Engagement Officer - Northern Ireland

The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity, dedicated to creating a world where trees and woods thrive for both people and nature. Our mission involves engaging and inspiring individuals to contribute toward tackling the nature and climate crisis through the protection, restoration, and creation of essential woodland habitats.

The role: As an Engagement Officer in our Northern Ireland team, you will deliver opportunities for audiences to connect with woods and trees through a range of engagement activities both on our own estate and in partnership with others. This key role is responsible for improving the visitor experience on our estate and inspiring new and existing supporters to give time, voice, and money to our cause. You will lead on the public engagement aspects of our visitor offer at key sites across Northern Ireland, working with estate colleagues to plan activities, communicate key messages, and improve visitor experience. Additionally, you will plan and deliver an annual engagement plan for the country, identifying key audiences and activity to most effectively achieve our objectives.

Job requirements: Candidates should have experience in planning and delivering high-quality face-to-face engagement activities ideally within a public-facing visitor setting, and developing appropriate engagement materials for a variety of audiences including visitors and supporters. A working knowledge of what constitutes successful interpretation, ideally with experience of planning and implementing creative interpretation features to engage with visitors, is essential. Understanding about Health and Safety in public engagement and what constitutes a successful visitor experience is also required. You must have a proactive ‘can-do’ attitude, excellent communication skills, be commercially aware, and able to build effective partnerships internally and externally. The role is based in Northern Ireland and will require the successful candidate to travel across the country with occasional UK travel. A full driving licence is required.

Benefits: Joining our team means you'll be a big part of tackling environmental and climate issues. We take good care of our staff, offering support and training opportunities. Benefits include Enhanced Employer Pension, Life Assurance, Flexible & Hybrid Working Options, Generous Annual Leave - 25 days + bank holidays (pro rata for part time), Buy and Sell Annual Leave, Enhanced Parental Pay, and an Employee Assistance Programme.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: To achieve our vision of a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature, we need to better reflect society and the communities we work in. All people, no matter their background, identity, ability, or circumstance, should benefit from trees. People of colour and disabled people are currently under-represented across the environment and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we particularly encourage you to apply.