Local Authority and Community Partnerships Officer

Overview

Are you passionate about building strong partnerships between local authorities, communities, and key stakeholders?

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting our client, an independent not-for-profit organisation on a mission to stop the valuable, critical and finite materials inside electricals from going to waste. Together with partners, the organisation is transforming the UK's e-waste system and empowering more people to reuse and recycle their electricals through the award‑winning UK-wide Recycle Your Electricals campaign, for the good of people, our economy, and our planet.

• Support local authority partners, ensuring that communications materials are effectively delivered to local residents and communities to make it easier for them to recycle their electricals.
• Work closely with local authorities, councils, and other local partners to maximise engagement at a local level.
• Sit in the Environmental Partnerships team, working directly with the Environmental Partnerships Lead, and feed into other areas of the organisation with potential to work closely with the projects team as well as the Local Partnerships Marketing Manager.

• Relationship‑focused professional with experience in a similar role and a strong understanding of how local authorities operate.
• Track record of building effective partnerships, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
• Confidence working with data and proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace tools.
• Experience communicating with B2B audiences and a solid understanding of partnership development and stakeholder engagement.
• Interest in sustainability and behaviour change would be advantageous, as would experience communicating with B2B audiences and a solid understanding of partnership development and stakeholder engagement.

• Hybrid role – minimum one day a week in the office in Victoria.
• Primarily remote, with most partnership‑building and stakeholder engagement taking place digitally. Opportunities to meet partners in person, but comfortable working independently from home and building strong relationships through virtual channels.
• Opportunity to work for an award‑winning environmental organisation that is gaining significant media and political interest.

At Prospectus, we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and are happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you need any support with your application, please contact George Cook at Prospectus.