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Operations & Engagement Coordinator
Hours: Part-time, 18.5hrs / week
Salary: £24,000 pro-rata (£12,000)
Contract length: Fixed term (until September 2027)
Birmingham TreePeople is hiring an Operations and Engagement Coordinator to join our small team on a part time (0.5) contract. The role will involve supporting the delivery of all the charity’s work, from planting trees to fundraising, content creation to strategy development. You’ll work in our small team alongside the Operations Manager and the Community Engagement and Co-production lead. This vital new position will increase our capacity to deliver meaningful engagement and a healthier and more diverse urban forest. The person we’re looking for will have the following skills and experience, ideal for the role:
– Digital and written literacy able to support administrative work across the charity.
– Excellent organisation and time management skills.
– Great communication skills and ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders. You’ll be able to adapt to communicate with different audiences.
– A confident speaker who’s able to be the key contact in group situations
We’re also looking for someone who can demonstrate the following desirable skills:
– Can draw on their knowledge and experience to creatively solve problems
– Works calmly and effectively and under their own initiative.
– Is passionate about social and environmental justice work and who wants to support greater equity in both areas.
– Has knowledge of tree species and arboriculture.
– Can work closely within our small team. We want someone who likes to collaborate and listen to other ideas and who is willing to be flexible with theirs.
– Is happy to be dynamic and support a range of tasks that may come up.
– Is open-minded, inclusive and respectful of others.
– Is interested in supporting the charity to grow over the coming years with a view to increase employee numbers, opportunities and audience.
Please see the link to the job pack below which gives more details about the role as well as the application process and timescales. The job pack is available in PDF format. Get in touch via email if you have any questions or require an alternative format for the job pack:
info@briminghamtreepeople.org.uk
Download the PDF job pack here
Deadline for applications is midnight on July 27th 2025
Interviews will be arranged from August 4th
Equal Opportunities Statement
Birmingham TreePeople will ensure that all existing and potential employees receive equal consideration and are committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Birmingham TreePeople are working toward having a staff team and board of trustees that better reflect the composition of the City’s population. To achieve this the Charity will take active and positive steps to eliminate discrimination, reduce the effects of past discrimination and to promote equality in employment. We welcome applications from people with characteristics and backgrounds currently under-represented in the arboriculture and environmental sectors.
www.birminghamtreepeople.org.uk
@birminghamtreepeople
Charity No. 1190536
This role is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund
Become a funding partner
Our work only exists because of grant funding and donations, so we’re always excited to hear from individuals or organisations who wish to support this vital work in Birmingham. We use our money to plant new trees, maintain and water newly planted trees, to pay our staff team and to fund the Charity’s core costs. Funding partners support Birmingham communities to plant trees in their neighbourhoods that can have an enormous impact on health and well-being, whilst also increasing local biodiversity and mitigating against high levels of air pollution, flood risk and urban heat island effects. If you’re interested in becoming a funding partner for Birmingham TreePeople please get in touch info@birminghamtreepeople.org.uk
