We're recruiting for someone to lead our public engagement work on climate and nature and ensure that the public are involved in critical decisions on how to reach net zero and protect the future of nature and land in the UK.
Involve has a commitment to use our skills, time and experience to address big challenges. Climate change is one of those big challenges and is a policy area where citizen engagement on both principles and practice is vital. It, and Net Zero in particular, risk becoming a polarised and politicised issue where there is little room for considered, inclusive decision making.
This exciting role will lead and coordinate our work with institutions, and others, to find a way through difficult issues like low emission zones, the energy transition, industrialisation of green spaces and other challenges in a way that centres the people who are impacted, with a social justice and equity lens. This role will primarily sit within our Innovation and Practice (I&P) function - focused on practical delivery of public engagement such as citizen assemblies, juries and other deliberative processes. The successful candidate will lead several of our major climate change and nature projects, including the UKRI Net Zero Living project - working with 28 Councils to embed meaningful public participation in their route to net zero. You will also contribute to the training, standards setting and advocacy work that Involve does - maintaining and growing our reputation in climate and environment networks and communicating the contribution we can make and impact that we are having.
We have a significant track record in public deliberation on climate change. We ran the first Climate Assembly in the UK and have since delivered many projects in this area including the People’s Plan for Nature. We have developed a reputation for best practice public dialogue, deliberation and capacity building. We want to grasp the opportunity for deliberative practices to make a real contribution to the change needed to respond to the climate crisis. This is a great opportunity to play a central role in taking this work forward. We are looking for someone to bring experience in designing and running participatory and deliberative processes and a good understanding of the complexities and challenges of climate and/or nature. You will need to be committed to taking a collaborative approach - co-creating and coordinating our strategy on public engagement across the organisation and build on the work that others are doing.
Salary band: £45,665 - £54,798
Location: Flexible. Must be comfortable with regular travel both for project work and Involve team activities. Must be able to travel across the UK.
Hours: Full time, 35 hours a week with flexible or part time considered
Download the job description to read more about the role, its responsibilities, and the competencies we're looking for. You'll find the job description at the bottom of this page.
How to apply
This is a readvertisement and we have simplified the application process to three questions and a CV. Apply online via the link below. The closing date for applications is midday (12:00 pm) on Wednesday 23 April 2025.
The online application form will ask you a series of questions:
- How you heard about this job
- Personal details
- Diversity monitoring (this section is optional)
Application form:
- Please answer three questions:
- Why are you interested in this role? (max 300 words)
- What experience do you bring, relevant to the essential competencies in the job description? Please note that we are interested in any experience that demonstrates your suitability for the role (it may be in a work or voluntary capacity) (max 500 words)
- Is there anything else that you would like us to know to support your application? (max 300 words)
- You'll be asked to upload a CV of no more than two sides of A4.
- We will also ask if you used AI to support your application, and if so, how. This will not prejudice the application if used appropriately and transparently.
- References.
- Declaration.
If you are unable to complete your application via the online form, please contact us at [email protected]
Selection process and key dates
Your application will be blind reviewed, to reduce the impact of subconscious bias in the application review process.
Your personal details and diversity monitoring information will not be seen by the assessor.
References will only be taken up upon appointment.
This post is only open to candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
We’re actively building a diverse team and welcome applications from everyone. But simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We aim to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can contribute their best work and develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of teams reflecting the communities they work with. We can make reasonable adjustments to our interview process, and to working arrangements, according to your needs. If you are shortlisted for interview, we will explain what the interview process will involve in advance and check with you if we need to make any adjustments so that you can interview fairly and comfortably. We will also cover any reasonable expenses to enable you to attend the interview.
Closing date: Midday (12:00 pm) on Wednesday 23rd April 2025.
Applications submitted after this date and time will not be considered.
We will be holding a drop in info session on Thursday 10th April 2025 where prospective applicants can find out more about the role and ask questions. If interested, please request an invite by emailing [email protected]. We will not be offering any one-to-one sessions to discuss the role.
Interviews will take place Tuesday 6th May 2025 to Thursday 8th May 2025 via Zoom. There may be a second interview before the final decision.
Shortlisted candidates can expect to hear by Monday 28th April 2025 if they are being invited to interview.