Communications Manager

Job title:

Communications Manager

Company:

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Description:Grade UE07: £40,247 to £47,874 per annumSchool of GeoSciences / CSEFull time: 35 hours per weekOpen ended: permanentThe Opportunity:The School of GeoSciences is seeking a Communications Manager to join the Marketing, Recruitment and Communications team. This is a leading role within the School for the promotion of our research expertise and related activities to external audiences.The role offers breadth, both in the discipline of the School, with research areas spanning the social sciences, humanities, and sciences, but also in the variety of projects.The post holder will have responsibility for the design and implementation of the School’s research communications strategy, as well as supporting communications associated with knowledge exchange, impact and the School’s work with external organisations. As the key communications contact, the post holder will proactively engage with, advise and support both internal and external stakeholders.This post is full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.Informal enquiries may be directed to Grace Sansom, Head of Marketing, Recruitment and Communications ( ).Your skills and attributes for success:

• The ability to communicate complex technical issues for non-specialist audiences across a range of media types
• Experience of developing digital communications, and assessing and reporting on the impact of activity
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills, developing and maintaining effective working relationships with, and gain trust of, colleagues
• Strong verbal communication and presentation skills, with a range of audiences
• Background in communications at a strategic and operational level
• Effective project management skills

To support your application, please provide a CV and cover letter.As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our

(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.Championing equality, diversity and inclusionThe University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our (opens new browser tab)On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to noteThe closing date for applications is 13 December 2024.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.Interviews will be held within 3 weeks of applications closing.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:The School of GeoSciences explores the factors and forces that shape our world. The School aims to understand the world through fundamental curiosity-driven research and to support prescient decision-making at individual to global scales. We undertake world-leading research; offer new ways of understanding natural and social drivers of change; provide inter-and trans-disciplinary solutions; and work in partnership to improve livelihoods and explore ways to manage the environment that are both sustainable and socially equitable.With over 500 academics, researchers and research students, we are the largest and most successful interdisciplinary grouping of geoscientists and geographers in the UK. Research activity is coordinated within three main Research Institutes – Global Change, Earth and Planetary Science, and Geography and the Lived Environment – and within smaller research groupings that reach across and beyond the School.A distinctive feature of the School is the combination of academic strength, intellectual breadth and societal relevance. Our interdisciplinary research and teaching builds on established core disciplines (ecology, environmental sciences, geography, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography) to provide a variety of approaches to understanding the world (including, for example, system-scale modelling, process studies and the development of urban and social theory). The School’s research covers fundamental ‘blue-skies’ questions, as well as having application to key societal challenges including inequality and vulnerability; urban precarity; nature and cultural meaning; development and sustainability; climate and environmental change; energy, food and water security; health and wellbeing; natural resources; and natural hazards.The School holds a Bronze Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to gender equality in higher education. Our aim is to recognise and value diversity in our staff and students, and to support flexible and family-friendly working.More details about the School is available from

Expected salary

£40247 – 47874 per year

Location

Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 07:40:52 GMT

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