Nihr Brc Communications Coordinator
3 weeks ago
**About the role**:
Are you a creative communications professional with a passion for health and research? Want to go home at the end of the day knowing the work you’ve done has made a difference?
Take the next step in your career with the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at University of Leicester.
We are looking for a communications coordinator who is driven to learn and improve, understands people and their values, and who wants to get stuck in to all aspects of communications and engagement, from planning and delivery to evaluation, to join our team as a Communications Coordinator.
In this role you’ll work alongside the people who are bringing life-changing diagnostics, treatments and prevention to patients in the NHS, working in a creative and supportive team across both the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. Our NIHR Biomedical Research Centre is filled with world-class research teams and we want to share their amazing stories with our audiences.
The NIHR Leicester BRC is a partnership between the University of Leicester, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Loughborough University and the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group. It has been funded £26.1 million to carry out pioneering research into medical advancements into illnesses linked to respiratory and infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and type 2 diabetes, personalised cancer prevention and treatment, Environment - looking at how the environment impacts on long term health conditions - and Using data to better understand multiple long term health conditions and factors specific to the health of ethnic minority populations. chronic kidney disease and the consequences of inactivity will continue to push boundaries of knowledge in clinical medicine. We also provide community engagement and public involvement opportunities to make sure our research is shaped by the people who are set to benefit from it.
Sound like a team you'd like to join?
**About you**:
The post holder will help the research communications team to fulfil three main priorities:
- Increase participant recruitment and retention to studies, and gather their feedback to improve services
- Increase staff engagement and develop an inclusive research culture at the Trust
- Disseminate scientific outputs and findings to increase impact on knowledge, opinion and behaviours of key stakeholders
Contributions to these priorities will be underpinned by equality, diversity and inclusion, and analysis and evaluation - ensuring that our work remains equitable, focused and of high value.
**Additional information**:
Applications for job share will be considered.
The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.
As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.
We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
**Vacancy terms**: Full time, part time minimum 0.6FTE (21 hours per week), or job share considered, fixed term contract until 30th November 2027
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