Head of Marketing Full Time

The Right Ethos – Specialist External Affairs Recruitment
Salary expectation: £54,000 This is a full-time role

The British Ecological Society was founded over a century ago by a group of individuals committed to supporting ecologists – scientists with a passion for the natural world. That commitment remains today and, with a global membership spanning 120 countries, we continue to shine a spotlight on the intricacy and importance of nature and support those who help us better understand it.

About you

To enable us to deliver our new Strategic Plan, we are looking for an experienced and creative professional who can help us realise our ambitions in how we market the organisation and our work, so delivering a step change in engagement, support and reach. Strategic and outgoing, you will enjoy working with communications, events, membership and publications teams, to develop and deliver audience-led marketing plans and activities across the organisation, including new processes and ways of working.

About the role

With an audience that ranges from university professors to conservation managers, from ecological consultants to farmers and landowners, and from government departments like Defra to funders like UKRI, this is a role that is full of variety and challenge. You will have a flair for language, an understanding of the importance of audience and will enjoy analysing and interpreting data to underpin successful campaigns that deliver vital support for our work.

A full job description, including person specification and competencies is available below.

Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK. Successful applicants will need to provide evidence that they have the right to live and work in the UK. The BES is unable to provide visa sponsorship and unable to hire anyone living outside the UK.

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and additional festive leave between Christmas and New Year
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Salary sacrifice pension (the Society contributes 8% of your gross salary, and you may contribute additionally to this)
• Hybrid working and 4-day work week trial (see below)
• Cycle to work scheme (after probation)
• Generous training budget (after probation)

Hybrid Working

BES staff are based at least 3 days per week at our office near Old Street in London. We endeavour to make our new custom-designed office a relaxed environment, with a casual dress-code, ping-pong table, Nespresso machine and regular social activities.

In July 2023 we launched an exciting trial of the ‘4-day Work Week’, available to all interested full-time staff. Further details can be discussed at the interview stage for successfully shortlisted candidates.

We work with a range of clients in the charity and non-profit sector: