School Communications Officer (Fixed term)

Location: UK Other

The School of Health Sciences is seeking to appoint a School Communications Officer. This is a vital role in which the role holder will be responsible for school level communications to staff and students across the School of Health Sciences in delivering the various key activities delivered by the school.

The role requires the role-holder to work independently and pro-actively with the Schools Senior Management Team to ensure that the communications delivered is line with the School’s strategic objectives and is tailored for the relevant audiences. This includes managing all-staff & student communications, social media and responsibility for internal-facing communications channels. This role will involve the development and management of systems, digital channels and events as required.

The role-holder will be an expert in the use and development of communication channels, as well as provide support to content providers in their use of the same and will work flexibly according to the ongoing demands of the job and responsibilities at this level.

You must have experience of producing, writing and editing contents and published materials to strict deadlines, attention to detail and accuracy in work and ability to manager own workload. You will also have experience of social and digital media in relation to communications work.

This is a fixed-term maternity leave position for a period of 1 year. Hours of work are full-time (36.25 hours per week); however, applications are also welcome from candidates wishing to work part-time at a minimum of 21.75 hours per week. Please specify in your application if you wish to work part-time and the number of preferred hours. Job share arrangements may be considered.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Ketan Mehta, Executive Administration Manager email Ketan.Mehta@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Our University is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. We welcome applications from UK, Europe and from across the globe. For more information on the support we offer our international colleagues, see our Moving to Nottingham pages.

For successful international applicants, we provide financial support for your visa and the immigration health surcharge, plus an interest-free loan to help cover the cost of immigration-related expenses for any dependants accompanying you to the UK. For more information please see the our webpage on Financial support for visas and the immigration health surcharge.

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