London Wildlife Trust

London’s wildlife is under real threat, and we need to act now.

London Wildlife Trust is a driving force for nature conservation across the capital. With our dedicated supporters and volunteers, we work tirelessly to protect wildlife across London.

We take action every day to help wildlife flourish through practical conservation work; we engage, inspire and enable people to connect with nature; and through campaigns and consultancy, we give wildlife a voice.

Role & Responsibilities

You’ll be working with young people aged 11-25 from communities underrepresented in nature conservation, to celebrate their achievements, promote their journeys, and empower others like them to take action for nature. 

This role will work to diversify our current audiences, reaching a wider range of Londoners online to promote the joy of urban nature and empower them to make positive changes for nature within their communities. 

Via online communications, you will focus on building valuable partnerships with young people and their community groups. You will support and train communities with developing and leading environmental initiatives that work for them, through a varied and tailored training programme and online resources. The post-holder will have extensive experience in creating content and telling stories to effectively engage target audiences in innovative and exciting ways. 

This role is part of the new Nextdoor Nature movement, that will see thousands of people across the UK empowered to lead action for wildlife within their communities, reclaiming and creating new green spaces for nature in rural and urban places on their doorstep.

Overall responsibilities:

• Delivering youth focussed communications to talk to our identified audience, working closely with the Youth programmes team.
• Exploring new and inspiring ways of communicating with young people, working across a broad range of channels.
• Building and maintaining positive relationships with new communities of young people online. 
• Working with young participants in the programme to ensure their digital outputs are shared on London Wildlife Trust channels. 
• Assisting the Marketing and Communications – Stakeholders Manager with reporting and impact measurement for the Nextdoor Nature Project.
• Co-ordinating and delivering online training sessions – sharing your communications skills and inviting colleagues and external partners to deliver workshops. 
• Developing and promoting online guidance materials created specifically for young people.
• Celebrating success stories and progress from young people’s projects for wildlife via social media.
• Conducting community consultation with identified communities and adapting approaches based on findings. 
• Developing London Wildlife Trust’s communications informed by young people’s recommendations: new media, peer-to-peer communication, positive and exciting messaging.
• Completing an Award in Community Organising provided by The Trust and run by the National Academy in Community Organising.
• Occasionally working with volunteers and third-party designers to produce marketing and communications assets from briefing to completion. 
• Keeping up to date with best practices in marketing and communications and comply with relevant legislation and regulation and to work within the organisation’s policies and procedures, and ensure that good practice is observed.
• Ensuring that all data protection obligations are met in all aspects of the role including adherence to GDPR.
• Carrying out any other duties as required by the Marketing and Communications team, and the line manager consistent with the job purpose.

What's in it for you?

Tenure: Permanent, full-time contract

• 25 days annual leave pro rata plus statutory holidays
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Scheme to support you inside and outside of work
• Supportive and inclusive policies including a family-friendly policy and enhanced flexible working policy
• ‘Staff Day’ once a quarter where you can get involved in conservation work on one of our sites

Our ideal Communities & Youth Communications Officer:

• Excellent communication, networking and facilitation skills
• Demonstrable communications, marketing or PR experience
• Extensive experience in creating engaging and innovative content, in line with brand guidelines, and accessibility needs
• Experience using social media channels 
• High level of IT competency, particularly in Microsoft Office and Adobe Indesign
• Self-motivated with a proven ability to work effectively alone and as part of a team
• Demonstrable experience of conducting community consultation or market research
• Experience in delivery and development of online and in-person training
• Knowledge and understanding of London’s young people
• Solution-focused and highly adaptable

Please see job description for full person specification.

An enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) check will be required for this role.

Our vision is a London alive with nature, where everyone can experience and enjoy wildlife. In order to achieve our goal of engaging everyone in protecting London’s wildlife for the future, we know that our staff team needs to better reflect and represent all of London’s communities. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all. Alongside our inclusive Talent policy which outlines are commitments including giving fair opportunities to ex-offenders, we also offer an enhanced flexible working policy which is available to you from your very first day.