Salary: £30,805 - £31,637 with progression to £34,132 per annum
Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Closing Date: 22 April 2025

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Supporting the delivery and implementation of communications including on the staff intranet, in our newsletter and internal event organisation.
• Familiarity with social media, and supervised content delivery including the creation, editing and posting of video content for use internally, externally and on social media.
• Supporting the teams with content, publication and monitoring and evaluation.
• Providing administrative support and monitoring various mail accounts for the team to maintain networks, forums and communication channels
• Act as team liaison and support for intranet queries; monitor enquiries and prepare responses, where necessary in consultation with appropriate colleagues.
• Provide effective administrative support for events including webinars, Town Halls, and internal success events including practical arrangements such as room booking and catering arrangements, pulling invitation lists together, monitoring responses, and evaluation of events
• Gathering material such as video and photos at an event or other occasion to support our communications
• To establish and maintain effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• To undertake any other duties as appropriate to the level of the post as determined, including some out of hours work if necessary.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Excellent written skills, including a command of spelling, punctuation and grammar and attention to detail
• Experience of or willingness to learn web/intranet platforms
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Friendly demeanour and outstanding team working skills
• IT skills, or willingness to learn including MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, adobe
• Confidence and professionalism in personal interactions and able to establish and maintain good working relationships with colleagues
• Experience in sourcing and collating information
• An ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with a wide range of audiences
• A willingness to work flexibly across a variety of routine and high-level tasks

QUALIFICATIONS

• Educated to A-level standard/equivalent vocational qualification or relevant work experience
  Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.
  We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.
  At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC. We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.
  In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.
  Requisition ID: 2806

Do you thrive on working in a busy, fast-moving environment where you will use your skills to create dynamic, exciting communications to develop and support our sense of community at Newcastle University?
We’re looking a Communications Officer to join our team of dedicated communications professionals covering maternity leave from May 2025 until December 2025.
Are you interested in working and gaining experience at the heart of our University community? Are you confident in your ability to build successful relationships, produce engaging copy and organise events to inspire colleagues across the University?
Working closely with the Head of Internal Communications, you will be an excellent communicator with experience in creating and generating content for a range of channels, including video and photography, you will assist in the delivery of an effective University-wide programme of internal communications and events, designed to engender a sense of community across the institution and to a wider audience.
We are keen to hear from anyone who enjoys working in a busy, fast paced environment with good communication skills and who is confident working with colleagues at all levels. We would be particularly keen to hear from people who also have event management experience.
If this is you, and you want to discuss the role informally please contact Carolyn Laws at carolyn.laws@newcastle.ac.uk.
We are committed to being a flexible employer. This role will be a blended approach with expected time on campus including some office-based work with some home working.
To apply, please upload an up-to-date CV and a cover letter which outlines how you meet the essential requirements of the role set out in the person section of the role description.
Please note interviews will be held 1st to 2nd May 2025