Responsibilities

• Lead the development of communications strategies and plans for major research programmes, including: Blood Biomarker Challenge, Dementia Frontiers Fund, Clinical Accelerator, GRB, DDA, and research partnerships.
• Act as the senior communications partner to the Research Directorate, advising on messaging, positioning, risks and opportunities.
• Shape and maintain the overarching research narrative and storyline, feeding into organisational messaging, master slide decks and presentations.
• Ensure research communications plans align with organisational strategy and cross‑team communications activity.
• Oversee the creation of key research communications materials: Communication plans, FAQs, messaging documents, web content, reports and updates.
• Ensure content is scientifically accurate, engaging and accessible for a range of audiences, including supporters, partners, researchers and policymakers.
• Oversee communications planning around scientific conferences (e.g., AAIC, AD/PD), ensuring identification of key research outputs and coordinating content production.
• Work with the Content Team to deliver researcher‑friendly content and impact stories that articulate the charity’s scientific contribution.
• Collaborate with Press, Content, Corporate Comms and Digital teams to ensure consistent messaging on research across all channels.
• Act as a research communications expert internally, supporting colleagues who need scientific context, messaging or guidance.

Requirements

• Significant experience in communications, science communication or research engagement
• Scientific background or qualification
• Experience developing comms strategies
• Strong track record translating scientific information
• Experience managing staff or projects
• Experience advising senior stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strategic thinking
• Project management
• Ability to influence and build relationships