"Communications and Engagement Officer"

We are the University of Cumbria, for and from Cumbria and our localities, rooted in serving our communities, with people, place and partnership at our heart. Now is a very exciting time to be joining us because we are delivering a new "Towards 2030" strategic plan focused on making the most of our three most valuable assets; People, Place and Partnerships, to become a catalyst for economic well-being for our region, nationally and internationally.

We are looking for a Communications and Engagement Officer to join our Strategic Communications and External Affairs Service, based at either our Fusehill Street campus in Carlisle or on our Lancaster campus.

This is a highly rewarding role, with responsibility to develop and deliver a range of communications and engagement activities for the university with a particular focus on our Lancaster and London campuses.

Working closely with other professional services, academic colleagues, the Students’ Union as well as our partners and stakeholders, the post holder will deliver creative online and offline content with the aim of raising the profile of the university and its benefits to the area, locally, regionally and nationally across a number of audiences.

Alongside this, you will be required to develop effective communications and events strategies to enhance engagement and liaison with internal and external audiences including key partners and stakeholders.

A creative flair for PR, communications and promotion is required to help us deliver a broad range of communications activity that effectively engages different audiences to achieve the strategic goals of the university. We require an outstanding communications professional to implement these communications campaigns to connect, promote and engage effectively as well as celebrating success using the most appropriate and best practice communications approaches.

Expertise in communications campaign and project management is needed as well as event management skills to make sure all aspects of communications and engagement delivery are of the highest standard and budgets are well managed.

This is a strong people-focused role, requiring excellent communication, copy writing and relationship management and collaborative skills, as well as ability to problem solve and maximise our events and engagement activity to raise our profile and nurture advocates to support our work.

Informal Enquiries: Sarah Burrows | Communications and Engagement Manager | 07958 024699 | sarah.burrows@cumbria.ac.uk

We offer a comprehensive set of staff benefits which includes a competitive salary, 35 hour full-time working week, 33 days holiday plus bank holidays, hybrid working in line with business need, and an excellent pension scheme with 8% employer contribution.

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