Science Communication Officer

Job number

**PRO01262**
- Faculties

**Provost’s Team**
- Departments

**Enterprise**
- Salary or Salary range

**£45,700 - £55,240 per annum**
- Location/campus

**South Kensington and White City Campus - Hybrid**
- Contract type work pattern

**Full time - Fixed term**
- Posting End Date

**16 Jun 2025**

**About the role**:
You will have the opportunity to be part of exciting large, collaborative, and international research projects to maximise their impact and ensure they meet the funder’s goals and requirements.

The RIMO office is an integral part of Imperial’s Enterprise Department, which provides commercial and business management services to support the award and delivery of funded programmes and projects. The work of Enterprise directly underpins Imperial’s mission, thereby supporting the development of new or enhanced research, education and/or translation capabilities across all faculties of the university and on behalf of Imperial’s academic community. RIMO has a specific focus on managing high-profile international projects funded mainly by the European Commission.

**What you would be doing**:
The main objective of the Science Communication Officer role within the Research Impact Management Office (RIMO) Team is to lead on the delivery of communication management for the team’s portfolio of research projects namely, SONICOM, and CoDiet. You will also input on the overall RIMO portfolio of research projects as well as support on the communication and marketing strategy for the office

**What we are looking for**:

- Science communication qualifications and/or experience.
- Communication experience including producing marketing and website material and managing social media accounts.
- Experience developing, implementing and evaluating communication strategies
- Experience in event coordination
- Excellent communication and liaison skills.
- Experience of working in large and complex organisations, especially in higher education.

**What we can offer you**:

- The opportunity to travel abroad and attend and present at project meetings and conferences
- Support and work alongside world-leading researchers and academics
- The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution and be part of our mission to use science for humanity.
- Benefit from a sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 39 days’ annual leave and generous pension schemes).
- Access to a range of workplace benefits including a flexible working policy from day one, generous family leave packages, on-site leisure facilities and cycle-to-work scheme.
- Interest-free season ticket loan schemes for travel.
- Be part of a diverse, inclusive and collaborative work culture with various staff networks and resources to support your personal and professional wellbeing.

**Further information**:
This role is for a fixed-term contract for 24 months.

**Available documents**:

- Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.- Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.

**About Imperial**:
Welcome to Imperial, a global top ten university where scientific imagination leads to world-changing impact.

Join us and be part of something bigger. From global health to climate change, AI to business leadership, here at Imperial we navigate some of the world’s toughest challenges. Whatever your role, your contribution will have a lasting impact.

As a member of our vibrant community of 22,000 students and 8,000 staff, you’ll collaborate with passionate minds across nine London campuses and a global network.

This is your chance to help shape the future. We hope you’ll join us at Imperial College London.

**Our Culture**:
Our values are at the root of everything we do and everyone in our community is expected to demonstrate respect, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and innovation.