Education, Communications and Outreach Officer

Job description

Ready to find the right role for you?

Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 per annum (depending on experience) plus Veolia benefits

Location: Camden, London

Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Please submit a max 1 page cover letter and max 2 page CV in order to apply.

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you:

• Access to our company pension scheme
• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
• 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
• One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What you'll be doing:

• Develop and deliver recycling improvement and community engagement projects to change resident behaviours and improve recycling rates.

• Deliver ECO activities planned for the contract to meet objectives, these can include school visits, pop-up community events, doorstepping and the development of recycling communication materials.

• Support the Contract ECO Manager to provide day to day communication support for the contract as required, this can involve writing letters and emails to residents, posting calendars and organising collections for waste and recycling.

• Support the Digital and PR team as needed with reactive media and social media enquiries

• Communicate with various employees from Veolia to help with the running of day to day operations around Camden Borough.

• Deliver internal communication campaigns to improve our safety performance and working culture.

What we're looking for:

• Experience delivering behaviour change and/or community engagement techniques and analysing results

• Experience of project and event development and delivery
• Superb written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills
• Experience of building strong stakeholder relationships
• Ability to identify food news stories and develop them in partnership with PR team

• A flexible and proactive approach that prioritises meeting our client and service user needs
• Recycling and waste industry knowledge
• Understanding or experience of working with local authorities
• Ability to develop creative visual content across multiple formats
• Advanced understanding of data management and analysis
• Understanding of PR, social media, social advertising and digital communications

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation and Highly Commended as a workplace for 55+. This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

Here at Veolia, we're proud to be known as an equal opportunities employer. We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. So no matter their age, gender, gender expression, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexuality or veteran status, every applicant who meets the minimum requirements will be considered fully.