Location: | Keele |
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Salary: | £23,144 to £25,138 per annum, Grade 4 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 8th August 2024 |
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Closes: | 16th September 2024 |
Job Ref: | KU00004020 |
Full time - Fixed term until Oct 2025 with possibility of extension for another 12 months
Keele University provides an inclusive, research and training environment committed to open science and research integrity. We attract, retain, and develop a talented and diverse research workforce.
The Opportunity
This post represents an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to join Prof Saeed Farooq’s team of Mental Health Research in Keele University’s School of medicine. The successful candidate will work closely with the PI and his team to deliver communication activities across digital, printed, and face-to face channels to enhance the impact of academic research and outreach activities of the team. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive individual to write, edit and proof-read a variety of communications, including: website and social media content, stakeholder briefings, news items and press releases, promotional materials, presentations, and other outputs that may be developed in support of Prof Saeed Farooq’s research team. You will have the opportunity to assist the research team to draft academic articles for peer reviewed journals.
You will also provide day-to-day project administration support to the team such as organising meetings, engagement events with external organisation and stakeholders, minute taking, collating, and formatting documents, booking travel and collating expenses. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills with keen interest in social media and demonstrable experience in maintaining office systems within a research environment.
The Benefits
The University recognises that its success depends upon the contribution and dedication of its talented staff. In return, we have a competitive benefits package available, including:
Please note that the starting salary will typically be at the bottom of the pay scale shown above
Flexible Working
The University is committed to operating flexible working practices wherever possible.
The University
Keele University is renowned for its exciting approach to higher education, innovative research, beautiful campus, strong community spirit and excellent student experience. With a turnover in excess of £170 million, over 12,500 students and a total staff of approximately 2000, the University provides high quality teaching across a wide range of academic and vocational subjects and promotes world-class research. Further information can be found at https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/
Keele University values equality and diversity across our workforce and to ensuring our staff community is reflective of the diversity of our student population. In support of these commitments the University welcomes applications from individuals of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds for all roles.
For full post details and to find out more about working at Keele please click the 'Apply' button.
For informal enquiries please contact Prof Saeed Farooq (global.mental-health-research@keele.ac.uk) or Saima Sheikh (s.sheikh@keele.ac.uk)
Applications to this address will not be accepted.
Closing date for applications: 16th September 2024
Interviews will be held on: Week beginning 30th September 2024
Post reference: KU00004020
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