Campaign and Events Officer

General Information

Job Title	Campaign and Events Officer (Communications)
Employed by	Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful
Reporting to	Head of Communications
Job Purpose	Deliver a range of communication campaigns and events at Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful
Hours of business	Flexible business hours 8am-6pm. Core hours 10am-4pm.
Location	Hybrid working policy, 2 days in Belfast office per week
Hours / week	37.5
Salary	£29,462 per annum
Contract type	Permanent, subject to funding

Application window: Applications will close 9am Monday 2^nd^ March

Purpose of Role

The post holder will be tasked with delivering communication campaigns and events, both digital and in-person, across the full range of programmes within Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful.

For the events element of the role, the post holder will support the successful delivery of activities, from in-person formal events, to information stalls, to community-led clean-ups and virtual celebrations.

As well as delivering campaigns and events, the post holder will be expected to provide general communications support, including development of written and visual materials for website, social media and print to assist in the promotion, marketing and identifying opportunities for the expansion of the programmes within Northern Ireland. You will be required to travel to different parts of Northern Ireland regularly to deliver the role.

Duties and Expected Outcomes

About Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful

Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful (KNIB) is an independent charity established in 2000. Through education, engagement and empowerment, we seek to inspire change by connecting people to nature. Activities include:

• Live Here Love Here: A positive, people-powered campaign that encourages volunteers to appreciate and care for their local areas through regular clean-ups, biodiversity and community gardening projects. Some of the key programmes in Live Here Love Here are Adopt a Spot, The BIG Spring Clean and Healthy Oceans, Healthy Minds.
• Environmental Education: Focuses on educating children, young people, communities and businesses on environmental issues and inspiring climate action. This includes Eco-Schools and the 30 Under 30 Northern Ireland Climate Change Makers programmes.
• Local Environmental Quality: Recognises and rewards well-managed green and blue spaces across Northern Ireland, particularly through the Green Flag for Parks, Blue Flag for Beaches and Marinas, and Seaside Awards.

Campaigns

Support KNIB campaigns within sphere of responsibility ensuring all targets and deadlines are met and budgets strictly adhered to.

• Create campaigns content for websites, newsletters and social media as required.
• Create campaign asset packs, that can be shared with partners and stakeholders.

Events

• Maintain an up-to-date events calendar of all Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful events.
• Organise a range of public-facing and stakeholder engagement events as required, including e.g. Green Flag Awards.
• Update all relevant external online events calendar for Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful.
• Develop and maintain an up-to-date events contacts and invitee database.
• Liaise regularly with the management team to ascertain event needs.
• Produce events specifications and liaise with venues and suppliers.
• Administer the invitation and RSVP process.
• Co-ordinate the provision of all necessary marketing materials.
• Deliver detailed events running orders and brief relevant members of the team.
• Lead the on-site set-up of events.
• Fulfil event hosting duties, such as, guest reception, speaker guidance, sponsor set-up etc.

Administration

• Respond to all general enquiries.
• Respond to specific enquiries that require a technical answer.
• Produce reports on all activities undertaken as may be required.
• As required, represent Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful at relevant meetings.
• Assist in any other duties as may be required from time to time.

Person Specification

Essential

• A relevant degree-level qualification, or three years' equivalent relevant experience.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
• One year's professional experience in a communications role, including creating content for social media, websites and newsletters.
• One year's experience of events management, including: budget management; venue research; contract negotiation; utilisation of software such as Canva and Eventbrite for the invitation process; scheduling staff and communicating/coordinating their responsibilities for the day of the event; processing invoices to ensure vendor payments, etc.
• Well-developed ICT skills, using the Microsoft Office suite, Canva and MailChimp.
• Experience managing time effectively in the face of competing demands.
• Full current driving licence and access to a suitable means of transport to enable you to carry out the duties and responsibilities.

Desirable

• Experience of working in the voluntary or environmental sector.
• Experience delivering communications campaigns.
• Experience working with a range of stakeholders and partners.

General

The person appointed will work from our office in Belfast a minimum of 2 days per week and may work from home the rest of the week. You will also be expected to travel to event sites, attend photo calls and meetings etc. as required.

IT support and hardware is provided for all staff to enable them to be efficient and effective in their work.

Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful operates flexible office hours between 8am and 6pm, with core hours between 10am and 4pm. Your normal days of work will be Monday to Friday, but given the nature of the work, this role requires flexibility to support communities at their pace and will involve some evening and weekend working. Flexibility for this is vital and time-in-lieu will be offered in return. Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful operates a 4-day working week of 30 hours with staff benefitting from a paid "non-working day". On occasion you may be required to work on your non-working day.

This position is funded through the DAERA Environment Fund.

Environmental Stewardship

Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful is a community-focused organisation with a commitment to reducing its impact on the planet. A key approach in achieving this is through Carbon Literacy training for all employees. This programme, delivered in partnership with the Carbon Literacy Project, raises awareness about the climate change challenge that we all face as well as the commitments we can make to behaviour change that will help reduce emissions.

New employees will be expected to attend Carbon Literacy training as part of their induction process and contribute to an ongoing dialogue within the organisation about how we can reduce our carbon impact and improve levels of sustainability.

Authority

All staff are expected to:

• Commission work only in line with company procedures, and always obtain best value.
• Refer any media interest or potential news stories to their line manager.
• Operate within the organisation's policies and procedures at all times.
• Only commission marketing channels (especially print) in line with those agreed by the Chief Executive.

About Us

Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful is an independent charity dedicated to connecting people with nature. We seek to do this through Education, Community Engagement and Empowerment, providing pathways for people to learn about and participate in creating a cleaner, greener and more sustainable Northern Ireland. Through our work, and the network of people who are involved, we believe people can and should work together to create transformational change.

Vital to this is the work of the LEQ Department. Through the annual Cleaner Neighbourhoods report and the Marine Litter report, we provide important and accurate information to government, councils and the public about the current situation in Northern Ireland. The accreditation programmes we run with international and UK-wide partners help define and maintain standards in our public spaces.

Sitting alongside this work, Live Here Love Here is about community engagement, with volunteering being a key strand of the public-private-NGO partnership that has made the programme a success for over a decade. Eco-Schools and our Climate Action programmes ensure people of all ages can access scientific-based learning about the environment, and why and how everyone has a role to play.

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