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View Vacancy -- Digital Communications, Events and Engagement Manager LMS - 2022
About the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS)
The LMS is a unique world-leading research institute based in West London, UK, funded directly by the Medical Research Council, but sitting within Imperial College London, a university that consistently ranks amongst the top 5 in the UK and the top 20 worldwide. Located on the Hammersmith Hospital campus, it is uniquely placed to foster collaboration between medical researchers and fundamental discovery scientists. LMS research tackles major health challenges including obesity, diabetes and heart disease, as well as exploring ageing and lifespan through tackling fundamental questions about how genes and environmental factors interact in health and disease. The LMS mission is to translate medical research into impactful future improvements in health.
About the Grants Engagement and Communications (GECo) Facility
GECo is the Communications and Engagement arm of the LMS and plays a strategic role in both internal and external communications. It supports scientific writing and publishing, bringing the research of the LMS to life for wider audiences and ensuring that complex science can be simply but engagingly disseminated to news outlets, across social media platforms and on its website. It also works with scientists and communities outside the LMS engaging communities in some of the issues, debates and discoveries around scientific research, as well as providing on-site and off-site engagement activities including festivals, schools outreach and other events which help to foster dialogue between researchers across the sciences and the arts and promote women in science. In close association with the Institute Director, GECo devise and deliver a range of special projects which have included Suffrage Science, Heroes of Health and BPoD.
Role purpose:
The post-holder will work closely with the Head of GECo, supervising in-house staff and freelancers in the management of projects, as required
Main duties:
- Digital Communications: Establishing goals and objectives for external and internal communications campaigns. Developing creative concepts, content and copy for science communications and public engagement with science campaigns (eg content creation for website, blogs, news, infographics)
- Audience Development/Engagement: Developing the online presence of the LMS and building an audience for LMS news, communications and engagement projects through social media channels (i.e Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook and others TBC). Identify target audiences and determine optimal outreach and engagement strategies across various digital platforms
- Impact Analysis: Evaluating the effectiveness of communications campaigns using evaluation metrics and analytics to assess and improve engagement
- Event and Engagement management: develop event materials, content, communications and event delivery for external and internal engagement events.
- Science outreach: Provide creative and logistical input for public engagement and educational community outreach projects organised by the GECo Facility.
- Project management: provide project management across institute-wide internal projects and. Including guidance/ templates, audience targeting, format development, speaker recruitment, promotion, event management and evaluation
Key responsibilities:
- Digital Engagement project development, delivery, management, marketing and maintenance Management and development of community engagement programme, women in science projects, and training provision
- Project communications and event management support for GECo and Institute-wide events and projects
- Mentor and support GECo team members and interns
- Support LMS Group Heads in the development of engagement and communications projects and events
Working relationships:
Reports to the Head of Grants, Engagement and Communications facility. Supports the Institute Director, Senior Management and Group Heads in engagement projects and capacity building. Chiefly responsible for the Institute’s digital engagement projects and events.
Education / Qualifications / Training required (will be assessed from application form):
Essential:
- Degree in science-related subject or equivalent.
Desirable:
- Qualification or training or experience in project management
Previous work experience required (will be assessed from application form and at interview):
Essential:
- Experience of digital communications, stakeholder, staff and audience engagement
- Experience of building audiences and managing websites and social media accounts
- Experience of public engagement with research/science
- Experience of project and event management
- Experience of working with academics and researchers
Desirable:
- Experience of external communications
- Experience of brand development
- Experience of stakeholder management
- Experience of training development
Knowledge and experience (will be assessed from application form and at interview):
Essential:
- Good working knowledge of science
- Ability to translate complex science (I.e. from published articles) into accessible content
Desirable:
- Interest in project management and public engagement for non-specialist audiences
IT skills
Essential:
- Proficiency in all aspects of MS Office software
- Skilled in social media management and content creation
- Competence in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign
- Proficient in a range of software packages to prepare and produce documents, reports, grant applications, forms etc., formatting and proofreading
Desirable:
- Competence in software
- Proficiency across a range of other packages including other Adobe Creative Suite software
Personal skills/behaviours/qualities (will be assessed at the interview):
Essential:
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet agreed deadlines
- Ability to manage multiple short and long-term projects
- Ability to work under pressure to short deadlines
- Detail conscious and very well organised
- Ability to build effective relationships quickly and inspire trust
- Ability to work collaboratively and engage with stakeholders and management
Communication skills
Essential:
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Ability to communicate complex information effectively
Desirable:
- Experience of building relationships with key stakeholders
Project management skills
Essential:
- Proven project management experience
Desirable:
- Experience of using a range of project management softwares
Event management
Desirable:
- Experience in organising science-based events and outreach projects
Enthusiastic and pragmatic with a flexible approach to varied workload
Please upload your CV, names and contacts of two references along with a cover letter stating why you are applying for this role (providing evidence against the requirements of the job as per the job description and person specification).
Choosing to come to work at the MRC (part of UKRI) means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement to access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme, as well as the chance to put the MRC and UKRI on your CV in the future.
Our success is dependent upon our ability to embrace diversity and draw on the skills, understanding and experience of all our people. We welcome applications from all sections of the community irrespective of gender, race, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability or age. As "Disability Confident" employers, we guarantee to interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
UKRI supports research in areas that include animal health, agriculture and food security, and bioscience for health which includes research on animals, genetic modification and stem cell research. Whilst you may not have direct involvement in this type of research, you should consider whether this conflicts with your personal values or beliefs.
We will conduct a full and comprehensive pre-employment check as an essential part of the recruitment process on all individuals that are offered a position with UKRI. This will include a security check and an extreme organisations affiliation check. The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.
This opportunity is closed to applications.