At a Glance
- Tasks: Plan and deliver engaging marketing campaigns and community events to raise awareness.
- Company: Greener Kirkcaldy, a community-led charity focused on climate action and local support.
- Benefits: Flexible working, generous leave, wellbeing support, and training opportunities.
- Other info: Join a diverse team committed to inclusivity and community engagement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on your community and the environment while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Recent graduates or those with communications experience; creativity and enthusiasm are key.
The predicted salary is between 25000 - 30000 £ per year.
Overview
Greener Kirkcaldy is a community-led charity working locally to bring people together, take positive action on the climate emergency and support people through fuel poverty and food insecurity.
We deliver a range of projects, events and skills training to achieve the needs and goals of local people – building resilience as a community and working towards a future where everyone can live better and tread more lightly on our planet.
Based in the heart of Kirkcaldy – with a community building, training kitchen, bike shop and garden – we carry out activities across Kirkcaldy and work with partners to deliver projects across Fife.
Responsibilities
- Plan, develop and deliver marketing, communications, campaigns and events programmes to increase public awareness and participation.
- Create content for social media, the website and newsletters.
- Organise, promote and deliver community events and manage the events calendar and booking systems.
- Support marketing campaigns and work cross‑departmentally to share the impact of Greener Kirkcaldy’s work.
- Assist in digital marketing, media, design and community engagement activities.
Qualifications
- Recent graduates or individuals beginning a communications career, or those who have gained communications experience through university, volunteering, work or personal projects.
- Creative, organised and enthusiastic about community engagement.
- Willingness to learn and build skills under training, mentoring and support from the team.
Benefits
- Flexible and hybrid working.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and sick pay.
- Excellent wellbeing, training and development opportunities.
- Generous annual leave with flexibility to take time off at times that matter most.
- Social events.
- Opportunity to make a real impact through meaningful work that benefits local people and the environment.
- Diversity and Inclusion
We want Greener Kirkcaldy to be an inclusive and diverse charity where everyone feels supported, valued and able to be themselves.
We take part in Fife Centre for Equalities’ Equality Pathfinders programme and the Race Equality Environmental Programme facilitated by CEMVO Scotland.
Our Equalities Action Plan sets out the steps we are taking to improve diversity and inclusion.
We encourage applications from people of any background.
We know that our sector particularly lacks staff and volunteers with Minority Ethnic backgrounds and disabled people.
If you identify as Minority Ethnic or have a disability, we welcome your application.
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