Senior Communications Manager

The College of Oxford is a stimulating work surroundings, which enjoys a global fame as a world-class centre of excellence. Our analysis performs a key position in tackling many international challenges, from lowering our carbon emissions to growing vaccines throughout a pandemic.

Analysis Providers gives complete skilled help for Oxford’s analysis, engagement and innovation actions. We work intently with researchers, departments and divisions, different skilled companies and a variety of exterior collaborators and funders. Along with the wonderful skilled help we search to ship, we try to be a trusted supplier of strategic perception and inside and exterior affect working with College, divisional and different analysis leaders throughout the College.

You’ll lead Analysis Providers’ communication planning and have general operational accountability for the implementation of communication actions. This consists of inside communication with our employees and groups inside the division, in addition to with our service customers and key stakeholders.

What We Supply

As an employer, we genuinely care about our staff’ wellbeing and that is mirrored within the vary of advantages that we provide together with:

•  A wonderful contributory pension scheme

•  38 days annual depart

•  A complete vary of childcare companies

•  Household depart schemes

•  Cycle mortgage scheme

•  Discounted bus journey and Season Ticket journey loans

•  Membership to a wide range of social and sports activities golf equipment 

Primarily based within the Robert Hooke Constructing this position supply the chance for hybrid working with as much as 50% of contracted hours labored remotely. 

Concerning the Function

You’ll help and work with Analysis Providers’ colleagues within the communication of their enterprise features and contribute to Analysis Providers’ communication planning and implementation. You’ll ship efficient content material and communications, and lead the redevelopment and steady enchancment of our net presence and different digital channels.

Working intently with the RS Management Workforce and colleagues throughout RS’ constituent groups you’ll develop a communications technique; ship a spread of efficient and well timed communications actions together with writing and modifying on-line and print materials, organising in-person, on-line and hybrid occasions

Additionally, you will be a part of the broader UAS Communications workforce, supporting the Head of Communications and Engagement for Skilled Providers, to assist coordinate communications throughout the College Administration and Providers, and the broader College.

About You

You have to excellent written expertise to develop top quality, correct and constant communications supplies; wonderful oral communication and interpersonal expertise to encourage the arrogance of colleagues; and the flexibility to conceive, implement and consider artistic and modern communication methods.

This position would go well with a self-directed strategic thinker with the capability to problem-solve, take initiative, set priorities, and train common sense in an organised {and professional} method.

You can be required to assimilate advanced data rapidly and make it accessible to a wider viewers by way of a wide range of communications channels. Confirmed potential to ship in a fast-paced, agile ‘tasks’ surroundings managing a number of concurrent initiatives throughout a spread of stakeholder teams could be a bonus.

Utility Course of

You can be required to add a protecting letter/supporting assertion, CV and the main points of two referees as a part of your on-line software.

The cut-off date for functions is 12 midday on Tuesday 2 April. 

Interviews will happen on 8 Might and will probably be nose to nose.