Responsibilities

• In addition to working on internal communications and external media relations, you’ll play a key role in ensuring that students feel heard, supported and informed.
• The post-holder will support colleagues to use the University’s brand guidelines, clear and compassionate approach to communications, narrative and tone of voice.

Requirements

• professional experience of shaping clear messages and writing compelling copy for diverse audiences
• digital skills to deploy communications across multiple platforms
• the ability to work across external and internal communications by building and maintaining relationships with media contacts, community partners and external stakeholders, as well as with our staff and students.
• a creative and inclusive approach to coordinating and delivering communications
• experience of the HE environment is an advantage, but more important is a track record of delivering engaging communications activity and campaigns, with the confidence and ability to provide strategic communications advice to colleagues.

Preferred

• experience of the HE environment is an advantage

Benefits

• Excellent annual leave entitlement, including five discretionary university closure days over the Christmas period
• Disability leave (applies to staff who have disclosed a disability and is also available to staff with disabled dependants)
• Pension scheme
• Health Cash Plan after six months service
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists
• On-campus courses, one-to-one tutorials, and online resources to help you develop your digital skills and work with new software
• Relocation expenses package for certain roles
• Reimbursement of Skilled Worker Visa application fees and Visa loan scheme for additional costs (if applicable to the role)