Social Media and Internal Communications Manager

Location: Clarendon Building, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG 

About the role

The Bodleian Libraries are looking for a motivated, experienced Social Media Manager to amplify our story and presence to a global audience in an engaging and collaborative way.

You will work alongside your communications peers in a fast-paced, open and inclusive workspace, where the life-blood of the team is one of collaboration and mutual support. Our work encompasses Bodleian services and wider University needs, and you will lead on all organic social media processes and creating and sharing content across channels for these audiences. This includes content to support the public programme, reader services and strategic messaging, such as reactive reputational issues and thoughtful leadership, which will be agreed with the Head of Communications.

This role also includes responsibility for the delivery of the internal communications newsletters to staff and library readers, so it will be important to build strong networks across the University and to be proactive with information gathering and content creation using our rich and diverse collections, public programme and the general Bodleian story, for inspiration.

This is a permanent, full time post with the possibility of some remote working.

About You

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, imaginative team-player, who is passionate about all things social media related, including, creating content and campaigns and staying abreast of the latest platform developments and sector conversations. You will understand different audience requirements and the importance of developing a balanced content calendar within a strategic framework for success. 

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing, and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits

Diversity

Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.

How to apply

You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CVs alone will not be considered.

We aim to provide a supportive working environment and are happy to discuss training and professional development opportunities. The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Lanisha Butterfield, Head of Marketing and Communications, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (lanisha.butterfield@bodleian.ox.ac.uk).

General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (BST) on Friday 5 July 2024 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on 22 and 23 July 2024.

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