This role has a starting salary of GBP38,746 per annum, based on a 36 hour working week. This is a 12-month fixed term contract opportunity.
We're on the lookout for a confident and positive individual to join us as our Countryside Stakeholder Engagement Officer. This role provides an exciting opportunity to work with people from a range of backgrounds including community groups, charities and a range of other services across Surrey County Council.
The role works flexibly through a mix of office, site, and home-based working with an expectation to attend our countryside base in Merrow (Guildford) at least 2 days a week. To support work with partners and other stakeholders you will be required to attend meetings around the County, therefore you will need to have the willingness and ability to travel around the county to meet the demands of the role.
Rewards and Benefits
About the Team
The Visitor Services team are dedicated to ensuring residents and visitors have a great experience across Surrey's Countryside Estate, from finding information before they arrive to the memories they keep long after they've left. The team covers a broad spectrum of areas including communications and engagement, activities, events and even filming.
We want to help people engage with, appreciate and care for the countryside as much as we do, so that it can be enjoyed and protected by future generations.
About the Role
The Countryside Stakeholder Engagement Officer will act as a visible point of contact for the public and our partners, presenting the Council in a positive and approachable way. They will coordinate responses to queries, drive engagement with countryside initiatives, cascade communications and work to gain broader representation beyond traditional audiences. This post will line manage the Countryside Liaison Officer, with both roles offering cover for each other as necessary.
In addition to working with some of our established forums and partnership groups, this role will also focus on proactively reaching out to community leaders to co-design new partnership projects that support our objectives and give residents a feeling of civic pride and custodianship of the countryside.
People can be very passionate about countryside issues, and not everyone will share the same point of view. The successful candidate will use their positive attitude and problem-solving skills to find solutions to problems, manage expectations and reach workable compromises. Understanding the people we want to reach aren't always available during traditional working hours, there may be a need for some occasional evening and weekend work.
Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:
As part of the application process, you will be asked to upload your CV and answer the following questions:
Answers to these questions will be scored and used for shortlisting purposes. The full role profile can be found at the bottom of the advert; please refer to this when writing your answers.
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 19/05/2024 with interviews planned for 27/05/2024.
Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.
We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.