Communications Manager

Job title:

Communications Manager

Company:

King’s College London

Job description

The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London is looking for a Communications Manager to support its mission to engineer better health for patients in the UK and worldwide.​​The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences is proud to have developed unique partnerships between academia, NHS and industry through the creation of the MedTech Hub, enabling us to be better placed to identify key needs in our healthcare systems and swiftly address them, ensuring that our innovations go from bench-to-bedside in a reduced timeframe. Through our specialist infrastructure and research facilities, embedded in one of the UK’s most research active NHS Foundation trusts, we are in a powerful and unique position to deliver on our mission of engineering better health.About the RoleAn experienced and dedicated Communications Manager is required to lead the School’s communications team on the St Thomas’ hospital campus and provide high quality communication support. This will include:

• Raising the profile of the work of the School to key internal and external audiences.
• Providing communications expertise to support the School’s vision to create Europe’s leading MedTech Hub located at St Thomas’ Hospital.

This is a full time (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contractAbout YouTo be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:Essential criteria * Degree, HND, NVQ 4 qualified or equivalent in relevant subject/relevant formal training, plus relevant experience in similar or related roles OR Considerable knowledge and skills gained through work experience in relevant communications posts with a clear progression in increasingly demanding job

• An excellent standard of English (e.g. A level) and skill in communicating effectively both orally and in writing to a range of audiences and through a range of channels.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing/behavioural skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels across the School, the wider University and externally.
• Ability to comprehend complex situations quickly, providing creative solutions to ensure results are achieved and objectives are met.
• A collaborative approach to working with other teams across the University such as the Central Communications team and Faculty Communications team, demonstrating tact and diplomacy
• Excellent time management and organisational skills, able to manage own workload and those of team members, and prioritise tasks in a busy work environment, managing multiple work-streams independently
• Ability to balance competing, shifting priorities on behalf of a team under pressure of deadlines and workload, supporting more junior members of the team effectively
• Thorough knowledge of a broad range of communications activities and tools (Microsoft software, media, websites and content management systems, events, marketing, brand management, social media, publications, databases) and a proven track record of devising and implementing successful communication strategies
• Experience of designing and developing webpages, writing and publishing content to online digital platforms including podcasts and videos – providing training and support where necessary

Desirable criteria * Experience of working in the higher education sector and/or a scientific/medical/clinical environment with a knowledge of the regulatory, policy and procedural context along with the challenges and opportunities faced by the sector

• Evidence of an active commitment to career development with the application of learning to the work context
• A professional qualification in communications, public relations or marketing
• Experience of working in scientific or health sector

Downloading a copy of our Job DescriptionFull details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.Further InformationWe pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King’s.We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our pages.Interviews are due to be held on late January 2025.We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.CompanyKing’s College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King’s has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.King’s has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.King’s has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King’s Health Partners. King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world’s leading research-led universities and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: .King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at .Company info Mini-site Telephone +(44)02078365454 Location STRAND
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Expected salary

£44105 – 51485 per year

Location

Central London

Job date

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:29:50 GMT

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