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Join a ground-breaking sustainable travel initiative and make a real impact on climate action with Climate Perks
Overview
Salary £250
Location Remote UK
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Expires Expires 28-8-24 - Applications reviewed after this date
Organisation summary: Climate Perks is an innovative employee benefit scheme focused on sustainable travel and climate action. As part of our team, you'll contribute to reducing carbon footprints by promoting low-carbon holiday options. We're looking for a dynamic individual with a passion for the environment and a knack for entrepreneurial ventures to help expand our reach and impact.
- Role Summary:
- Engage with potential members to grow the Climate Perks program.
- Develop new contacts with high-value target employers.
- Create resources promoting the benefits of train travel.
- Handle media inquiries and public relations.
- Strategize for scaling the initiative's ambition and impact.
- Role Requirements:
- Ability to forge positive corporate relationships.
- Experience with European overland travel providers is a plus.
- Interest in public engagement with climate action.
- Creative and entrepreneurial mindset for growth and opportunity development.
- Track record of successful project delivery and budget management.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
- Outstanding organizational and time management abilities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and independent work capacity.
- Aligned with Possible's mission and values.
- Application Process Details:
- Submit a CV and cover letter.
- Participate in an interview round.
Passionate about climate action? Love the challenge of turning bright ideas into scaled up action? Low carbon holiday travel right up your street? You could be just the person we’re looking for to grow Climate Perks - our sustainable travel employee benefit scheme.
Whether it’s pitching to a potential member, developing new contacts in high-value target employers, designing resources to help employees discover the benefits of train travel, responding to journalists wanting to know more, or thinking ahead to scale up ambition and impact - we’re on the hunt for someone with a bee in their bonnet about high-carbon holidays, and the entrepreneurial spirit to do something about it.
The basics:
- Day rate: £250 per day for 60 days (with strong likelihood of being extended to 120 days, depending on funding)
- Contract: freelance, working approximately 2.5 days per week for 24 weeks until end of March 2025 (we hope to be able to extend the contract until end of September 2025). Occasional weekend and evening work to attend events may be required.
- Location: remote (within UK). Occasional national travel that can be expensed.
- Managed by: Senior Campaigner
- Manages: n/a.
- Works closely with: Head of Comms, comms team, aviation team.
- Ideal starting date: October 2024.
- Application process: CV, cover letter, and then one interview round. See the “How to apply” section for further details.
- Closing date: Applications will be accepted until 9am (BST) on Tuesday 27th August. Late applications will unfortunately not be considered.
- Contact for questions: [email removed - click apply for more details].
To make our shortlist, you’ll need:
- Ability to build positive relationships with corporate stakeholders, including large international corporations, to deliver shared goals. Experience working with European overland travel providers (e.g. Eurostar, Rail Europe) would be an advantage, but is not essential.
- An interest in public engagement with climate action and climate justice - you don’t need a degree in the topic or have spent the last three years living in a tree as a committed activist, you just need to be able to show an interest.
- A creative and entrepreneurial approach, able to plan for growth, explore revenue diversification and generate and take development opportunities.
- Experience of successful project delivery and project budget management, including the ability to design annual project plans and budgets.
- High standard of written and spoken communication; including the ability to write copy to simply convey tricky concepts, and the ability to present compellingly to key stakeholders.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with Possible team members, stakeholders, Climate Perks employers and prospective member employers.
- Ability to take initiative and work independently.
- A commitment to Possible’s mission, values and anti-oppression work - Doing your bit to help create a working environment that is inclusive and allows Possible team members, supporters and communities we work with to thrive.
For the full Job Description pack and instructions on how to apply click the Apply button!
