About The Role
Join the University of Bath's Advancement Office as our Alumni Communications Officer. Working with the Alumni Communications Manager, you’ll produce engaging content across multiple channels including the alumni blog, website, BA2 magazine, and donor magazine, Inspire.
You will manage our social media channels on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn and help to build and maintain strong relationships between the University and its community of graduates and supporters all over the world.
The role is as varied and creative as the communications you'll produce. One moment you could be writing about our globally impactful research in areas such as sustainability and health, and the next you could be reporting on our Olympic medal-winning student-athletes.
This is a full-time, fixed-term maternity cover position starting March 2025 and ending April 2026 or the post holder's early return. The role is 36.5 hours per week, with a mixture of home and office work.
Key Responsibilities: Experienced communicator with a background in creating and delivering engaging content across various channels, including email, social media, and websites. Excellent attention to detail in writing and editing. Creative storyteller with a passion for identifying and sharing alumni stories to highlight achievements and strengthen the community. Organised and able to deliver quality content to deadline and under pressure. Comfortable using tools such as CMS platforms, email marketing software, and social media analytics. Enjoy working in a team environment while also being proactive and self-motivated. Ability to build meaningful connections with alumni, stakeholders, and internal teams.
What We Can Offer You: A very generous employer contributory pension scheme. Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days to enjoy a positive work-life balance. We are a family-friendly University and, with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements. An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce. A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities. A number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.
Find Out More About Our Benefits.
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, so we 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 very proud to be an autism-friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us @UniofBath and @UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information.
Closing Date: 26 Jan 2025
Department: Management, Specialist and Administration
Salary: £30,505 to £36,924 #J-18808-Ljbffr
Join the University of Bath's Advancement Office as our Alumni Communications Officer. Working with the Alumni Communications Manager, you’ll produce engaging content across multiple channels including the alumni blog, website, BA2 magazine, and donor magazine, Inspire.
You will manage our social media channels on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn and help to build and maintain strong relationships between the University and its community of graduates and supporters all over the world.
The role is as varied and creative as the communications you'll produce. One moment you could be writing about our globally impactful research in areas such as sustainability and health, and the next you could be reporting on our Olympic medal-winning student-athletes.
This is a full-time, fixed-term maternity cover position starting March 2025 and ending April 2026 or the post holder's early return. The role is 36.5 hours per week, with a mixture of home and office work.
Key Responsibilities: Experienced communicator with a background in creating and delivering engaging content across various channels, including email, social media, and websites. Excellent attention to detail in writing and editing. Creative storyteller with a passion for identifying and sharing alumni stories to highlight achievements and strengthen the community. Organised and able to deliver quality content to deadline and under pressure. Comfortable using tools such as CMS platforms, email marketing software, and social media analytics. Enjoy working in a team environment while also being proactive and self-motivated. Ability to build meaningful connections with alumni, stakeholders, and internal teams.
What We Can Offer You: A very generous employer contributory pension scheme. Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days to enjoy a positive work-life balance. We are a family-friendly University and, with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements. An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce. A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities. A number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.
Find Out More About Our Benefits.
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, so we 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 very proud to be an autism-friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us @UniofBath and @UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information.
Closing Date: 26 Jan 2025
Department: Management, Specialist and Administration
Salary: £30,505 to £36,924 #J-18808-Ljbffr
