Impact and Engagement Officer

2 weeks ago


Warrington Cheshire, United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council Full time

Job Title: Impact and Engagement Officer

Salary: £34,905 to £37,173 gross per annum (Dependent on skills and experience)

Hours: Full time (We understand the importance of work-life balance, and are happy to discuss the possibility of flexible working with applicants)

Contract Type: 12 Months Fixed Term

Location: Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington OR Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, Oxfordshire

Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers, technicians and business support team explore the unknown and turn what they find into work that changes the world around us.

Come and discover how much you can achieve when you're surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity.

About the Role

As an Impact & Engagement Officer you will be responsible for shaping and implementing the marketing strategy for STFC's offering to businesses. You will have a particular focus on creating compelling and solution led content that will simplify our offering. We are looking for a "story teller" with good listening skills who is comfortable working with different skillsets in order to extract key messages.

Our work is funded by government and measured on the impact our support has on UK economic growth, for example, the development of new disruptive technology, job creation and business growth. Therefore, the capturing and communicating of good news from the companies we work with back to government is crucial to the work the team delivers. Knowledge of working with a PR company and/or media and press is advantageous.

Key Responsibilities

• Maximise engagement with our programmes by contributing in the upkeep of our social media channels and work closely with STFC's communications team to raise the profile of STFC across various key sectors. These include; space, automotive, health tech, digital and energy.

• Develop good relationships and working proactively with colleagues across multiple teams, predominantly from within the directorate but also across STFC and UK Research & Innovation, our parent organisation, to ensure that we deliver a joined-up marketing plan that supports the organisation's strategic objectives.

• Work closely with a small number of Joint Venture partners to raise the profile of the "campuses" in Oxfordshire, Liverpool City Region and Edinburgh - exciting ecosystems formed alongside the UK's large scientific facilities, where scientists, spin-outs, SMEs, corporates and partner organisations come together to work on ground breaking technology - both regionally and nationally. In addition, the Impact & Engagement team

• Represent STFC when working with other partner organisations for whom we run business incubation initiatives, including the European Space Agency (ESA) and CERN.

The role requires problem solving and adaptive thinking, as well as resilience and the ability to use your knowledge and experience to build trust amongst your peers in order to influence and persuade. Drive and passion for marketing and STFC's work are required, as well as a focus on achieving our goals as a team.

Person Specification

• Experience in "story telling" and creating engaging content

• Writing skills and the ability to simplify complicated information and tailor for different audiences

• Experience/involvement in digital campaign management

• Experience of working with a PR company or directly with media sources e.g. editors and writers

• Social media account management experience for business use

• Excellent writing and communication skills

• Team player but also able to use initiative

• Passionate about marketing

• Ability to prioritise a busy workload

• Proactive and motivated

• Flexible and adaptable

Benefits

Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits including a flexible working scheme, a Career Average Revalued Earnings pension scheme, 30 days annual leave allowance, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.

Join us and discover what's possible

How we support EDI in the workforce

At UKRI, we believe that everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so. We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community.

Disability Confident Employer

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

How to apply

Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the 'experience' section of the application.

UKRI seeks to ensure it creates and maintains a system of openness, fairness and inclusion - a collaborative, trusted environment, which is attractive to and accessible to everyone who is interested in developing their career with us.

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