Going Green Together Project Officer for VONNE
Contract Type: Fixed term
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Part time
Application deadline:
Salary: £27,711 to 28,624 Pro Rata
Salary Type: Salary Scale
Location: Regionwide
Role description: Officer
Based: The role will be carried out both in-person and remotely including partner office locations in County Durham and Tees Valley. The role will also involve travel across the North East to meet participants and attend events.
Hours: Part time, 3 days per week
VONNE are seeking an individual with strong communication skills, a can do approach and passion for environmental action to support our environmental project Going Green Together.
Going Green Together is a unique support programme, helping voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations across the North East to become environmentally sustainable and get involved in climate action. We’ve helped over 200 organisations so far through our pilot scheme and are delighted to have been funded by The National Lottery through The National Lottery Community Fund, Point North Community Foundation, and Tees Foundation, to expand and continue our work.
Voluntary Organisations’ Network North East (VONNE) is the regional support body for the VCSE sector, and Going Green Together supports our vision to be a source of expert information, knowledge and support for the sector. We’re looking for someone who shares this vision to join our team and help our sector become a power for positive change in the space of environmental sustainability.
Through this dynamic and people-orientated role, you’ll be working closely with the Project Coordinator and our partners to communicate with our participants, plan and deliver events, support the project’s administration and monitoring, and provide one-to-one environmental support for the diverse range of charities, community groups, and other grassroots organisations who are helped by our project.
Responsibilities:
- Build relationships with key stakeholder and be a positive ambassador for the project and VONNE across the region
- Deliver one to one support for project participants
- Support project communications and marketing
- Administrate meetings with key partners and VCAA
- Delivery of the events programme
- Contribute to the production of toolkits and resources
- Maintain the Going Green Together website
- Contributing to monitoring and evaluation of the project
- Deliver copy for newsletter and blog posts
Essential criteria:
- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Strong digital skills, including use of social media and Microsoft programmes including Excel.
- Well-organised, with confidence in data-based and administrative tasks.
- Experience of the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector, for instance through volunteering or previously working for a charity or community group.
- Driver’s licence and your own transportation. This role may include travel to beneficiaries in rural locations with limited public transport access.
Desirable criteria:
- Experience of delivering support and/or training opportunities.
- Previous project officer experience within the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector.
- Experience of working in a partnership-based project structure.
- Experience of, or accreditation in, environmental sustainability and climate action.
- Experience of monitoring and evaluation processes.
To complete your application, please fill in the attached job application form and ED form and return these to recruitment@vonne.org.uk.
The deadline for applications is Tuesday, 21 January 2025 at 10am. Interviews will be held on Wednesday, 29 January and Thursday, 30 January 2025.
The position is part time for three days a week, and fixed term lasting until 30 September 2027. The role will be carried out both in-person and remotely including partner office locations in County Durham and Tees Valley. The role will also involve travel across the North East to meet participants and attend events.
You can download the recruitment pack below to find out more about the role and VONNE, and you can visit the Going Green Together project website at www.goinggreentogether.org. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Menisha Gela at Menisha.gela@vonne.org.uk
VONNE is a registered charity, no. 1084083