Engagement Assistant

Contract type: 12 Months Fixed Term
Hours: Full time, 36 hours per week

About City of Trees

City of Trees is the Community Forest for Greater Manchester and a registered charity dedicated to creating greener, healthier places. Through tree planting, woodland management and community engagement, we help tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis while improving wellbeing, skills and local environments across the region. Proudly rooted in Greater Manchester, we're passionate about making our communities better, one tree at a time.

Role overview

We’re looking for a person with a passion for the outdoors and engaging with communities. The post holder will primarily be involved in the delivery of a range of different City of Trees engagement events across Greater Manchester including tree planting, environmental education, woodland management, greenspace improvement and other conservation and engagement work. As part of these projects, the successful applicant will support and assist the development of our Citizen Forester events programme to engage with the local and diverse communities in the region. This includes working with a variety of groups including schools, corporate volunteers, local communities.

Key duties and responsibilities include:

• Lead and deliver Citizen Forester volunteering and community engagement events across a variety of locations.
• Take responsibility for health and safety, ensuring events are planned and delivered safely
• Facilitate tree planting, woodland management and practical conservation activities
• Support the development and promotion of the volunteer programme by building relationships with communities, partners and stakeholders.
• Manage event logistics, record-keeping and monitoring project outcomes.
• Be the friendly face of City of Trees, representing us across Greater Manchester

The above list is not exhausted of all duties and responsibilities. Please note this role includes many practical activities and includes working outside in all weathers with the need to be on your feet for extended periods of time.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience of working in the environmental sector, ideally within a tree and woodland setting
• Experience planning & leading practical community engagement events
• Experience of working with and managing volunteers
• Awareness of health and safety processes involved in project delivery
• Professional, approachable and confident leading events

The Perks

• Flexi-time
• 25 days paid holiday plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time employees)
• Training and development opportunities
• Employer match up to 8% contribution pension scheme after 3-months service
• Cycle to work scheme

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 25th October. Face to face interviews are due to take place Monday 2nd November at the City of Trees office in Trafford.