Communications Manager

1 month ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom University of Cambridge Full time

Location: West Cambridge

The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology is looking for an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic Communications Manager, who will join and lead our Communications team, bringing excellent skills in channels management, content development and staff engagement. You will develop strong working relationships with colleagues in the Department, with a particular focus upon understanding the work of its academics to support them in publicising their research. In addition, you will review and enhance the Department's wider marketing and communications activities with a range of external and internal stakeholders.

You will develop and implement an effective multi-channel communications strategy on behalf of the Department, in order to raise the profile and impact on research activity to diverse audiences and stakeholders. In implementing the Department's communications strategy, you will be supported by the Communications Coordinator, Marketing and Outreach Assistant, and Webmaster and Systems Developer. You will work closely together to achieve their strategic objectives.

You will have experience of a broad range of communications disciplines e.g. media, reputation management, stakeholder liaison etc., as well as experience of scientific writing; excellent planning, organisational and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels. You will have a good understanding of social networking tools and their application, as well as excellent editorial, proofreading and writing skills.

The ability to convey scientific and technical topics to a range of audiences through engaging communication is key.

Benefits of working at University of Cambridge include:

  • Competitive rates of pay with automatic service-related pay progression and annual cost of living increases.
  • Generous annual leave allowance of 41 days paid leave inclusive of bank holidays for full time employees, pro rata'd for part time employees.
  • Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family friendly schemes (e.g. workplace nurseries and salary exchange schemes for childcare).
  • An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution.
  • Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores.

While this role has been advertised as full time, we encourage applications from part time candidates.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43306.

Informal enquiries are encouraged and can be made to Dr Tom Matthams on tjm16@cam.ac.uk

If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact Vito Candela, HR Administrator at hr@ceb.cam.ac.uk

Closing date for application is Sunday 14th April 2024. Interviews for the post will take place on Friday 26th April 2024.

Please quote reference NQ38826 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.



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