Faculty Communications Officer (Science & Engineering)

About the role
This is an exciting role within Queen Mary University of London’s Faculty of Science and Engineering.

You will develop and deliver impactful communications to help the Faculty of Science and Engineering’s continued goal of being recognised as a leader in best-in-class research and innovation. You will identify opportunities to showcase the world-leading research taking place across the Faculty and you will work with researchers and other internal and external stakeholders to develop creative and innovative ways to communicate research and build the reputation of the Faculty and the University more widely.

You are a key coordinating point between the Faculty and the range of communication services available in the External Relations Directorate. Working with the central communications teams, you will ensure that the Faculty is represented in university-wide communications and marketing services and you will work support internal communications to colleagues within the Faculty.

This role is part of the External Relations Directorate, which is responsible for the University’s external activities, including communications and marketing, student recruitment and admissions, international affairs, and alumni relations and development. Specifically, this role sits within the Communications team.

About You
You are a self-motivated individual with excellent communication skills. You have experience of developing and delivering impactful communication activities across a range of mediums, including stories about research. You have experience working on or a keen interest in science. You are able to manage a number of stories and stakeholders at a time, work to tight deadlines and have excellent relationship building skills.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality

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