Engagement and Communications Officer: Social Media

2 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE07 £36,333 - £43,155 Per Annum**

**College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine; Communications, Marketing and Engagement**

**Fixed-term contract (35 hours per week)**

**Fixed term (12 month contract)**

We are looking for an experienced communications professional with strong social media skills to lead on social media activity for the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine across our Instagram, Twitter, FaceBook and LinkedIn channels whilst covering a colleague’s maternity leave.

This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

**The Opportunity**:
The post holder also leads on much of the communications to our Edinburgh Medical School students including preparation of In Vivo our medical student newsletter issued three times a year, contributes to recording of podcasts, organisation of an annual medical students debate and other events.

If you love content creation, supporting others to share their stories and helping to build community online we’d like to hear from you.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Substantial experience of working with digital communications channels
- Experience of events and/ or project management, including digital events
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in producing and editing audio/ visual content

**Click to view a copy of the full **job description **(opens new browser tab)

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine brings people together from all over the world to learn to become research scientists, doctors, vets, dental professionals or simply explore new ways of learning. It's a place where scientists have the facilities and equipment they need to explore the most challenging of research questions, where clinical trials explore new treatment options and new ideas get tested every day. All this research and teaching activity is enabled by people working in roles that lead on IT, HR, finance, communications, risk management, strategy, events, marketing, research management, recruitment and many more specialisms; the list is as diverse as our community itself.

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. Click to access our **staff benefits page **(opens new browser tab) 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.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University 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)

**Key dates to note**

**Interviews will be held on 22 August 2023 in person in Edinburgh.



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