Senior Communications and Engagement Officer

The University of Manchester; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Manchester is looking for a Senior Communications and Engagement Officer for 12 months. This role involves managing both internal and external communications, building relationships with stakeholders, and creating engaging content across various platforms. The ideal candidate will excel in communication and possess strong relationship-building skills within a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Market leading Pension scheme

Employee health and wellbeing services

Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement

Additional paid closure over Christmas

Local and national discounts at retailers

Qualifications

• Significant experience with academic and PS stakeholders.
• Ability to generate engaging communications across multiple channels.

Responsibilities

• Deliver internal and external communications for SEED.
• Collaborate with Humanities and central communications teams.
• Manage proactive and reactive communications effectively.

Skills

Excellent written communication

Excellent verbal communication

Content generation

Relationship building

Stakeholder engagement

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The University of Manchester

Location:

Manchester, United Kingdom

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Other

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

An opportunity has arisen in SEED for a Senior Communications and Engagement Officer role for 12 months.

The role is responsible for the delivery of both internal and external communications in SEED, working collaboratively across Humanities and the central communications team to do so. The successful candidate will have significant experience of forging relationships with a wide range of academic and PS stakeholders, and external partners to deliver engaging communications and content.

You’ll have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be adept at generating content for multiple channels. The role will cover proactive and reactive work, and often requires working at pace and with initiative.

As an integral member of the SEED Operations team, the role will report to Operations Manager Lucy Adams and will be part of the Humanities communications and engagement community of practice.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we support an inclusive working environment and welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.