Communications Officer

The Role

This is an excellent opportunity to join the UK’s National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) at Newcastle University, to help support the communications and marketing strategy, and position the Centre's offer to a range of audiences, using a variety of media channels and platforms. The postholder will also spend a day per week working at the broader Faculty level, supporting communications across the Faculty and its five academic units.

The National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) at Newcastle University is seeking a Communications Officer to be responsible for supporting and taking the lead role in, the planning, organisation and delivery of NICD communications and marketing, including activities, events and social media strategies that create a regular, consistent and positive professional profile for NICD. In addition, the postholder will spend a day per week working at the broader Faculty level, supporting communications across the Faculty and its five academic units.

You will be responsible for taking a lead role in planning, organising and delivering NICD communications and marketing - including activities, events and social media strategies that create a regular, consistent, and positive professional profile for NICD. This will include the development of content for case studies, newsletters, blogs, news articles, social media copy and printed collateral. You will also support the marketing and communications activity for our student bootcamps.  

This post is for maternity cover and the projected end date is 15th May 2026. 
 
Any specific questions relating to the job advert, please get in touch: Georgia Carr – Georgia.carr@newcastle.ac.uk

More about NICD here: https://www.nicd.org.uk/
Twitter: @NICDATA
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nationalinnovationcentrefordata

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