Forestry Commission
Marketing & Communications Officer (North)
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Grizedale, North West England, LA22 0QJ : Hexham, North East England, NE48 2HP
Job Summary
The Marketing and Communications Officer is an important role for Forestry England’s North District. Working as part of a team, you will help bring our work to life, promoting and enhancing the district’s image, increasing its visibility, and encouraging people to visit the nation’s forests. You will be a custodian of our visual and written content and a proud champion of the diverse range of work that happens in our district.
Reporting to the Marketing and Communications Manager, this role will support the delivery of the Marketing and Communications strategy for North District. You will promote the work of Forestry England by telling the story of the nation’s forests and the benefits they provide for climate, nature, people and the economy.
You will create engaging and dynamic content to support and promote our activities district-wide. This will include those that directly deliver Forestry England’s national strategy (e.g. recreation, ecology, forestry, heritage), and those that are critical to enabling this (e.g. civil engineering, fundraising and projects, estate management). You will promote North District as a leading provider of outdoor recreation activities, supporting teams to achieve their business plan objectives.
Job Description
Key responsibilities & accountabilities
- Support the Marketing and Communications Manager to implement a District Marketing and Communications strategy that effectively communicates Forestry England's mission, vision, and values to potential visitors to the nation’s forests and Forestry England’s stakeholders.
- Develop fresh, informative and high-quality content (photography, video and copy) to drive engagement levels across web, social media and print.
- Look for ways to grow and improve our current channels and strategies by analysing and interpreting campaigns results.
- Work with operational teams to translate technical activity into accessible, engaging communications.
- Develop and enhance North District’s online presence across multiple channels.
- Ensure content is in line with brand guidelines, tone of voice, accessibility and UX guidance.
- Work closely with the Marketing and Communications Manager to support the delivery of the district strategy and Forestry England national strategies.
- Work closely with colleagues in the national team to keep abreast of digital and social media trends to ensure that our activity complies with best practice and regulations.
- And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.
Person specification
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential professional and technical experience
- Experience of managing and evaluating digital marketing channels.
- Ability to create videos, reels, stories and static assets for social media platforms.
- Experience of photography and videography.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Understanding of image consent, GDPR and implications on digital marketing.
- Ability to create impactful and creative copy.
- Ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload while maintaining a high attention to detail.
- Competent IT user, with experience of Microsoft Office suite of applications, together with social media platforms.
- Experience of delivering marketing and/or communications activity, ideally within the environmental, heritage or outdoor recreation sectors, or strong transferable experience combined with a demonstrable personal commitment to these areas.
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Desirable Professional And Technical Experience
- Experience using Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop and Canva.
- Relevant qualification in digital marketing.
Qualifications
Essential
- Full UK manual driving license.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
Alongside your salary of £30,105, Forestry Commission contributes £8,721 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.
How To Apply…
We cannot accept applications via email. Please follow the steps outlined below. Any CVs and/or personal statements sent outside the system will not be considered for shortlisting.
You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.
You will be assessed on a technical skill and behaviour-based questions at the interview. The technical skill will be task-based and this will be shared with you ahead of interview to prepare.
The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –
- Communicating and influencing
- Delivering at pace
- Working together
- Managing a quality service
Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.
If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.
If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.
Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
Name : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
Recruitment team
Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
Further information
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.
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