Project Co-ordinator

Location – Greater Manchester 

Contract - Full Time (minimum 4 days per week), Fixed Term Contract from January 2024 – August 2025 

Start date – January 2024 

Salary - £30,750 per annum, plus benefits 

Deadline – Sunday 12th November, 23:59 

Interviews 

• First Interviews: w.c. 20th November, online 
• Second Interviews: w.c. 27th November, in person in Central Manchester 

WHO WE ARE 

We’re Hubbub, a creative charity that’s been inspiring positive environmental action since 2014. Every campaign is sparked by our passion to problem-solve and make greener choices easier and more possible for everyone – from food to fashion and from reuse to greener and more connected communities. Everyday solutions that bring people, community groups and business together to do good and create change that scales and influences far beyond the people involved. Change that shows how much is possible when we all get on board. 

OUR VALUES 

• Give a damn about the environment: it’s authentically at the heart of everything we do because we’re committed to taking action on climate change and the environment. We care about the difference we make and are honest about our impact. 
• Curious: have an interest in people, places, trends, politics and the world we live in. Asks questions, seeks knowledge and has self direction to discover the answers. We have an eye for detail and intuition to see opportunities. Always explores new ways to engage wider communities meaningfully. 
• Entrepreneurial: leads the way. Embraces flexibility to achieve our charitable purpose. Nimble and brave enough to take risks to experiment without fear. Proud of independent spirit. Takes initiative and responsibility. 
• Creative: Re-imagines everything and enables people to see things differently. Trusts intuition and brings magic to everyday. Continually challenges the way things are. 
• Playful: positive and playful to connect people, catch imaginations and make people smile, because the world is serious enough. 
• For Everyone: Creating ways to include everyone in climate action, breaking down barriers and making it worthwhile too. It’s built into who we are and everything we do. 

HOW WE WORK 

We do things the Hubbub way: 

• Scope: We care about the environment and believe the cause is bigger than the organisation. We’re always thinking about the most pressing challenges and problems we can tackle. We collaborate with organisations, big and small, who share our ambition to find new ways to disrupt the status quote and inspire action that’s good for the environment, and for everyone. 
• Discover: We’re curious. We listen, observe and ask questions to gain insight and knowledge to understand the people and places we want to inspire. We use our intuition and experience to identify opportunities to instigate action on environmental issues. We build ideas based on evidence. 
• Create: We’re a creative bunch. Our campaigns put ideas into action to raise awareness, change habits, and show that good things happen when people come together. We start with things people care about. We use behaviour change techniques, positive language and highlight the benefits. We use good design, seasonal hooks and a splash of playfulness. 
• Experiment: We’re entrepreneurial. We have a healthy restlessness. As we deliver campaigns we constantly experiment, measure and adapt what we do, to test new ways to connect with people and find out what has the biggest impact. 
• Scale: We start small and think big. Our campaigns ripple, scale and influence far beyond the people involved in them. We share what we discover, the good and the bad. Sometimes we give it another go to find a better way. When it works we open source our ideas so they can be replicated and scaled. We build transformation opportunities to shape systems and policy. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

In Our Nature is a programme that works with communities across Manchester to connect the climate crisis to practical actions we can all take to make a difference, reduce our carbon emissions, save money, and learn something new too. 

We’re looking for a passionate, dynamic person to join our busy team to support the delivery of In Our Nature projects, as well as other nature work in the city. You’d offer vital and flexible support at every stage of delivering a campaign, from the initial design to execution through to measuring and evaluating impact, but crucially in community engagement. 

A typical day could involve visiting community groups, liaising with partner organisations, copywriting for project comms, contributing to important project meetings, brainstorming with the team to develop a new campaign idea, or organising a launch event. 

We're looking for people who thrive on challenges, have an active interest in engaging people in practical climate action, and who can work confidently with a team and on their own initiative. 

In Our Nature is fully funded until the end of August 2025, and this role is a Fixed-Term Contract from January 2024 – end of August 2025, in line with that funding. However, there may be potential to extend the contract, if we secure further funding. 

Your tasks will include:  

• Engaging and confidently communicating with community groups, encouraging involvement in our campaigns. 
• Supporting the delivery of every stage of our campaigns, including campaign design and planning, managing delivery partners, collaborating with funding partners, sticking to budgets, working together with the Hubbub designers, evaluation and reporting on the campaign impact. 
• Supporting with social media and online comms, including planning and copy writing and ensuring this is in the Hubbub style. 
• Representing Hubbub at events externally, building a network of contacts, and knowledge of the sector, and always looking for new opportunities. 
• Being a team player proactively supporting other members of the team, contributing to a positive working atmosphere. 
• Staying up to date on current news and trends, contributing ideas and opinions to the team, based on up to date insights and information. 
• This role is based in Manchester and will have access to a co-working space in Central Manchester. You may be required to travel to Hubbub HQ in London from time to time for team events or training. 

WHO YOU ARE  

• You’re based in or around Manchester and willing to travel around the city to meet with communities and attend events. 
• You’re a confident communicator and love engaging with new people and listening to the needs of communities. 
• You may have worked in community engagement, in some capacity, before. 
• You may have experience delivering nature and/or climate projects, with a keen interest in the outdoors.
• You’re highly organised with the ability to prioritise multiple tasks and manage your time well. 
• You’re keen to get stuck in and help out on anything and everything you can. No task is too big or too small. 
• You’re good at solving problems. 
• You take initiative, working well both independently and as part of a project team. 
• You’re adaptable to ever changing project challenges. 
• You have the ability to pick up new processes and IT systems. 
• You’re aligned with our values (see above). 
• You're passionate about the environment, sustainability, and social wellbeing. 

Regardless of your experience, alignment with Hubbub's values is essential.  

Hubbub’s success and distinctiveness rests on the quality of our people. At every stage of their career, a Hubbuber is: 

• Intellectually and politically curious and engaged. 
• Proud of the work they do. 
• Upbeat, motivated by challenges, and tenacious in solving them. 
• Creative, innovative and playful. 
• Team players, sharing success and solving issues and challenges collaboratively. 
• Organised, dedicated and conscientious, with fantastic attention to detail. 
• Flexible, willing and able to respond to constant change and challenge. 
• Committed to communicating in a way that is compelling, clear, accurate and accessible. 

 If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified, and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you! 

WHAT YOU’LL GET 

• Holiday - 25 days per year, plus bank holidays. Our office also closes for around 2 weeks at Christmas which is additional to annual leave, and if you hang around for 5 years, we offer an additional 4-week paid sabbatical. 
• Pension - 5% employer pension contribution, with an ethical pension provider. 
• Flexible working - Hubbub operates a flexible working policy whereby staff can work from home when they chose. We trust our team to do a good job and be committed, and how they do that is up to them! Our core hours are 10am-4pm, but we are flexible to suit people’s needs. Flexible working also includes any reasonable adjustments required to enable each person at Hubbub to work to the best of their abilities.  
• Training and Development – We're committed to the development of our team. We have an agile goal setting process with clear lines for progression. We offer ongoing professional development through our training partner, You Can Now. 
• Away Days & Socials – We all get together twice a year for Away Days, which often includes a fun overnight stay at an eco-resort in the English countryside. Once a month we have socials arranged by the team ranging from repair workshops and film nights to scavenger hunts and wild swimming. 
• Wellbeing – We have a wellbeing calendar that includes a range of different wellbeing sessions covering physical, mental and financial wellbeing. 

Equality Statement 

Hubbub is committed to providing equality of opportunity both in employment and access to our programmes, events and activities. This means that: 

• For all job opportunities and progression, job applicants and employees will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.   
• The above equally applies to access to development and training opportunities. 
• All programmes will be designed to be actively inclusive and accessible to all people.