Communications and Marketing Manager (eFutures 4.0)

About the job:

eFutures is recruiting for a Communications & Marketing Manager (CMM) and you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of a national UKRI (EPSRC) funded work programme, based out of and managed by Queen's University Belfast.

eFutures 4.0 focuses on building a community of electronic systems experts, both nationally (UK) and internationally, via events, conferences, policy papers, visits and other initiatives.

Reporting to a Project Investigator based at Momentum One Zero, the post holder will support the delivery phase of eFutures 4.0, with a focus on comms and marketing, working with colleagues including external stakeholders collaboratively to coordinate project management and operational strategies for eFutures 4.0.

About the person:

Applications will be shortlisted against the following criteria. Candidates must meet the essential criteria. The panel reserves the right to enhance the desirable criteria should there be a high application rate in order to facilitate shortlisting.

Essential Criteria:

1. Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject area; AND
2. Significant recent relevant experience in the areas as outlined below, or, in the absence of qualification, candidates who can demonstrate substantial recent relevant employment experience in the areas will also be considered:
* Experience as a public relations/digital comms/press officer/ marketing coordinator working in a higher education environment or other relevant sector.
* Experience as a primary responsibility of the post, of developing and producing communication campaign strategies and plans, including setting strategic objectives, conducting insight and evaluation.
* Experience of delivering co-ordinated communications plans and activity across multiple communications channels, including editing video, creating social media and engaging with traditional media.
* Experience of providing timely and professional proactive and reactive communications advice to senior management, project leads/academics/experts and ability to challenge and persuade.
* Experience of providing content for specific use on social media to achieve communications objectives as a main part of the job, monitoring and responding to social media posts and understanding and experience of dealing with emerging communications channels.

This is not an exhaustive list. To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information on our website. The panel reserves the right to enhance the desirable criteria should there be a high application rate in order to facilitate shortlisting.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more on our website.

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.

If you are an international applicant and don't already hold a visa that permits you to take up the role you are applying for, please use the information provided on our website to self-assess whether the University is likely to be able to support a visa application.

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