The postholder oversees team performance, external partners, media relations, fundraising communications and marketing for the Trees for Streets programme, while driving audience development, supporter stewardship and digital innovation. As a senior leader, they contribute to organisational strategy, provide expert communications counsel, manage budgets and resources, and foster a high-performing, inclusive team culture that strengthens the organisation’s profile, reputation and long-term impact.
About Trees for Cities
Trees for Cities is an ambitious, far-reaching organisation.
Trees for Cities is the only charity that focuses on planting, protecting and promoting urban trees across the UK. We are a rapidly growing and developing organisation that suits ambitious, dedicated and passionate staff.
About You
This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic, creative and purpose-driven marketing and communications leader who wants to use their skills to help our vital work to plant and establish urban trees where they are needed the most.
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As our Head of Marketing and Communications, you'll be a confident and inspiring leader with a proven track record of growing audiences, building influential brands and delivering impactful multi-channel campaigns. You'll be equally comfortable shaping long-term strategy as rolling up your sleeves to make things happen, bringing energy, creativity and commercial awareness to everything you do.
We're looking for someone who can spot opportunities, tell compelling stories and build meaningful engagement with supporters, partners, policymakers and the public. You'll have strong experience across marketing, communications, PR, digital engagement and brand management, alongside excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to lead and develop a high-performing team.
Most importantly, you'll be motivated by our mission. As the climate and biodiversity crisis intensifies, urban trees have never been more important. They help cool our cities, improve health and wellbeing, support biodiversity and create greener, more resilient communities. We need an ambitious communications leader who can raise our profile, inspire action and help grow a movement that puts trees at the heart of healthier cities for everyone.
Key skills and experience:
- Strategic marketing and communications leadership
- Audience growth, brand development and campaign delivery
- Media relations, PR, thought leadership and reputation management
- Digital marketing, audience insight and data-led decision making
- Team leadership, coaching and people development
- Stakeholder, partner and agency management
- Budget and project management
- A passion for creating positive environmental and social impact
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Trees for Cities is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. We value diversity and are committed to promoting diversity within the workplace. We aim to ensure that our employees achieve their full potential and that all employment decisions, including recruitment, are taken without reference to irrelevant or discriminatory criteria. A full copy of our Equal Opportunities Policy can be provided on request.
Please note we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role, you must therefore have a valid right to work in the UK to apply.
The deadline to apply is: 11.59pm on 30th September
Interviews are scheduled for: w/c 12th October
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, early submission is encouraged.
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will normally be contacted within two weeks after applying. If you do not hear from us within this period, then you should assume that on this occasion you have not been selected for interview.
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