Impact and Engagement Officer

Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers, technicians and business support team explore the unknown and turn what they find into work that changes the world around us.

Come and discover how much you can achieve when you're surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity.

About the Role

As an Impact & Engagement Officer you will be responsible for shaping and implementing the marketing strategy for STFC's offering to businesses. You will have a particular focus on creating compelling and solution led content that will simplify our offering. We are looking for a "story teller" with good listening skills who is comfortable working with different skillsets in order to extract key messages.

Our work is funded by government and measured on the impact our support has on UK economic growth, for example, the development of new disruptive technology, job creation and business growth. Therefore, the capturing and communicating of good news from the companies we work with back to government is crucial to the work the team delivers. Knowledge of working with a PR company and/or media and press is advantageous.

Key Responsibilities

• Maximise engagement with our programmes by contributing in the upkeep of our social media channels and work closely with STFC's communications team to raise the profile of STFC across various key sectors. These include; space, automotive, health tech, digital and energy.



• Develop good relationships and working proactively with colleagues across multiple teams, predominantly from within the directorate but also across STFC and UK Research & Innovation, our parent organisation, to ensure that we deliver a joined-up marketing plan that supports the organisation's strategic objectives.



• Work closely with a small number of Joint Venture partners to raise the profile of the "campuses" in Oxfordshire, Liverpool City Region and Edinburgh - exciting ecosystems formed alongside the UK's large scientific facilities, where scientists, spin-outs, SMEs, corporates and partner organisations come together to work on ground breaking technology - both regionally and nationally. In addition, the Impact & Engagement team



• Represent STFC when working with other partner organisations for whom we run business incubation initiatives, including the European Space Agency (ESA) and CERN.


The role requires problem solving and adaptive thinking, as well as resilience and the ability to use your knowledge and experience to build trust amongst your peers in order to influence and persuade. Drive and passion for marketing and STFC's work are required, as well as a focus on achieving our goals as a team., UKRI seeks to ensure it creates and maintains a system of openness, fairness and inclusion - a collaborative, trusted environment, which is attractive to and accessible to everyone who is interested in developing their career with us.


• Experience in "story telling" and creating engaging content



• Writing skills and the ability to simplify complicated information and tailor for different audiences



• Experience/involvement in digital campaign management



• Experience of working with a PR company or directly with media sources e.g. editors and writers



• Social media account management experience for business use



• Excellent writing and communication skills



• Team player but also able to use initiative



• Passionate about marketing



• Ability to prioritise a busy workload



• Proactive and motivated



• Flexible and adaptable
  
  As one of Europe's largest research organisations, we ask the biggest questions in the universe to find answers that change the world around us. We seek understanding. We're proud of the impact we make. And we're committed to helping build a globally competitive, knowledge-based UK economy. Being part of all this means contributing to work that pushes boundaries and creates possibilities. You'll work with, and learn from, true experts. Whatever your role, you'll be free to question, and encouraged to share ideas. And, in a positive and supportive culture, you'll discover just what a difference you can make when you're equipped and inspired to excel.


We're a place where curious minds thrive. Not bound by profit, we explore ideas that others don't, ask questions that others won't, and discover answers that others are not equipped to find. And, alongside Mars landings and black holes, we also explore diverse, international projects in everything from science and engineering to computing and technology. Whether it's at the cutting edge or behind the scenes, our work is intellectually challenging. It's very often ground-breaking. And it's endlessly, irresistibly fascinating., UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.

Supporting some of the world's most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.

Salary: £34,905 to £37,173 gross per annum (Dependent on skills and experience)

Hours: Full time (We understand the importance of work-life balance, and are happy to discuss the possibility of flexible working with applicants)

Contract Type: 12 Months Fixed Term, Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits including a flexible working scheme, a Career Average Revalued Earnings pension scheme, 30 days annual leave allowance, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme., Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For more details, visit benefits of working for UKRI.

The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.