Communications Officer - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Newcastle University

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Description

Salary:
£28,929 to £29,762 with progression to £32,411 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits.

We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.


Closing Date: 18 August 2023

The Role


This is an excellent opportunity to join the UK's National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) at Newcastle University, to help support the communication strategy and position the Centre's offer to a range of audiences, using a variety of media channels and platforms.

The postholder will also spend a day per week working at the broader Faculty level, supporting communications across the Faculty and its five academic units.


NICD has been established to address the data skills gap in the UK that will enable organisations to innovate through data.

It delivers a flexible rolling programme of collaborative projects that focus on a specific business challenge or opportunity and transfers practical data skills into the workforce.

Using these new skills, organisations can make better, data driven decisions, optimising existing operations or launching new products and services.


You will be responsible for taking a lead role in planning, organising and delivering NICD communications - including activities, events and social media strategies that create a regular, consistent, and positive professional profile for NICD.

This will include the development of content for blogs, news articles, social media copy and digital collateral.


You will be educated to degree level, preferably in a related discipline, and should have a background in developing narratives for marketing, publicity and event campaigns.

You will be highly motivated, enthusiastic and creative.

You will possess excellent organisational, IT and communications skills, have a keen eye for details and be able to prioritise your own workload, to ensure deadlines are met.

You will have excellent communication skills, be willing to challenge yourself and contribute new ideas and insights. Energy, empathy, and a positive 'can-do' attitude are essential.

This position is available as open-ended contracts and offer the opportunity for blended working.

Any specific questions relating to the job advert, please get in touch:
More about NICD here.

Key Accountabilities

  • Develop, coordinate, and implement the Centre's communications strategy
  • Contribute to and support the delivery of the Faculty communicators strategy
  • Coordinate and deliver campaigns to support the Centre's activities and events programmes
  • Proofread, restructure and edit articles or academic publications written by content writers
  • Update and manage the Centre's social media channels to ensure timely publication
  • Maintain a consistent twoway communication across the Centre's social media channels
  • Update the website to ensure relevant content using Web Content Management systems
  • Communicate and collaborate with key marketing delivery teams across the university (Web Design, Media, Creative Assets, Press etc)
  • Manage content projects with external agencies
  • Support and coordinate the development of narratives for the Centre's events and exhibitions campaigns
  • Act as the key point of contact to external and internal audiences for the Centre's marketing related activity
  • Monitor and measure social and web user engagement analytics
  • Act as an evangelist for promoting the importance of good story telling amongst the NICD team
  • Communicate with both partner and NICD team members to gather briefing information for content projects
  • Generate new ideas to aid the promotion of the Centre's offers and activities
  • Follow guidelines on copyright, privacy, and web accessibility
  • Support with general administrative tasks where required tasks can vary in nature, from transactional such as input into University systems, to strategic such as supporting senior management with strategic plans
The Person

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

  • Experience of developing, coordinating, and implementing communications campaigns
  • Excellent writing skills (including a high level of accuracy) and an ability to write for a range of different audiences across a range of channels
  • Experience of managing social media channels including the use of scheduling tools such as Hootsuite or Sprout Social
  • Excellent proofreading skills in the context of updating information
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a good team player with an enthusiastic and positive outlook
  • Ability to work independently on communications activities, whilst also collaborating with the wider NICD and central comms teams
  • Ability to communicate ideas effectively to stakeholders to gain buy in
  • Ability to manage and work within budget constraints
  • Knowledge of EDI and the ability to create both inclusive

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