Digital Marketing Officer

Forestry England; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

An environmental organization is seeking a Digital Marketing Officer for a Fixed Term Contract. The role involves delivering first-class digital advertising to enhance awareness of Forestry England's initiatives. Candidates should have experience in digital marketing and the ability to engage customers through creative content. The position offers a hybrid working model with benefits such as pension contributions and generous holiday allowances.

Benefits

28.97% pension contribution

25 days holiday, plus additional

Employee benefits scheme

Free parking

Commitment to career development

Qualifications

• Experience in digital marketing or advertising.
• Strong creative and data-driven mindset.
• Ability to manage external agencies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver digital adverts across multiple channels.
• Develop inspiring content to engage customers.
• Manage larger scale campaigns with external agencies.

Skills

Digital advertising

Content creation

Data analysis

Customer engagement

Job description

Job Introduction

We are Forestry England.
We live and breathe forests.

Job title Digital Marketing Officer
Salary – £33,854 pro rata
Contract type Fixed Term Contract – Maternity Cover (up to 12 months)
Hours 29.6 hours per week
Vacancy closes 8th January 2026 23:58

Join us. We’re foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment. Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We’re providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber.

What you’ll do

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a creative and data‑driven digital marketing team to increase awareness of Forestry England and our work. In this role, you will be delivering first‑class digital adverts across multiple digital channels to support Forestry England’s communication goals.

You will primarily focus on engaging our customers through inspiring digital paid advertising content, developing compelling content that encourages a love of the outdoors and a sense of adventure for all ages. You will work independently on in‑house campaigns, and manage an external advertising agency on larger scale campaigns. Your role will be to ensure content meets user needs and drives conversions across the right digital channel at the right time.

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work

Hybrid working will be considered for this role, with a minimum of 1 day per week in the Forestry England national office in Bristol.

Benefits

Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.

• 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year of service, up to 30 days (pro‑rated for part‑time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
• STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays, clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
• Free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
• A commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

How to apply

You will be asked to write a 200‑word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

You will be assessed on experience, a technical skill and behaviours during your interview.

Behaviours assessed at interview

• Seeing the Bigger Picture
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email .

If you’re planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you’ve read our guidelines here first.

Nationality Requirements

Read More About Nationality Requirements Here.

Working for the Civil Service

Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is also part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative.

Within Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English.

Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in line with/the selection principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email: .