Community Engagement & Partnership (Account) Coordinator – Trees for Streets

Package: £30k per annum full-time, plus pension, healthcare and 29 days
holiday

Location: Based at Trees for Cities’ office in Kennington, SE11. Hybrid
working with min 2 days per week in the office – you can do more. There is some travel across
the UK required.

HELP US FILL THE UK’S STREETS WITH TREES

Do you want to help us with our mission to fill the UK’s streets with trees? Do you enjoy
working with people and communities? Are you someone who can make things happen? Would you
describe yourself as super organised? If you’re nodding your head, then we have the perfect
job…

We looking for a Community Engagement & Partnership (Account) Coordinator on our exciting
Trees for Streets project. It’s the National Street Trees Sponsorship Scheme. We run both a
national online fundraising platform, and also work directly with local communities up and down
the country.

Your job will be to engage with local residents, community groups and other local stakeholders
to help them raise sponsorship and funding for new street trees. You will also manage
relationships with a portfolio of local authority partners – acting in an account management
capacity.

This is an exciting new position in a fast-paced and friendly charity, ideally suited for
someone who is well organised with the ability to manage a busy workload. You’ll have an
achievement-oriented attitude and strong communication skills. Expect fun, hard work, and a
varying workload.

You will manage some established and some new relationships with our local authority partners.
Promoting the scheme positively, helping maintain a direction of growth, and managing
relationships with a variety of stakeholders including residents, community groups, local
councillors, and officers.

WHO WE ARE

Trees for Streets is a project run by the national charity Trees for Cities,
in collaboration with the social innovator, Start with Local. Now in our third year, we’re
working with a growing number of local authorities (including a third of London boroughs, and
several cities across the UK), and as a result, we’re in the process of increasing the size of
the project team.

Trees for Cities is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. We value diversity and
are committed to promoting diversity within the workplace. We aim to ensure that our employees
achieve their full potential and that all employment decisions, including recruitment, are
taken without reference to irrelevant or discriminatory criteria. A full copy of our Equal
Opportunities Policy can be provided on request.

We are looking for someone who is full of enthusiasm and drive. We’re open to a wide pool of
applicants, including people who aim to break into the charity sector and those who are
returning to work after a career break.

HOW TO APPLY

Click here to view the full job
description on our website.

Final closing date to apply: We’re running a rolling application process, interviewing
candidates as applications are received. The final deadline is midnight Sunday 1st of
October 2023. We reserve the right to offer the role when we find a suitable
candidate.

Please send us your CV and a cover letter (please include your home address) by email to
[email protected] with the subject heading ‘Community Engagement &
Partnership (Account) Coordinator – Trees for Streets’.

If you are selected for interview, you will be contacted within a few days of receipt of your
application. As we need to fill this role quickly, we reserve the right to interview suitable
candidates straight away.

If you do not hear from us within this period then you should assume that, unfortunately, on
this occasion, you have been unsuccessful. 1st Interviews will be conducted online. We will be
interviewing suitable candidates as applications are received and reserve the right to complete
the recruitment process before the deadline.

Trees for Cities is the first UK environmental organisation to have been awarded social value
certification. Trees for Cities is an equal opportunities employer.

No agencies.

Registered Charity No: 1032154.