Communications and Public engagement officer

Manpower have an excellent oppurtunity for a communications and engagement officer to work on a full time four month contract at the University of Leeds.

The Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) brings together researchers and data scientists from a range of disciplines, across the University, to support research goals in personalised medicine, intelligent mobility, smart cities, healthy behaviour and lifestyles, sustainable consumption and the ethical data use. LIDA provides a bridge from commerce, public sector and government to academic research, driving new data sets into research and education.
LIDA also hosts the ESRC Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC), which brings together researchers from the Universities of Leeds, UCL, Liverpool and Oxford. Funded as part of the ESRC Big Data Network, the Centre works with a range of industry partners to enable them to make their data available to trusted researchers to provide solutions that drive economic growth and improve society.
You will be responsible for developing and implementing multichannel communications and public engagement plans for both LIDA and the CDRC, to raise awareness of data as a resource for academic and applied research; and to promote the Institute/Centre's research, services, training and education activities.
You will be required to develop web and social media content, produce high quality publications such as reports, newsletters and promotional materials and deliver educational and public-engagement events.
You will have a graduate degree or equivalent (preferably in a communications-related subject) and specialist expertise in a wide range of communications and public engagement activities and practices. Knowledge of content management systems, social media and evaluating communications is also essential.
What does the role entail?
As Communications & Public Engagement Officer your main duties will include:
 Developing and implementing communications and public engagement plans for both LIDA and CDRC, regularly evaluating activities and reporting on performance to the Senior Management Teams;
 Planning and delivering effective communications activities for LIDA which will raise awareness of the Institute's research projects, training and education activities. These include, but are not limited to:
o Maintaining the website ensuring the content is current, relevant and aligns with key messages;
o Drafting and approving publications;
o Developing promotional materials;
o Maintaining a regular and prominent presence for LIDA and CDRC on social media;
o Managing and attending events and engaging in activities to raise the profile of the Institute, ensuring messages and materials are targeted to the audience;
 Planning and delivering effective communications for CDRC, in collaboration with Centre partners, which will establish and raise awareness of consumer data as a resource for academic and applied research at local, regional and national levels. Activities as above;
 Acting as a trusted advisor and providing specialist advice, support and expertise to senior academic colleagues and the LIDA Senior Management Team on all areas of communications;
 Providing overall editorial control of CDRC and LIDA communications, internal and external to the University, to ensure appropriate content, messaging, tone and consistency across all channels, including social media;
 Ensuring that the Institute's communications follow University guidelines on identity management, web standards and on the use of agreed suppliers;
 Ensuring that communications are in line with external partner non-disclosure agreements;
 Allocating tasks, coordinating and overseeing contributions from other team members to ensure communications activities are in line with the overall strategy;
 Identifying opportunities to promote the Institute's research and impact activities, developing case studies and working with the central media relations team to generate media coverage.
These duties provide a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a definitive list. Other reasonable duties may be required consistent with the grade of the post.
What will you bring to the role?
As Communications & Public Engagement Officer you will have:
 Educated to degree level or equivalent (preferably in a communications related subject), with a strong academic record;
 Considerable experience in a communications role, with evidence of implementing and evaluating successful communications plans;
 Experience of message development within the academic and/or public sector environment;
 Demonstrated ability to work independently and carry out a range of communications activity without the support of a team, including events management and the production of print and digital communications;
 Experience in managing relationships with suppliers and colleagues with specialist or technical experience;
 Proficiency in MS Office and experience of using content management systems;
 Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, with confidence to present and facilitate and an ability to adapt your style to the audience;
 Experience in authoring, editing and proofing articles in English, with strong attention to detail;
 Ability to represent the organisation in a professional manner;
 A positive, cooperative and pro-active approach to work;
 A willing and flexible approach to new areas of work.

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