Sustainability Communications and Engagement - Leeds, United Kingdom - University of Leeds

University of Leeds

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Leeds, United Kingdom

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Sustainability Communications and Engagement Coordinator:

Salary Grade 5 (£25,285 - £28,929 p.a.)

Interview Date:
Week commencing 31st July 2023

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Do you have excellent marketing and communication skills and a passion for sustainability? Would you like to join a dynamic and committed team, helping to develop the communications and engagement activities that drive sustainability within the University and the wider community?
The University of Leeds is one of the top 135 universities in the world.

We have a truly global community, with more than 39,000 students from 170 different countries and over 9,000 staff of 100 different nationalities.

Established in 1904, we have a strong tradition of academic excellence, reflected in first-class student education, along with world-leading research that has a real impact around the globe.

Sustainability sits at the heart of the University's new strategy.

With an ambitious new Climate Plan and commitment to embed the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across all that we do, this is an exciting opening to join the Sustainability Service.

Through our strategic approach to sustainability, we draw on the diverse expertise of our community, requiring significant engagement and collaboration internally and externally, to facilitate behaviour and process change.

We are looking for a proactive and creative individual to help drive the delivery of our communication and engagement activities that help to embed sustainability across the University, support behaviour change and raise awareness across the community.

You will have experience working in a marketing function / as part of a communications team, co-ordinating campaigns and bringing them to life.

You will be able to confidently write copy for social media, web and promotional materials, and will have excellent editing and proof-reading skills along with strong attention to detail.

You will need strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work independently as well as a member of a team.

What we offer in return

26 days holiday plus 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) That's 42 days a year
Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance.
Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our stateoftheart Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and selfdevelopment courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
Access to onsite childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.
And much more

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Lorraine Williams-Jones - Sustainability Communication and Engagement Officer

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