Public Engagement Manager (Events and Programmes)

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London

Short summary

One of the Francis Crick Institute’s strategic priorities is to engage and inspire the public through public events and exhibitions, education outreach, and community engagement programmes, backed by a body of active research scientists who have the skills, desire and opportunity to engage people in their work.  

Building on an established programme, the Public Engagement Manager will manage the creative and strategic development and delivery of the Crick’s public events programme, which seeks to engage diverse audiences with Crick science. This role also leads on embedding a culture of engagement in the institute through a comprehensive training offer open to all Crick staff and regular opportunities to engage. 

This role is an excellent opportunity for an experienced public engagement professional with a track record of connecting diverse audiences with science.

Key Responsibilities

• Take forward the creative and strategic development and delivery of the Crick’s public events programme which seeks to engage diverse audiences with Crick science.
• Oversee the project management of the public programme, working with the Public Engagement Officers to deliver a programme of regular events that engage public audiences with Crick science.
• Support the strategic development of activities that engage and involve people with lived experience.
• Work with the Crick’s Marketing Manager to ensure creative, effective and timely marketing and communication of the Crick’s public events programme to audiences.  
• Develop and implement an evaluation framework for the Crick’s public programmes, working with external evaluators when necessary. 
• Work with colleagues to strategically embed EDI principles and practice in our public engagement programmes, and ensure our activities are as inclusive and accessible as possible.
• Seek out opportunities to extend audience reach, such as partnerships and digital engagement. 

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy. 

• If you are interested in applying for this role, please apply via our website.
• The closing date for applications is 27/10/2024
• All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

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