Strategic Projects Communications Lead

University of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A higher education institution in Bath is seeking a Strategic Projects Communications Lead to lead communication efforts for significant projects, ensuring engagement with staff and students. This full-time role offers a range of benefits, including generous leave and professional development opportunities. Ideal candidates will have excellent communication skills and experience managing communications across various channels.

Benefits

Free counselling services

Cycle to work scheme

Relocation allowance

Visa reimbursement

Qualifications

• Proven ability to prioritize across a range of projects.
• Enthusiasm, perseverance, and foresight are crucial.
• Experience in engaging diverse communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead communications for various strategic programs and projects.
• Provide expert internal communications guidance.
• Maintain oversight of project communications outputs.

Skills

Excellent time management

Creative communications

Strategic thinking

Job description

Overview

Strategic Projects Communications Lead

As a Strategic Projects Communications Lead, you will have a pivotal role in the success of significant change projects and programmes to realise our ambitious University Strategy. Join us as a creative communications professional to engage our diverse staff and student community.

Responsibilities

• Lead communications for various crucial strategic programs and projects, crafting detailed communication plans with persuasive messaging in sync with project achievements.
• Provide expert internal communications guidance to executive project and programme sponsors, addressing communication risks and opportunities.
• Work closely with programme managers, project managers, change managers and Human Resources to ensure timely, relevant, and accurate communications with collaborators.
• Maintain oversight of project communications outputs and support key communication channels for internal audiences.
• Use multiple media types including text, images, audio, and video to engage diverse staff and student audiences.
• Leverage analytics to identify communication opportunities, evaluate activities, and improve channels.

About You

You’ll have excellent time management, with the proven ability to prioritise across a range of projects and programmes. If you have a mix of enthusiasm, perseverance, and foresight and excel at working with different collaborators to accomplish project success, we encourage you to reach out.

Further Information

The role is available on a full-time fixed term basis of a minimum 24 months. The planned interview date for this vacancy is 06 October 2025.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Lynn Li, Associate Director of Communications and Engagement, [e-mail]

However please ensure that you submit your application through the university website.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and an accredited Disability Confident Leader; we are an autism-friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

What We Can Offer You

We’re continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us. The below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

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Further Details

• Job Description & Person Specification
• Terms and Conditions of Employment

Right To Work In The UK

We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.

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