Communications & Marketing Manager [Temporary Cover]

Do you have great interpersonal skills and a good eye for a story?  Interested in a role which is contributing to changing lives for the better? Looking for your next challenge?

We are recruiting a temporary Communications & Marketing Manager for parental leave cover who can implement communications strategies in line with the key communications objectives and messages of the NIHR BioResource. You will need experience of a broad range of communications disciplines as well as excellent planning, organisational and prioritisation skills succeed in this role. 

About NIHR BioResource

Our mission is to facilitate human health research and its transformation into medical practice.

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) BioResource is a unique and powerful resource for studying disease mechanisms and for investigating the links between genes, the environment, health and disease, enabling scientific discoveries as well as facilitating translational medicine for the benefit of patients.

Further details on the NIHR BioResource can be found on our website www.bioresource.nihr.ac.uk.

About the job:

The role holder will have the responsibility to deliver strategic communications to support and promote the NIHR BioResource.

You will implement an effective multi-channel communications strategy on behalf of the NIHR BioResource in order to raise the profile and impact on research activity to diverse audiences and stakeholders. You will also ensure high quality marketing, communications and reporting of key information to public-facing areas of the NIHR BioResource, and take responsibility for introducing, adapting and improving communications systems regarding the NIHR BioResource's services, aims and goals.

The role manages the Communications Team, consisting of 2 Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Senior Coordinators and 3 Communications Coordinators.

About you: 

Ideally you will have:

•             Experience of using social media to tailor and share news/other contents to engage diverse audiences
•             Excellent interpersonal skills, team working and customer focus, with ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
•             Good eye for a story and proven copy-writing ability, underpinned by strong grammatical skills and attention to detail 

What we offer:

The University offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, family friendly policies, an attractive pension scheme (employer's contribution is 14.5%) and 41 days' annual holiday (inclusive of public holidays). We encourage career development by providing extensive training & development opportunities.

This appointment is full-time, 37 hours per week; part-time to 80% will be considered. Work/life balance is important, and we are open to discussion on flexible working, including hybrid working.

The post is available on a fixed-term basis for nine months or the return of the postholder, whichever sooner, to provide cover during parental leave.

Our offices are on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus CB2 0QQ (approximately 2 miles south of the city centre).

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and CV in the Upload section of the online application. The covering letter should outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Please include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

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