Introduction
There’s no place like Heathrow when it comes to the scale of our ambitions. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability. Our Communications, Communities and Carbon function brings together engagement, communications and sustainability leadership. This is about more than protecting and enhancing our reputation. Focusing on the experiences of our passengers, colleagues and partners, we ensure that as Heathrow thrives, so too will our people, our communities, our country and our world.
Our sustainability strategy, Heathrow 2.0, is central to everything we do. We are committed to sustainable aviation, as Heathrow works to deliver net zero and build a better place to live and work. We work with industry leading experts to deliver on our ambitions, meeting the growing international demand for flight in a way that creates a positive impact far beyond our airport.
Job Description
This role will support and deliver the Communities and Sustainability Team’s community investment activities for Heathrow Airport.
Your role will involve
- Responsible for supporting the successful delivery of Heathrow’s Responsible Schools programme – building relationships with local schools and our delivery partner to plan volunteering activities at local schools for Heathrow colleagues to participate in.
- Responsible for the tracking and monitoring of our Heathrow Rangers activities and supporting the delivery of colleague community days.
- To support Heathrow’s partnership with the Heathrow Community Trust with events planning and local engagement.
- Support with identifying community investment projects through working with stakeholders, partners, and local community representatives Work closely with the internal & external comms teams to raise awareness internally and externally, compiling good news stories on Heathrow’s community investment for colleague channels and local media.
- Support promotion of Heathrow’s community investment work on social media by working with the social media team.
- To provide administrative support to the Community and Charities Partnerships Manager as required, such as the Giving Back Steering Group and Communities and Charities Committee meetings.
- Be a productive and supportive member of the Communities and Sustainability team, and the wider function with adhoc work/ projects/ events as and when required.
These Skills Are Essential
- Graduate and/or post graduate qualification
- Experience of working in a community engagement role with communities and knowledge and understanding of the community engagement landscape and Heathrow’s local community
- Experience of capturing and saving information in order to undertake analysis and measure effectiveness of community engagement and communications activities
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Strong organisational skills and a completer/ finisher mindset
- Strong inter-personal, negotiating and influencing skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
About Us
There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.
Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.
It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.
Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.
Our rewards
We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.
Working Location
Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow . Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.
Sustainable Travel to work
Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.
