Communications Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Communications Officer to join the NIHR PenARC Team, within the Community and Primary Care Research Group. You’ll have the opportunity to lead on the delivery and continuous development of high impact, customer focused, creative and efficient communications and marketing.

This post is funded by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South West Peninsula (PenARC), one of fifteen collaborations funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to address local health and care questions of national importance.

You will work closely with members of the PenARC team across both the University of Plymouth and University of Exeter to support stakeholder and internal communications across the NIHR, partner organisations and the Universities.

You will be responsible for developing and maintaining communication channels to ensure relevant audiences are kept up to date with news and priorities as appropriate, as well as creating and managing a variety of communication plans and campaigns using digital, written and face to face communications.

In collaboration with the media and digital teams, you will support the use of all relevant internal communication channels.

Applicants will be educated to degree level or hold equivalent experience and will possess excellent written and oral communication skills.

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role please contact Jo Smith or David Walker by email jo.smith@plymouth.ac.uk or d.c.walker@exeter.ac.uk.

This is a full-time position working 37 hours per week on a fixed-term basis until 31st March 2026 due to funding. Applications from candidates wishing to work part-time hours will be considered.

Remote working is available up to 2 days a week.

There is an essential requirement within this role that you will be required to travel to and work at different University sites and/or other business locations that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Please refer to the job description for further information.

Please demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement.

Interviews are likely to take place in-person on Wednesday 27th November 2024 and you will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not.

We offer a competitive salary package and a generous pension and holiday scheme. We also offer a range of other benefits/support mechanisms, including ongoing development opportunities, flexible working, staff networks and enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

A summary of our comprehensive benefits can be viewed here.

The Faculty of Health holds four Silver Athena Swan awards, which recognise our commitment to supporting gender equality within higher education.

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by the University of Plymouth Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Plymouth. Employees of the University of Plymouth Services Limited work alongside the University of Plymouth colleagues in delivery of Plymouth’s strategic vision, and will adopt the University of Plymouth’s HR policies and procedures in full unless otherwise stated.

The University of Plymouth is an inclusive community where everyone is welcomed regardless of their background. To find out more about our inclusive community initiatives, such as Athena Swan and the Race Equality Charter, please visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpages.

We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented communities at the University of Plymouth, such as carers/parents, people with disabilities, ethnically diverse, LGBT+, and people from all socio-economic backgrounds.