Submitted by Susannah Cook on Wed, 2024-04-10 08:32
About you:
The University of Cambridge is seeking an organised and committed individual to join the University's Environmental Sustainability Team as the Communications and Engagement Assistant.
The Environmental Sustainability Team is responsible for developing and implementing long-term plans to improve the University's performance across a wide range of areas of environmental sustainability.
This role will support the whole Environmental Sustainability Team's communications and engagement work, reporting to the Sustainability Engagement Manager but working across the team.
This position is not degree specific, but applicants must have a passion and some knowledge of climate and environmental issues. Candidates should have an interest and/or knowledge in communications, marketing or social media management. Candidates must have the ability to communicate complex concepts in a user-friendly way which is appropriate to the target audience, as well as well-developed organisational skills and the ability to establish and manage projects.
This is a great opportunity for someone with a passion for sustainablity and desire to potentially build a career in communications, engagement and/or Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). Good audio-visual design skills; experience of working with developing visual resources would also be desirable.
Benefits of working at the University of Cambridge include:
- Competitive rates of pay with automatic service related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities;
- Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family friendly schemes (e.g. workplace nurseries)
- An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;
- Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores;
- Schemes to support with relocation
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 6 months in the first instance.
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please email Estates Division on EDR@admin.cam.ac.uk