Overview

Salary: £23,000 pro rata

Closing date: Monday 8th May 2017

Location: Bristol

Salary: £23,000 pro rata Fixed term maternity cover, 30 hours per week. We’re looking for an enthusiastic, creative Communications Officer to join our team and help us promote Avon Wildlife Trust and the work we do with nature, wildlife and people to new and existing audiences.

The role will include working on media relations, digital and social media, events, campaigns and publications to help more people of all ages engage with nature and wildlife in their everyday lives. If you have 1-2 years’ communications experience, the skills to bring nature to life in fun and creative ways for diverse audiences, and are good at finding and shaping compelling stories then we’d love to hear from you.

Avon Wildlife Trust is a charity dedicated to working with local people for local wildlife, covering the West of England region (former county of Avon). It is supported by more than 17,500 members, manages 37 nature reserves and educates 10,000 children a year, and is one of 47 Wildlife Trusts in the UK.

About Avon Wildlife Trust

Avon Wildlife Trust is the largest local charity working to protect wildlife in the West of England area (formerly the County of Avon - Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire).

With the support of over 17,000 members, 1500 volunteers and corporate support, we are the largest local charity working to protect wildlife and inspire people. We care for 36 nature reserves, from ancient bluebell woods to Iron Age forts, nationally important wetlands, and wildflower meadows. We run award-winning educational and community programmes. And we work with landowners in the wider countryside, to reduce the decline in wildlife by creating a Living Landscape.