Senior Communications and Engagement Manager

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The Senior Communications and Engagement Manager will support King's College London's new multidisciplinary research institutes in building their reputation and profile among key audiences including current and prospective students and staff, relevant academic communities, funding bodies and Government, and across the media.

About the role

The Senior Communications and Engagement Manager requires a balance of skills across internal and external communications, engagement, and digital.

The post holder will be adept at identifying, researching, and developing proactive communications campaigns and compelling news stories, features and content. They will work with colleagues across King's multidisciplinary research institutes, central and faculty-based communications teams and external collaborators to raise the profile of the new institutes and increase visibility and engagement through digital content, including the development of web pages, targeted social and external media, impactful events, compelling internal and external campaigns, launches, supporting partnerships and other activities to engage key communities in the work and mission of the institutes.

King's new multidisciplinary research institutes bring together expertise from across the University and its partner organisations to help address complex global challenges. King's Human and Synthetic Minds Institute aims to build a stronger scientific, historical, social and cultural understanding of intelligence. It brings together neuroscience, physics, engineering, humanities, and arts to explore human and artificial intelligence and creativity in novel ways. King's Population Health Institute is dedicated to tackling health inequalities through developing a new model of precise and personalised health for population health. To achieve this, the institute will work collaboratively with King's Health Partners, NHS, and community partners in the South East London area. The post-holder is expected to support the internal and external engagement for the institute to increase visibility and impact of population health activities.

The King's Human and Synthetic Minds Institute and the King's Population Health Institute are part of King's overall vision which place multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary connections at the heart of its strategic ambitions.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week) and you will be offered a fixed-term contract until 31 July 2026.

This is currently a hybrid working role where the role holder will spend part of their working week on campus and part of the week working remotely. Flexible working requests/patterns are welcomed.

Contact details: Tanya Wood.

Closing date: 18 March 2025.

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