Climate Emergency Support Officer for Devon County Council

Job Summary - Devon County Council are looking for a graduate to support the Devon Climate Emergency Project Manager, principally with partner and wider stakeholder engagement and communications requirements of the Devon Climate Emergency project. You will work alongside different stakeholders allowing you to develop your communication, project coordination, marketing, and organisation skills. This role is part of the Graduate Business Partnership (GBP) scheme and offers a full-time contract until March 2025 with the potential to extend. You will be employed by the University of Exeter and seconded to Devon County Council’s Environment Group, which is based at County Hall, Exeter. The Environment Group includes a range of specialist officers covering issues relating to ecology, marine and estuaries, landscapes, flooding, historic environment, energy and climate change. The team works flexibly from home or the office. There will be a need to attend physical engagement events in Devon, such as the County Show.  For more information on the GBP scheme, please visit www.exeter.ac.uk/internships .   

About You – For essential criteria you should be a graduate who has a degree in an environmental discipline, has excellent written and verbal communication skills, good organisational skills and excellent IT skills. You should have a keen interest in climate change, be a team player, be self-motivated and able to work unsupervised, have a good level of creativity and innovative ideas, be a strategic thinker, and have a commitment to equal opportunities. For desirable criteria, you should have experience in a communication field (including writing newsletters, articles, website material, using social media and other comms channels (video etc)), experience organising events and webinars, and experience of partnership working. It is also desirable you have basic design knowledge, experience of editing websites and a broad appreciation of local authority democratic and political processes.

The Benefits to You - You will have access to a wide range of benefits, rewards and recognition from the University, including a generous pension, a holiday allowance of 39 days per year, Totum Card (student discount) and Salary Exchange Schemes (such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, and discounted membership to the university's sports facilities). The University offers extensive support to staff, including a structured Professional Development Review and Wellbeing Service plus 1:1 support from the Internships Team.   You will be offered a ‘How to Make the Most of Your Internship’ guide, bespoke mentoring, work shadow and career consultancy opportunities.

Application Closing Date: 28 April 2024

Interviews: 8 May 2024

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The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer which is 'Positive About Disabled People': if you have a disability, you should mention this in your application. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.