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							               Communication Facilitator
                      The Sustainability Office, University of Edinburgh

       £9.60 per hour, 14-21 hours per week, flexible for exceptional candidates

The Sustainability Office of the University seeks to appoint an individual to support the delivery of a
range of communication campaigns aimed at staff and students. The Communication Facilitator
role is 14-21 hours per week, flexible for exceptional candidates.
Background
With a population of more than 36,000, the Sustainability Office has identified personal impact as
the driving force behind our carbon footprint. As a result the Sustainability Office has developed a
range of exciting programmes over the last few years to engage staff and students with
sustainability related issues. Our main project is our ground-breaking Sustainability Engagement
social marketing project, which has seen our team meet thousands of staff face-to-face and work
with them to solve issues and save energy in buildings.
As a successful candidate, you will support the delivery of this project, as well as a number of other
behaviour change communications campaigns, including but not limited to the resolution of the
following campaign aims:
         Encouraging staff to save energy, and to organise into energy saving groups
         Improving the uptake of video conference services and reducing business flights
         Promote enrolment into sustainability training programmes, workshops and award schemes
Role
Communication Facilitator (Flexible, 14-21 hours per week, £9.60 per hour)
The purpose of the Communication Facilitator role is to support the delivery of communications
campaigns that measurably promote behaviour change and contribute towards fostering a
sustainable, low carbon University. You will work with academic and support staff, and students
across the University primarily through the development and implementation of social and
engagement marketing campaigns. Experience of marketing standards, including social marketing,
graphics design, and social and digital media would be valuable. You will be expected to lead on
raising awareness and prompting behaviour change on a range of issues throughout the
University’s campus sites, liaising with local management and senior academics, and reporting to
relevant colleagues within Estates and Buildings, and the Sustainability Office.
Person specification
                  Essential                               Desirable                      Would be
                                                                                         Evaluated by

 Skills           Good level of verbal, written           Ability to meet targets and    Application
                  communication and numeric skills.       to monitor & demonstrate       / Interview
                                                          results against targets

                  Personal organisation, particularly     Leadership ability             Application
                  time management skills                                                 / Interview

                  Liaising with diverse university        Confidence in delivering       Application
                  academics, support staff and students   presentations                  / Interview

                  Computer literate, able to work with    Graphics design and/or         Application
                  spreadsheets.                           video editing experience

 Knowledge        Broad understanding of environmental    Knowledge of social or         Application
                  issues and diverse range of political   behaviour change
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                and social responses                      marketing                      / Interview

 Qualifica-     Completed secondary school                HNC/HND or equivalent +        Application
 tions          education with good grades                relevant work experience

 Experience     Experience organising events and          Experience supporting          Application
                practical experience developing           volunteers                     / Interview
                marketing campaigns

                Experience of teamwork (including                                        Application
                sharing of workload)                                                     / Interview

                Ability to operate on own initiative      Understanding of change        Application
                within a supportive framework             activities in an institution   / Interview
                                                          similar to Edinburgh

                Experience using and modifying                                           Application
                websites                                                                 / Interview

                Friendly, supportive and                  Experience managing            Interview
                approachable                              social networking tools.

                Experience in a public-facing role                                       Application
                liaising with a diverse range of people                                  / Interview

 Personal       Willing and able to work as part of a     Experience of consensus        Interview
 attributes     small team.                               decision making

                Capacity for dealing creatively with      Demonstrable commitment Application
                the challenges of cooperative working     to environmental justice / Interview
                structures                                and protection issues

Employment terms
Communication Facilitator:
£9.60 per hour,14-21 hours per week.

The contract will be on an hours to be notified (HTBN) basis.

Work related travel and other expenses reimbursed

Office base: 13 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT initially
Dates of employment: From November 2012
Hours: Primarily between 9-5, but the role will require evening work at times.
Deadline for applications is 5pm, Wednesday 31st October.
Interviews will take place on Friday 9th November following shortlisting on Thursday 1st
November.


Please submit attached Application Form with optional covering letter & CV (a maximum of 4
pages) to Joseph Farthing, Communication Coordinator Joseph.Farthing@ed.ac.uk

Please call Joseph on 0131 6504063 or 07920404405 with any questions.


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     Application Form for Communication Facilitator 2012
                               Please send applications to Joseph.Farthing@ed.ac.uk
                                Closing date is 5pm, Wednesday 31st October 2012.
Please answer all sections on this Application Form. You may provide a 1 page CV but it should be pasted into
          this document at the end along with any covering letter for a total of no more than 4 pages

1. Personal
          First name(s):                                                Surname:
  Edinburgh Address:
   (include post code)
   Telephone – home:
     Telephone – day:
                   Email:
Confirmation that you have permission to work in the UK. (Unfortunately we can only
                                                                                                                           Yes / No
accept applications from candidates with permission to work in the UK)

3. How do you measure up to each of the person specification criteria for the role?
This is the main section of the application form. Before completing this section, please read the role offered and person specification
carefully. Please give details demonstrating how you meet the criteria set out in the personal specification by referring to previous
experience (paid or voluntary), skills, achievements and any other information relevant to this post. Only to the end of this page, please!
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4. If you are currently employed, or have been recently, please provide details:
Employer’s name & address:
Dates:                                Salary:                     Post title:
Please give a brief description of the duties and responsibilities especially where relevant to this role:




5. Any Previous Employment/ work or volunteer experience. [Add more lines if you wish]
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6. Education, training and relevant qualifications
Description of course(s) undertaken, institution, educational and other skills / qualifications
                                                                                                  Dates (mm/yy) - (mm/yy)
obtained (including specialist in-house training, short courses etc.)




7. References
Please give details of three people, not related to you, who may be approached for references as to your suitability for
the post. One should be your current or last employer or your tutor / lecturer. Second & third should be people able to
comment on your abilities and experience in a work or volunteer role.
         Name:
      Position:
  Organisation
  and Address:
         Phone:
         Email:
Do you have any objections to references being sought prior to your interview? Yes/No [Choose ]
         Name:
      Position:
  Organisation
  and Address:
         Phone:
         Email:
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         Name:
      Position:
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I confirm that to the best of my knowledge the information given on this form is correct.
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   Please remove the 2 info pages at the beginning of this document and save as no more than 4 pages with filename
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      “yourSurname-Firstname.doc” and email to Joseph.Farthing@ed.ac.uk by 5pm, Wednesday 31 October.




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