Eid Communications and Engagement Officer

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE06 £30,619 - £35,308 Per Annum, Pro Rata**

**College of Science and Engineering / School of Biological Sciences / Edinburgh Infectious Diseases**

**Fixed term, 16 months contract from 24th July 2023**

**Part-time, 17.5 hours per week
We are looking for an enthusiastic communications professional to further develop and deliver the communications strategy for the Edinburgh Infectious Diseases network.

**The Opportunity**:
Edinburgh Infectious Diseases is a network of over 800 researchers across the University of Edinburgh and associated institutions in Edinburgh, whose research focuses on infectious disease - from basic and clinical sciences to social science and ethics. We are now developing our activities to ensure that we effectively communicate with a wide range of audiences, both internal and external. This role has three main components: (1) to use web and social media platforms to highlight research from the network; (2) to support EID members to develop and deliver activities for public engagement with research and (3) to assist other members of the EID administrative team in organisation of meetings and workshops.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Excellent communication skills with wide variety of audience, from senior academics to the general public
- Writer with experience of researching and generating written communications materials for a range of platforms, including websites and social media e.g. twitter
- Experience in website development and editing
- Experience in developing and evaluating public engagement activities

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**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages **(opens new browser tab).



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