full driving licence jobs

£31,760 - £39,700 depending on experience

Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Essex

About the role

Community Engagement Coordinator (Local Action)

Working hours 37 hours per week

12 month fixed term /secondment

Salary £31,760 - £39,700

Location Hanningfield, Chelmsford

We’re open to discussing flexible working

Please note this role requires a full driving licence as travel is required across our operating area

About the role

We have an opportunity to join the Corporate Affairs team as our Local Action Coordinator. This role plays an important role in helping our communities understand our Environment strategy through impactful communications, events and engagement activities. Overall, this will ensure we leave a lasting and positive impression with our communities.

You’ll coordinate and deliver our Local Action community engagement campaign, working closely with teams to coordinate budgeting, venue booking, invitations and briefing attendees. This means you’ll work closely with teams across the business to ensure every interaction reflects our values to ensure we build trusted relationships.

The content you’ll create will be compelling, bringing to life our values and brand guidelines.

A key part of this role will be gathering insight, reporting on outcomes and using feedback to shape future activity. This will include collecting and reporting feedback to influence messaging and communication strategies for future.

About you

If you have a background in external communications or hands-on experience working in community-focused environmental roles, we’d love to hear from you.

You’ll be comfortable delivering events, acting as an ambassador for your organisation. This includes driving meaningful engagement and building strong relationships. Therefore, you’ll use your previous experience working with stakeholders like local councillors and customers.

You’ll be experienced translating complex information into an easy-to-understand format across digital and transitional platforms. Previous experience in digital media, photography or video would be valuable.

Whilst you’ll be part of the wider corporate affairs team, you’ll be confident in both group and individual environments, tailoring your communication depending on your audience.

This is a fast-paced team, requiring the successful candidate to manage competing priorities whilst maintaining a positive approach. This means you’ll use your organisation skills to ensure the success of the Local Action Campaign.

It would be valuable if you had an interest in the environment and passion about supporting our vision and purpose.

Interviews will take place online/in person week commencing 5th January 2026

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

About us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

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