Internal Job Title: Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) Communications & Media Officer
Advertised Salary: £33,000 + benefits
Location: Remote, with regular travel across our network required. See here: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/canals-and-rivers
We're the charity who look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, because we believe that life is better by water. Every role across the Trust plays its part in transforming our canals and rivers into spaces where local people want to spend time and feel better, bringing wellbeing benefits to millions.
We currently have an opportunity for a Communications & Media Officer to join our team. This role will help help enhance, promote and protect the Boat Safety Scheme‘s reputation to meet its strategic objectives. Find out more here: https://www.boatsafetyscheme.org/about-us/
Large parts of this role will include:
- Enhance, promote and protect the Boat Safety Scheme‘s reputation to meet its strategic objectives.
- Delivery of communications and campaigning materials in support of the Scheme’s purpose to help minimise the risks related to the condition, equipment and use of boats.
- Produce communications strategies, materials and content to support the engagement with all stakeholders and media contacts.
- Responsible for ensuring that spend on events, campaigns, photographers, design and print etc. is delivered on time and on budget.
Experience delivering communications/media/campaigns work for marine/boat/waterway/engineering specific organisations is advantageous, but not essential.
Location & coverage
The position will be offered on a remote working basis, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces and or other navigation & harbour authority offices throughout the UK as and when required for team working and collaborative meetings. Travel throughout the waterway network is expected in order to conduct site visits.
BSS Limited represents numerous navigation authorities throughout the UK, we have training centres at Evesham, Northampton and Norwich. We hold technical conferences in numerous locations but mainly based in Warwick. Our monthly meetings are held In Hemel Hempstead.
When travelling on Boat Safety Scheme business, hire cars, train tickets, and accomodation (when overnight stays are applicable) are bookable through designated apps and websites.
See our canal network here: (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network).
About BSS
The BSS purpose is to help minimise the risk of boat fires, explosions, or pollution harming visitors to the inland waterways, the waterways' workforce and any other users and to help protect adjacent property, as it is to these parties that the Navigation Authorities may have duties in law. The purpose is equally to contribute to the common goal to make the waterways a safe, attractive and pleasant environment for all.
The BSS helps control the hazards which are introduced by boats which have been inadequately constructed or maintained or hazards introduced by boat owners who misuse the boat's equipment. The Navigation Authorities employ, through the BSS two broad approaches in respect of privately owned and privately managed boats.
![Boat Safety Scheme - Go Boating, stay safe](https://www.boatsafetyscheme.org/images/logo.png)