Engagement Officer - Midlands Net Zero Hub

ESPO Trading Limited; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is seeking an Engagement Officer to support communications and marketing projects for the Midlands Net Zero Hub. The role reports to the Communications and Engagement Manager and requires collaboration across internal teams and external partners.

The successful candidate will help develop plans, campaigns and deliver activities that align with hub objectives, while monitoring sector trends and ensuring up-to-date practices. Hybrid working is available.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting communications and marketing plans and campaigns.
• Ability to build relationships across teams and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of measuring campaign effectiveness and ROI.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of communications and marketing plans and campaigns.
• Build relationships across the Midlands Net Zero Hub team and external partners.
• Monitor issues, developments and competitor activity to ensure currency and best practice.

Skills

Relationship building

Campaign planning

Communication

ROI benchmarking

Job description

Contract Type: Fixed Term until March 2027

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £33,673 (Level one) rising to £36,581 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location:Clocktower, Eastcroft Depot, London Road, Nottingham, NG2 3AH

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

About the Role

The Midlands Net Zero Hub is funded by The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, and is hosted by Nottingham City Council.

The Engagement Officer role will be responsible for/proactively supporting the delivery of a number of communication and marketing projects, campaigns or on-going service marketing initiatives to support Midlands Net Zero Hub objectives.

The successful candidate will report directly to the Communications and Engagement Manager.

About You

The ideal candidate will:

• Support the Communications & Marketing in the development and delivery of communications and marketing plan/s and campaigns, offering creative and innovative ideas
• Form a key part of the Midlands Net Zero Hub team with responsibility for building relationships across the Midlands
• Keep up to date with key issues and developments and competitor analysis in all related communications and marketing activity, channels and e-marketing, particularly in relation to user generated content, new and emerging technologies to ensure the currency to ensure the council is at the cutting-edge of sector best practice, through benchmarking, monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness e.g. ROI.
• Knowledge/experience of a creative internal and external focused approach to communications and marketing of services and products with a good grasp of related processes and technique

This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Sharina Manku, Communications and Engagement Manager, by email at [e-mail]

Closing Date:

Monday 29th September 2026

Interviews will be held: From Thursday 8th October 2026

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