CAG Devon Project Officer
| Posting date: | 04 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | £23,500 to £27,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 October 2024 |
| Location: | Devon, South West England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | Resource Futures Ltd |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
About Resource Futures
Our vision is to create a sustainable world delivered through environmental consultancy and community action. We work collaboratively with governments, businesses and the third sector to help speed up the transition to a circular economy and manage resources and waste in a more sustainable way.
We are non-profit-distributing and have a close-knit team of 50+ trusted employees who collaborate across various areas of the business. Our multi-disciplined and connected approach sets us apart from the competition and enables us to build robust solutions that have a meaningful impact in the world. We are passionate not only about what we do but how we do it, and we’re proud to be a part of the global B Corp movement to use business as a force for good. Employee-owned and independent, we’re all about helping each team member grow, and together striving towards our goal of a creating a sustainable world. We are ranked in the top 5% worldwide for all B Corps in our size group, and were named a ‘Best for the World’ 2021 B Corp for our company governance. Read more about our company.
The opportunity
As the Project Officer, you will be supporting the smooth running and development of the Community Action Groups (CAG) network in Devon (see project website). The CAG Devon network empowers community groups to act towards a more sustainable future, focussing on the areas of waste reduction, composting, sharing, reuse and repair, community energy, biodiversity and wider sustainability. CAG Devon provides community groups with the tools and support they need to thrive such as support with insurance, guidance, and training, and opportunities for networking, collaboration and sharing skills with other groups. You will be joining CAG Devon at an exciting time, as we have expanded in the last year to offer support across the whole county and with a wider sustainability focus. While you will be working across the county, you will have a particular focus on North Devon.
What you will be doing
Day to day project support
- Responding to enquiries from groups and other organisations.
- Co-ordinating the booking of training and events, using systems such as Ticket Tailor.
- Attending CAG events and planning meetings (including evenings and weekends where required).
- Assisting with group and event risk assessments, insurance documents and related administration.
- Creation and dissemination of guides and resources to support the projects.
Publicity and communications
- Supporting development of the CAG Devon website, ensuring it is well maintained and up to date.
- Keeping social media channels up to date, generating content and building online audiences.
- Assisting groups with effective publicity for their events, including 1-2-1 social media clinics.
- Producing a regular newsletter, encompassing news, events, funding, etc. for CAG Devon.
- Producing publicity material, news releases, stories/case studies and articles for CAG Devon.
- Occasionally speaking in public about CAG Devon and the work of its members.
Administration
- Ensuring communications with CAG groups are logged within the project database.
- Ensuring mailing lists are up to date (MailChimp, SurveyMonkey, Outlook, etc.).
- Monitoring projects, utilising tools such as Excel, SurveyMonkey and our bespoke monitoring system.
- Liaising with groups and gathering documentation as part of the membership joining process.
- Supporting with quarterly and annual reporting.
- Gathering and reporting on regular website and social media analytics data.
- Assisting the project team with any other administrative tasks that they require.
The essentials
- Knowledge of the community/voluntary sector.
- Experience of maintaining and developing websites (WordPress) and social media.
- Competent IT user, particularly Microsoft packages and web.
- Previous experience in a role in communications and/or public engagement.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills to meet deadlines.
- Good communication skills (e.g. written, verbal, presentation).
- Ability to take and edit photos/videos.
- Great people skills.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Willingness to work evenings and weekends to support community engagement (approximately one to two times a month).
- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle with the necessary business use insurance.
Great to haves
- Knowledge of sustainability issues such as resource use, waste and recycling, biodiversity/wildlife, energy and active travel.
- Knowledge of Devon and Devon communities.
- Experience of running or being actively involved with a community group.
- Experience of working with schools and/or businesses.
- Knowledge/experience of Social Enterprise Development.
Our vision is to create a sustainable world delivered through environmental consultancy and community action. We work collaboratively with governments, businesses and the third sector to help speed up the transition to a circular economy and manage resources and waste in a more sustainable way.
We are non-profit-distributing and have a close-knit team of 50+ trusted employees who collaborate across various areas of the business. Our multi-disciplined and connected approach sets us apart from the competition and enables us to build robust solutions that have a meaningful impact in the world. We are passionate not only about what we do but how we do it, and we’re proud to be a part of the global B Corp movement to use business as a force for good. Employee-owned and independent, we’re all about helping each team member grow, and together striving towards our goal of a creating a sustainable world. We are ranked in the top 5% worldwide for all B Corps in our size group, and were named a ‘Best for the World’ 2021 B Corp for our company governance. Read more about our company.
The opportunity
As the Project Officer, you will be supporting the smooth running and development of the Community Action Groups (CAG) network in Devon (see project website). The CAG Devon network empowers community groups to act towards a more sustainable future, focussing on the areas of waste reduction, composting, sharing, reuse and repair, community energy, biodiversity and wider sustainability. CAG Devon provides community groups with the tools and support they need to thrive such as support with insurance, guidance, and training, and opportunities for networking, collaboration and sharing skills with other groups. You will be joining CAG Devon at an exciting time, as we have expanded in the last year to offer support across the whole county and with a wider sustainability focus. While you will be working across the county, you will have a particular focus on North Devon.
What you will be doing
Day to day project support
- Responding to enquiries from groups and other organisations.
- Co-ordinating the booking of training and events, using systems such as Ticket Tailor.
- Attending CAG events and planning meetings (including evenings and weekends where required).
- Assisting with group and event risk assessments, insurance documents and related administration.
- Creation and dissemination of guides and resources to support the projects.
Publicity and communications
- Supporting development of the CAG Devon website, ensuring it is well maintained and up to date.
- Keeping social media channels up to date, generating content and building online audiences.
- Assisting groups with effective publicity for their events, including 1-2-1 social media clinics.
- Producing a regular newsletter, encompassing news, events, funding, etc. for CAG Devon.
- Producing publicity material, news releases, stories/case studies and articles for CAG Devon.
- Occasionally speaking in public about CAG Devon and the work of its members.
Administration
- Ensuring communications with CAG groups are logged within the project database.
- Ensuring mailing lists are up to date (MailChimp, SurveyMonkey, Outlook, etc.).
- Monitoring projects, utilising tools such as Excel, SurveyMonkey and our bespoke monitoring system.
- Liaising with groups and gathering documentation as part of the membership joining process.
- Supporting with quarterly and annual reporting.
- Gathering and reporting on regular website and social media analytics data.
- Assisting the project team with any other administrative tasks that they require.
The essentials
- Knowledge of the community/voluntary sector.
- Experience of maintaining and developing websites (WordPress) and social media.
- Competent IT user, particularly Microsoft packages and web.
- Previous experience in a role in communications and/or public engagement.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills to meet deadlines.
- Good communication skills (e.g. written, verbal, presentation).
- Ability to take and edit photos/videos.
- Great people skills.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Willingness to work evenings and weekends to support community engagement (approximately one to two times a month).
- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle with the necessary business use insurance.
Great to haves
- Knowledge of sustainability issues such as resource use, waste and recycling, biodiversity/wildlife, energy and active travel.
- Knowledge of Devon and Devon communities.
- Experience of running or being actively involved with a community group.
- Experience of working with schools and/or businesses.
- Knowledge/experience of Social Enterprise Development.
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