NRO Engagement & Communications Coordinator

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; Wallingford; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is seeking a motivated Communications & Engagement Coordinator on a 12‑month secondment to support the NRO Secretariat. The role offers remote or hybrid working and will help maintain clear communications, coordinate engagement activity and gather evidence of impact across member organisations.

The secondee will work with senior stakeholders, supporting content creation, events, templates and collaboration tools while aligning with home organisation priorities

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft clear, accurate and usable content.
• Strong organizational skills, with confidence managing multiple priorities, deadlines and follow-up actions.
• Good interpersonal skills, with the confidence to represent NRO professionally and build positive working relationships across multiple organisations.
• Some practical experience supporting communications, engagement or project coordination.
• Experience drafting content for websites, newsletters, social media or member-facing communications.
• Experience coordinating events, campaigns, or stakeholder engagement activity.
• Experience supporting project coordination, including tracking actions, deadlines, decisions or risks.
• Experience maintaining shared inboxes, document libraries, action trackers or contact lists.
• Interest in the research and innovation landscape, public policy or cross-organisational collaboration.
• Ability to prepare content and materials using agreed templates, formatting and approval routes.

Responsibilities

• Supporting NRO communications, including content planning, tracking opportunities and coordinating inputs from member organisations.
• Drafting first-pass content for member updates, web copy, newsletters, social media, event materials and stakeholder communications.
• Gathering updates, examples, case studies and evidence of NRO activity and impact from member organisations.
• Helping maintain agreed templates, key messages and shared materials so communications are clear, consistent and usable.
• Liaising confidently and professionally with member organisations, senior stakeholders and Executive Assistants to coordinate meetings, information requests and routine engagement.
• Supporting the NRO Communications Working Group, including meeting preparation and follow-up.
• Helping coordinate events, workshops and external engagement activity as required, including practical logistics and supporting materials.

Skills

Written communication

Organization

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft Office

Content drafting

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Job description

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is seeking a motivated Communications & Engagement Coordinator on a 12‑month secondment to support the NRO Secretariat. The role offers remote or hybrid working and will help maintain clear communications, coordinate engagement activity and gather evidence of impact across member organisations.

The secondee will work with senior stakeholders, supporting content creation, events, templates and collaboration tools while aligning with home organisation priorities