Introduction

Cairngorms Connect is the UK’s biggest habitat restoration project. It's a partnership of neighbouring land managers, committed to a bold and ambitious 200-year vision to enhance habitats, species, and ecological processes across a vast area in the Scottish Highlands. The partnership is comprised of 4 organisations who, collectively, manage 600km2 of contiguous land: WildLand Limited, Forestry and Land Scotland, NatureScot, and RSPB Scotland

What's the role about? 
If successful you will lead the promotion of Cairngorms Connect, building understanding and value around the restoration work and associated positive impacts arising from the project. Responsibilities include: celebrating the extraordinary habitats and wildlife of the project area, and our restoration work to benefit them; growing a vibrant presence in the media and online; managing a motivated and talented team; creating and promoting opportunities for people to get involved with our work; and ensuring that our engagement programme facilitates high quality, inclusive, diverse involvement opportunities for communities of place and interest 

Essential skills, knowledge and experience: 

• Demonstrable experience of delivering high-quality external and internal communications, preferably in the context of a partnership
• Demonstrable experience of building profile and establishing brand identity
• Able to demonstrate experience in growing an active, ambitious, and engaging online presence.
• Experience of working with traditional media.
• Experience of working in a large, diverse organisation in the public, private, or third sectors
• Ability to tailor content to a wide variety of audiences
• Experience of delivering engagement events for a range of target audiences, both nationally and within local communities
• Experience of delivering thoughtful communications and engagement that embraces and acknowledges equality, diversity and inclusion
• People management and team development experience
• Experience of working collaboratively with communities of place and communities of interest

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

Knowledge of land management systems in the Highlands

Ability to communicate nuance in situations that are not clear cut e.g., co-existence with wildlife and conservation management in local communities

Reputational risk management and mitigation, including a positive approach to managing controversial issues

This is a Permanent Full-Time role for 37.5 hours per week. 

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 11/05/26. For further information please contact helen.taylor1@rspb.org.uk

As part of this application process you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

Before applying for this role, we recommend reading through the candidate guidance notes attached to the top of this advert.