Communications Co-ordinator

About Us

City to Sea is a leading environmental organisation dedicated to preventing plastic pollution at its source. We work on impactful campaigns that inspire individuals and businesses to make simple changes that prevent plastic pollution at source. We’re looking for a passionate and proactive Communications Co-ordinator to join our team and help us spread our message far and wide.

Role Purpose

As Communications Co-ordinator, you will play a key role in executing City to Sea’s communications strategy, collaborating closely with senior team members across the organisation. You’ll develop and share engaging, impactful content across our digital channels—including social media, website, and email—and support the creation and distribution of our marketing and communications materials.

A central focus of your role will be to nurture and grow our digital communities for both City to Sea and our award-winning Refill campaign, ensuring alignment with our broader Marketing Strategy. You’ll work with influencers and ambassadors, manage social media advertising, and support our relationships with key partners.

We’re looking for a creative, organised professional who is passionate about environmental issues and driven to make a difference.

Key responsibilities

Content generation

• Support with the generation of clear, engaging and inspiring content that promotes City to Sea’s campaigns, products and services to a wide variety of audiences e.g. copy, video, photography, multimedia content, graphic, reels
• Assisting with editing and proof-reading content to ensure accuracy and quality
• Help to maintain the content calendar ensuring timely and publishing content across platforms

Social media 

• Supporting the day-to-day management of social channels for both City to Sea and Refill
• Managing inboxes, comments & mentions and responding/sharing where needed.
• Engaging with comments and responding to enquiries via social media to nurture our relationship with our followers and potential opportunities.
• Planning and scheduling all social media content
• Creating branded content (photography, social assets, reels, videos etc) for our channels
• Drafting social media copy
• Monthly and quarterly reporting of social media content

Websites

• Supporting with the posting of content on websites
• Providing administrative support for the website such as hosting, forms, document uploads
• Supporting with website analytics and reporting

Marketing  

• Drafting, building and reporting on email newsletters, ensuring a mixture of engaging content is shared and partner commitments are met, with support from members of the team
• Engaging with comments and responding to comms related enquiries in response to newsletters
• Contribute to the production of promotional materials
• Monthly and quarterly reporting on email marketing and newsletter performance 

Inbox Management 

• Checking City to Sea marketing inbox throughout the day
• Responding to enquiries where possible and passing on to the relevant team/colleague 

Partnership Marketing 

• Ensuring partner contractual obligations are met through monthly social content and email marketing 
• Supporting the team to plan and schedule activity
• Reporting on monthly activity and quarterly partnership activity

Ad Hoc Tasks & Admin Support 

• Supporting with the creation of branded marketing materials
• Sharing copy, images and brand info/assets with contacts as required
• Creating and supporting with campaign decks and branded documents
• Attending events where needed

Learning and Development:

• Develop your skills in content creation and digital communications by working alongside experienced team members.
• Take advantage of opportunities to learn new tools and techniques in writing, photography, videography, and editing.

Person Specification:

We’re a small, dedicated team, so a proactive, positive approach and a strong drive for impactful results are essential.

• Experience or keen interest in content creation, copywriting, photography, and videography.
• Basic familiarity with content creation tools, ideally Adobe Creative Suite or similar software.
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
• A creative mindset, bringing fresh ideas and perspectives.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects efficiently.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with team members and external stakeholders.
• Passionate about environmental issues and committed to City to Sea’s mission to prevent plastic pollution.

We value adaptability, enthusiasm, and a commitment to learning in our mission-driven environment.

Band B / Coordinator Competencies

These roles: 

• Coordinate complex and sometimes multiple activities, programmes or events.  
• Plan and organise work alongside other members of staff.   
• Require detailed understanding of the organisation’s methods, systems, and procedures. 
• Demonstrate enhanced ability in these competencies: 

Self-Strengthen: 

• Draw on experience and qualifications to perform role. ​
• Perform role with confidence, integrity, and transparency.​
• Develop self-awareness through seeking feedback from peers.  

Work with others: 

• Understand differences, anticipate areas of conflict, and take action. ​
• Build rapport quickly with people at all levels and from different backgrounds, whilst embracing core values.  
• Challenge the views of others in an open and constructive way.  

Deliver Results: 

• Confidently make timely decisions, whilst modelling a positive approach and working within policy guidelines.​
• Use knowledge from a variety of sources to make evidence-based and high-quality decisions.​
• Are resourceful and proactive in finding new information sources to progress projects and address gaps in knowledge. 

How to apply

Use this portal to upload Covering Letter and CV by Sunday 08 Dec. Midnight.

Complete Equalities Monitoring Form. Click here for a link.

Please note incomplete and or late applications will not be considered. In addition, we are unable to provide feedback on applications.

All Welcome

We welcome colleagues of all ages and experiences. In line with our strategic equalities and diversity commitments for 2024 we will guarantee an interview for candidates identifying as disabled or as a person of colour and or ethnically / racially under-represented (providing you are able to meet the role specifications through experience and or evidenced transferrable skills). If this applies to you, add Access /CC to the top of you covering letter.