Vacancy: Engagement Officer
Salary: £26,000 – £29,000 pro-rata depending on experience (plus 9% Employer’s pension contribution and Life Insurance Scheme)
Contract: 5-Year Fixed Term
Hours: Part-time, up to 3 days per week
Employer: Wessex Rivers Trust
Closing date: 5pm, Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Interviews: Tuesday 17th June 2025
Wessex Rivers Trust (Wessex RT) is an environmental charity, dedicated to the protection and conservation of rivers and chalk streams in the Wessex area. Wessex RT is part of the Rivers Trust movement; the umbrella organisation helping to protect and enhance most of the UK’s rivers. The Trust acknowledges that education and engaging with a wide and diverse audience is essential to sustain long-term interest in our local chalk streams and empower local communities to take ownership of these precious rivers. To deliver on this ambition, the Trust offers an education and engagement programme to all areas of Wessex. We are a dynamic, growing and friendly team based in a beautiful location on the outskirts of Salisbury next to Hampshire Avon, an internationally renowned chalk stream.
Wessex RT is seeking to recruit an Engagement Officer to primarily support the development and implementation of engagement activities for an innovative and new project called ‘Our Healthy Headwaters,’ which will focus on the river catchments on the upper reaches of the Hampshire Avon. The post holder will connect with individuals, community groups, schools, businesses and local government organisations through a range of engagement strategies.
To apply, email your CV (not more than 3 pages) and a cover letter (1000 words maximum) describing your suitability for the role with explicit reference to the Person Specification to: recruitment@wessexrt.org.uk by 5pm, Tuesday 3rd June 2025. Interviews will take place on Tuesday 17th June 2025.
