Communications Manager (Research), NIHR ARC North Thames

About us

NIHR ARC North Thames works with its regional university, NHS, local authority, patient, charity and industry partners to identify key health and care problems, and designs innovative applied research in response. The Communications Manager will be part of the core operational team of the ARC based at UCL.

About the role

If you are an experienced science and research communications professional, who thrives in a dynamic environment, this could be the role for you.

NIHR ARC North Thames works together with its university, NHS, local authority, patient, charity and industry partners to identify key health and care problems facing organisations in our partnership. We design innovative research in response and rapidly put findings into practice across our region and beyond.

We are looking for a Communications Manager to lead on all ARC communications. Working as a member of core operational team, you will ensure the findings of our applied health research, and opportunities for academics and health and care professionals, are communicated to the right audiences, in a compelling manner.

About you

You will be a creative, enthusiastic communications professional, who can proactively seek out stories, and create engaging copy with which to tell them.

You will have knowledge of the UK health and care sector, an understanding of communication and engagement methodologies, and experience of delivering communications in an academic research or health or care environment.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, staff at UCL have access to some great benefits. Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people.

Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

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