Litter Free Dorset Support Officer - Dorchester, United Kingdom - Dorset Councils

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Description

Organisation

Dorset Council
Location
Dorchester, United Kingdom
Reference

Occupational group
Natural Environment
Salary details

- £22,777 - £25,40

Job term
Full Time
Appointment type
Fixed Term
Contact
Emma Teasdale
Contact

telephone

Closing Date
07 August :30 PM

Litter Free Dorset Support Officer

37 hours per week - Fixed term until 29 March 2025

£22,777 - £25,409

County Hall, Dorchester

What's in it for you:

Join the Litter Free Dorset team to help change littering behaviour, reduce plastic pollution, improve bathing water quality, and support Dorset's businesses, residents, and visitors to live more sustainably.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and organised officer to join our multi-discipline team hosted by Dorset Council in a supporting role.

As the first point of contact for Litter Free Dorset, you will collaborate closely with the team and work alongside partner organisations and community groups to support the positive impact of Litter Free Dorset's projects and campaigns.

Litter Free Dorset is a hosted partnership based at County Hall in Dorchester and is part of the wider group making up the Environmental Advice Team (EAT).

EAT, along with other specialist environmental teams, make up the Coast and Greenspace Service within Environment & Wellbeing under Place Services in the wider Place Directorate.

What you can expect to be doing:

Working with a friendly and professional team of people who share a passion for the protecting Dorset's inland, coastal, and marine environments.

You will be responsible for the daytoday support of the Litter Free Dorset (LFD) team, in the development and delivery of individual campaigns and projects.
Assisting project officers, organisation of meetings, administration of the LFD forum, managing social media and other communication platforms, and providing administrative support.
You will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining LFD comms channels, including creating engaging content for social media accounts, and keeping the website up to date.
As well as this you will be required to plan and host events representing Litter Free Dorset. This will include designing marketing material, loading and driving vans, lifting equipment and installing gazebos, some lone working and engaging with the general public.
You will be the first point of contact for all enquiries from partners, members of the public, volunteers and external organisations.
The post holder will need to be highly organised with strong attention to detail, excellent communication and people skills, and an interest in environmental issues.
This post requires travel to meetings and events. You must have a driving license and a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

If you're enthusiastic, personable, and ready to take on this rewarding role, we want to hear from you. Join us in leaving a lasting impact on our local natural environment.

About you:

We're looking for someone who is:
Passionate about environmental issues and community engagement

Experienced in running events or workshops
A great communicator who enjoys meeting new people
Experienced in creating digital content and using social media scheduling tools
Highly organised with great attention to detail and proven administration experience

If this is you, then get in touch

Dorset Council:
A great place to work
We're passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:
- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:
- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Additional Information
This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

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