Communications and Engagement Manager (Population Research UK)

The role

This is a highly exciting opportunity to develop and deliver an effective communication and engagement strategy for a new national initiative. Population Research UK (PRUK) aims to maximise the use and benefits of UK longitudinal population studies (LPS) across social, economic and biomedical research to improve health and social outcomes. You will be a key member of the PRUK Hub team tasked with engaging the LPS community and promoting the activities of PRUK to help achieve this aim.

What will you be doing?

The postholder will play a pivotal role in:

• Write and maintain the communication and engagement strategy, planning activities to support PRUK deliverables and raise its profile among key audiences (i.e. researchers, policymakers, funders and participants).
• Develop, coordinate, and measure the PRUK communications activity across multiple channels – media, events, social media, web, film, email newsletters and print materials.
• Develop stakeholder events and engagement activities that maintain the PRUK profile and evaluate and report on these events.
• Design and develop engaging, targeted campaigns, content, press releases and messages suitable for use across a range of channels and from a range of sources and stakeholders.
• Actively seek out, develop and maintain relationships with target internal and external stakeholders including funders and groups related to the PRUK activity.
• Develop and prepare promotional materials for PRUK, working with designers and printers, coordinating, and overseeing similar work across the team.

You should apply if

You have extensive experience of developing and delivering communications and engagement strategies.

You enjoy working in a small and supportive team on a new initiative tasked with transformational change across the UK.

These are our ideal requirements, but we know some people are less likely to apply for the role unless they are 100% qualified. The University promotes a supportive and empowering culture, please apply if you meet the majority of the competencies.

Additional information

Contract type: Open-ended with funding until 31/12/2028

Work pattern: Full-time/ 1 FTE

For informal queries please contact: 

Dr Andrew Crawford, andrew.crawford@bristol.ac.uk

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