Public Engagement Coordinator

Role Description

The Department

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is a highly respected international research organisation conducting policy-relevant environmental and sustainable development research around the world. We are recruiting a Public Engagement Coordinator to grow our team of dedicated professional support staff at our York centre.

SEI York has a broad research profile covering five main research areas: air quality and climate change; critical environmental governance; sustainable consumption and production; urban environments, human health, and wellbeing; and citizen science. We aim to ensure that there is a supportive culture at all levels and across all staff groups and offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements. 

At SEI York we make every effort to conduct our work in line with the University's Sustainability Plan. We firmly believe in working in a resource-efficient manner, minimising impacts on the environment wherever possible. We have an Environment Rep and a Green Impact Team in the Centre who support staff in this endeavour.

Your Role

As a Public Engagement Coordinator, you will support an exciting new citizen science project, Action for Quality Aquatic environments (AQuA), funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), in which members of the public will carry out monitoring of water quality in Yorkshire’s rivers and lakes. In this role, your time will be split between office-based and field work, and you will be part of our Citizen Science Research Group, which currently has around 10 staff and PhD students. 

As a public engagement coordinator your primary responsibilities will include:

• Engaging with project volunteers (citizen scientists) both in person and online, using a variety of different channels

• Supporting project relationship building with community groups, specifically currently under-represented groups

• Supporting delivery of volunteer training

• Assisting with the development of volunteer facing communications assets for the project

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and organised public engagement coordinator with:

• A valid UK driving licence and willingness to travel throughout Yorkshire to conduct in person engagement with community groups

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to engage confidently with a wide range of people

• Attention to detail

• Ability to plan and organise own workload, manage multiple tasks and work flexibly to achieve deadlines 

Interview date: To be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Lucy Way on lucy.way@york.ac.uk. 

At SEI York you will be part of a leading, multinational and multidisciplinary team of experts in an organisation where the well-being and development of our employees is of high priority. We value diversity and creativity at the core of what we do. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply and particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University.

Our ambition is to provide a safe, professional, and creative workspace for all. #EqualityatYork

The University strives to be diverse and inclusive  – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.

We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. 

We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork