Senior Marketing Communications Executive

Fixed term role for 12 months

The role

As part of the Home Energy Scotland marketing team, this role focuses on developing and delivering marketing communications plans, with a particular emphasis on digital content and social media. It supports the continued evolution of our flagship consumer advice programme at a time when householders in Scotland rely on us more than ever.

The role is a key part of the Home Energy Scotland marketing function, working closely with local advice centres across Scotland and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure activity is delivered on brand, on time and within budget.

It also contributes to the ongoing growth and development of our marketing, digital content and social media activity, helping the programme strengthen its digital‑first, self‑service offerings for householders.

A core aspect of the role involves measuring the impact of campaign activity and supporting the reporting of key marketing metrics, ensuring insights from previous work help shape future plans.

The team

You will join the Marketing Services team which is made up of around 23 colleagues based across the UK. We deliver high-quality marketing and communications activity for our clients across a range of programmes, from energy advice to households to low-carbon travel support for businesses and local authorities.

The Marketing Services team is part of the Marketing, Digital and Technology centre of excellence. We design, deliver and continuously improve our products and services to delight our customers and exceed our business goals. We work in an increasingly agile way, and we are customer-centric, product-orientated and data-driven in all that we do.

You’ll get access to a rich array of professional development opportunities in this role. This includes company-wide offers, such as coaching, project management and leadership training, as well as specialist marketing and communications skills development organised by our in-house ‘champions’. We cover professional membership costs (such as the Chartered Institute of Marketing) as a staff benefit.

What you will do

• You will develop and deliver campaign strategies and activity to support the achievement of strategy objectives.

• You’ll work across a range of marketing activities, including social media management, content strategy and creation, digital advertising and email marketing.

• You will build and maintain strong relationships with and provide expert marketing guidance and advice to programme stakeholders.  

What you will bring

• Strong knowledge of marketing, social media and digital content is essential, including planning, commissioning, tactical delivery and reporting that drives continuous improvement.

• Helping us connect with audiences through impactful, accessible digital content and engaging social media activity is a key part of the role.

• Robust knowledge and experience of working in a busy team with competing stakeholder requirements is required.

• A willingness to adapt and thrive in a quickly changing environment is important.

• Being a strong and confident communicator with the ability to build relationships at all levels is crucial.

• An understanding of, and commitment to, Energy Saving Trust’s mission and values is expected, including our efforts to become a more diverse, inclusive and equitable organisation.

For more information, please see the job description

Please submit an anonymised CV and cover letter, removing your name, address, email address, and any other identifying details. Please note, applications submitted without a cover letter may be rejected.

Who we are

Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.

At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.

Work where you thrive

At Energy Saving Trust, flexibility isn’t just a policy, it’s how we work. Most of our roles can be done remotely, and many of our people choose to work from home full-time. Prefer an office environment? We have welcoming spaces in London, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and Hadleigh for those who want to connect in person.

We’ll support you with:

• Generous holiday (25 days + bank holidays + extra Christmas leave)

• True flexibility in how and where you work

• Strong pension & life assurance

• Enhanced family leave

• Green travel perks (EV scheme, cycle to work)

• Professional development support

• Yearly wellbeing allowance

These are just some of the benefits we offer.

Want to know more about how we make flexibility real? Check out our Benefits and Culture page

Reasonable adjustments: We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.

If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch with recruitment@est.org.uk or call reception on +44 (0)20 7222 0101. We will do our very best to support you.

Diversity and inclusion
Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.

We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the criteria for a role. Find out more here.

You can find out more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications

Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK