Events and Communications Officer

About the Role

The Events and Communications Officer is an integral part of the entrepreneurship ecosystem at QMUL, coordinating and executing a programme of events and communications focused on entrepreneurship. Based in Queen Mary Innovation Ltd (QMI are the University’s technology transfer company), you will work with other parts of the University including the Research and Innovation Directorate, the School of Business and Management, Careers and Enterprise and the Events and Ceremonies team, to deliver a wide range of relevant and inspiring events and communications for our audience. Reporting to the Innovation Communications Manager at QMI, and working closely with the Associate Director – Entrepreneurship and the University Head of Events and Ceremonies, you will contribute to enhancing the University’s entrepreneurship brand and achieving its strategic goals, supporting a step change in this activity. 

The post is based in Whitechapel, London (with the opportunity to work remotely for some of the time) and is a full time, 18 months fixed term appointment. The starting salary will be in the range of £30,00-40,000 per annum, depending on experience, inclusive of London Allowance. 

About You

Experienced in events and communications management, you will have the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and projects simultaneously. Your ability to work to a brief, yet also think outside the box, is key to delivering a flexible and exciting programme of activity. You are organised and proactive, with an inclusive and understanding approach in delivering on audience needs. 

About Queen Mary Innovation Ltd

Queen Mary Innovation Ltd (QMI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Queen Mary, taking innovations from Queen Mary to the marketplace. QMI protects the University’s intellectual property, licensing it or founding new businesses to ensure that our innovations reach patients, customers and the public to the benefit of society and the economy. 

We offer an inclusive, nurturing and busy environment, where you will be supported and challenged to develop, flourish and achieve your potential. 

About Queen Mary University

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, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities. 

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. 

Interviews: Expected to be held Thursday 8 & Friday 9 May 2025

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