Public Relations and Marketing Manager

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales is looking to recruit a new post to join the team on the European Funded CHERISH Project – Climate Change and Coastal Heritage.
Background information on the CHERISH project

CHERISH (Climate, Heritage and Environments of Reefs, Islands and Headlands) – Climate Change and Coastal Heritage – is an exciting, European-funded operation (project) led by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (‘Royal Commission’), in partnership with the Discovery Programme Ireland, Aberystwyth University: Department of Geography and Earth Sciences and Geological Survey, Ireland. CHERISH began in 2017 and over the past four and a half years the team has undertaken survey and investigation across a number of coastal heritage sites in Wales and Ireland. The operation is funded by Europe through the Ireland Wales Co-operation Programme 2014-2020, Priority Axis 2 – Adaptation of the Irish Sea and Coastal Communities to Climate Change.

The key objective of CHERISH is to increase cross-border knowledge and understanding of the impacts (past, present and near-future) of climate change, increased storminess and extreme weather events on the cultural heritage of reefs, islands and headlands of the Welsh and Irish regional seas. The project has targeted data and management knowledge gaps, employed innovative techniques to discover, assess, map and monitor heritage assets on land and beneath the sea, and has been widely disseminating the results and developing best practice for future climate change adaptation. The project has also been actively engaging with the public through talks, walks, exhibitions, seminars and conferences and the production of a bi-annual newsletter.

Background information on the Royal Commission and its employment policies

The Royal Commission was established in 1908 and is sponsored by the Welsh Government. As the investigation body and national archive for the historic environment of Wales, it has a lead role in ensuring that Wales’s archaeological, built and maritime heritage is authoritatively recorded, and seeks to promote the understanding and appreciation of this heritage nationally and internationally.

The Royal Commission values diversity and is committed to ensuring and promoting equality of opportunity and eliminating discrimination, harassment and victimisation in all aspects of employment.

Our policies mean that no job applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of their protected characteristics.

All our employees have equality of opportunity in employment and career advancement on the basis of their skills, ability, qualifications and suitability for work and are supported and encouraged to develop to their full potential to deliver a high-quality service. We also expect our employees, during the course of their work, to behave in a manner which respects the dignity of colleagues, business partners and contacts, customers, and members of the public at all times.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the post. We also have a range of family-friendly and flexible working policies which support modern working families.

Key work areas and tasks

The post holder will be based with the Royal Commission in Aberystwyth but will work across the entire project and with the partners in Ireland and Wales, therefore travel to Ireland may be required. The successful candidate will take on a lead role in delivering focussed promotion and marketing of results and products relating to Phase I of the CHERISH Project through:

1. Delivering a structured programme of publicity for the project to include writing posts for social media, press releases, website content and to identify other opportunities for the promotion of the work of the project completed in Phase I e.g., though TV and radio. This will involve working with the communications teams in the relevant partner organisations and stakeholders.

2. Facilitating and organising workshops for local community groups and stakeholders in Wales and Ireland to share best practice relating to monitoring climate change and coastal heritage.

3. Leading and facilitating a maximum of six business community workshops in Wales and Ireland to showcase results and highlight resources freely available to businesses through CHERISH.

4. Organising and facilitating a maximum of three professional seminars with stakeholders in Wales and Ireland to showcase the outputs of the CHERISH Project.

5. Organising and facilitating two professional seminars for educators to introduce the resources and illustrate the activities available to schools and other organisations involved in science outreach and public engagement.

6. Liaising with, attending and reporting to CHERISH project monitoring meetings with partners, advisory committee members and stakeholders in Wales and Ireland.

7. Carrying out any other duties, appropriate to the grade of the post and the project, as may be reasonably requested by the CHERISH Project Manager.

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