Marketing & Communications Officer

Closing date:

Salary: £17,390 for a 21 hour (3 day) week

Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Part time

Location:

Brooklands Farm, Forston , Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7AA

Brooklands Farm (Dorset Wildlife Trust HQ),

Brooklands Farm, Forston , Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7AA

Do you love creating content that makes a difference? Join Dorset Wildlife Trust as our Marketing & Communications Officer (12-month maternity cover, 21 hours/week).

This is an exciting opportunity to tell inspiring stories, create engaging digital and print content, manage social media, email campaigns and website updates, and help grow support for wildlife across Dorset.

If you're a creative communicator with brilliant copywriting skills, digital marketing experience and a passion for engaging audiences, we'd love to hear from you!

This is an exciting opportunity to tell inspiring stories, create engaging digital and print content, manage social media, email campaigns and website updates, and help grow support for wildlife across Dorset.

If you're a creative communicator with brilliant copywriting skills, digital marketing experience and a passion for engaging audiences, we'd love to hear from you!

Contact details

To apply for this role, please submit a completed Dorset Wildlife Trust application form (click the relevant link to download).   Please note that CV submissions will not be accepted.   Completed submissions should be sent to  recruitment@dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk .   You can expect an acknowledgement of receipt, and you will be updated on sifting outcomes directly by email.

If you require further information regarding this vacancy or have any difficulty in accessing the files, please contact the Marketing Manager on 01305 264620 or by email at hormrod@dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk   

The deadline for completed applications is 5pm on 29 July 2026.  

Interviews to be held on 12 August 2026 at our Brooklands Farm HQ Offices with an option for second interviews if required.  

Job reference: MCO2026

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Application form

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