Communications Officer

An exciting communications role has arisen to join a new Women’s Health Research and Innovation Centre for Wales within Cardiff University. 

You will create, manage and deliver a communication strategy and plan, and develop high quality digital experiences to inform, inspire, involve and influence in a range of channels, including a website, intranet and other digital platforms and newsletters.

You will have exceptional communications and relationship-building skills, proven experience of creating effective digital content and communications and the ability to manage content management systems. You will be able to interpret complex information and communicate it effectively to a range of audiences.  

You will work closely with the Centre Manager, Director and other members of the Centre to support the Centre and its researchers with communications and events to promote the work of the Centre providing advice, guidance, and support, and leading on projects within this area. This will include holistic development of events, from sourcing speakers and making the arrangements to promoting events, delivering on the day, and evaluating the impact of the events. A Centre administrator will be able to support event administration.

You will be responsible for maintaining and reviewing content to ensure its accuracy, consistency, accessibility, and effectiveness, and you will plan and deliver new content and features as required. You will proactively research customers’ needs, using your findings to help inform the development of impactful and effective content.  

You will be expected to ensure that all related communications and engagement are targeted to reflect audience needs and information consumption habits and are both timely and well planned and reactive according to the communication plan.
 
This role is eligible to be offered on a blended working basis, meaning that as well as spending time working in the School of Psychology where the centre will be based you can also choose to spend some time working from another location, e.g. your home. Discussions around these arrangements can take place after the successful candidate has been appointed. The University is committed to offering this flexibility, wherever the role and business need allows, supporting work-life balance. 

The Centre funding is up to 5 years, subject to a satisfactory Centre performance report after the third year. 

This position is part-time (17.5 hours per week), available from 1st April 2025 and fixed term until 31st March 2028, with potential for further two years following satisfactory Centre performance report.

Salary: £33,482 - £36,130 pro-rata per annum (Grade 5). Appointments to roles at Cardiff University are usually made at bottom of scale unless in exceptional circumstances.

The post holder will be responsible to the Centre Manager. For informal enquiries contact the Centre Director, Professor Jacky Boivin (email: boivin@cardiff.ac.uk)

Closing date: Friday, 27 June 2025

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

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