Communications Manager

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About Us

The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King's College London is looking for a Communications Manager to support its mission to engineer better health for patients in the UK and worldwide.

The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences is proud to have developed unique partnerships between academia, NHS and industry through the creation of the MedTech Hub, enabling us to be better placed to identify key needs in our healthcare systems and swiftly address them, ensuring that our innovations go from bench-to-bedside in a reduced timeframe. Through our specialist infrastructure and research facilities, embedded in one of the UK's most research active NHS Foundation trusts, we are in a powerful and unique position to deliver on our mission of engineering better health.

About the Role

An experienced and dedicated Communications Manager is required to lead the School's communications team on the St Thomas' hospital campus and provide high quality communication support. This will include:

• Raising the profile of the work of the School to key internal and external audiences.
• Providing communications expertise to support the School's vision to create Europe's leading MedTech Hub located at St Thomas' Hospital.

This is a full time (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Degree, HND, NVQ 4 qualified or equivalent in relevant subject/relevant formal training, plus relevant experience in similar or related roles OR Considerable knowledge and skills gained through work experience in relevant communications posts with a clear progression in increasingly demanding job
2. An excellent standard of English (e.g. A level) and skill in communicating effectively both orally and in writing to a range of audiences and through a range of channels.
3. Strong interpersonal and influencing/behavioural skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels across the School, the wider University and externally.
4. Ability to comprehend complex situations quickly, providing creative solutions to ensure results are achieved and objectives are met.
5. A collaborative approach to working with other teams across the University such as the Central Communications team and Faculty Communications team, demonstrating tact and diplomacy
6. Excellent time management and organisational skills, able to manage own workload and those of team members, and prioritise tasks in a busy work environment, managing multiple work-streams independently
7. Ability to balance competing, shifting priorities on behalf of a team under pressure of deadlines and workload, supporting more junior members of the team effectively
8. Thorough knowledge of a broad range of communications activities and tools (Microsoft software, media, websites and content management systems, events, marketing, brand management, social media, publications, databases) and a proven track record of devising and implementing successful communication strategies
9. Experience of designing and developing webpages, writing and publishing content to online digital platforms including podcasts and videos - providing training and support where necessary

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of working in the higher education sector and/or a scientific/medical/clinical environment with a knowledge of the regulatory, policy and procedural context along with the challenges and opportunities faced by the sector
2. Evidence of an active commitment to career development with the application of learning to the work context
3. A professional qualification in communications, public relations or marketing
4. Experience of working in scientific or health sector

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click "Apply Now". This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our 'How we Recruit' pages.

Interviews are due to be held on late January 2025.

We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.