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About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an External Engagement Officer to design and deliver strategic campaigns to support local authorities to promote recycling and waste minimisation. Develop engaging digital social media content, lead on reactive and proactive press, and communicate with residents to solve issues.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver strategic campaigns to promote recycling and waste minimisation.
Develop engaging digital social media content in multiple formats, including video.
Communicate with residents using innovative digital techniques to impact recycling rates.
Lead on reactive and proactive press for your area.
Identify and develop good news stories throughout the year.
Communicate with residents to solve issues.
Deliver face-to-face community engagement activities to achieve project goals.
Respond to resident complaints on social media.
Identify target groups and develop appropriate strategies to deliver key messages.
Deliver community events.
Conduct door-knocking in target areas.
Work in a team to deliver projects.
Manage a varied workload.
Work unsupervised when necessary.
Collaborate with teammates.
Be available to work weekends and evenings occasionally.

Requirements

Must include a CV and a covering letter evidencing how you meet the job criteria.
Applications without a CV and a covering letter will not be considered.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Understand how to utilise social media campaigns and tailor communication to different audiences.
Confident in developing content in multiple formats.
Possess filming and basic video editing skills.
Have excellent attention to detail, planning and organisational skills.
Proven ability to prioritise workloads and multi-task.
Experience of complaint resolution and speaking to the public.
Knowledge of the recycling sector (desirable).
Experience working with local authorities (desirable).
Experience designing and delivering social media, social advertising and digital campaigns (desirable).
Experience dealing with media proactively and reactively (desirable).
Full UK Driving Licence and experience of driving in the UK (preferable/desirable).

Skills

Social media campaigns
Content development (video)
Filming
Basic video editing
Attention to detail
Planning
Organisational skills
Prioritisation
Multi-tasking
Complaint resolution
Public speaking
Social media advertising
Digital campaigns
Media relations

Location

Wiggenhall Road, Watford, WD18 0FB
210 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9JY

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Depending on experience

Salary/Compensations

£32,000 depending on experience

Benefits

25 days of annual leave
Access to company pension scheme
Discounts on groceries and from well-known retailers
Access to resources for physical, mental and financial health
One paid day of leave per year to volunteer
Ongoing training and development opportunities
Employee financial wellbeing support (early access to earned pay, savings, budgeting, financial coaching & reward)

About the Company

Veolia is committed to helping the world take better care of its resources and become a better place for everyone.
Committed to pushing for genuine change and bringing the ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.
Veolia employees work alongside communities, look after the environment, and contribute to an inclusive culture.
Named one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years (2023, 2024, 2025).
Dedicated to supporting the application journey and offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate.
A proud Disability Confident Employer.
Committed to ensuring fair treatment without discrimination, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Equal Opportunity

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.
Committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.