Dementia is the greatest health challenge of our century.
The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) is the biggest UK initiative supporting research to fill this gap.
The UK DRI Headquarters team is based at UCL yet works across all six of the UK DRI host institutions. Collectively the HQ team is responsible for making the distributed UK DRI community function as a single institute, with a shared culture of intensely collaborative research.
The UK DRI HQ team is now looking to recruit a Director of Communications and Engagement to provide maternity cover from January 2020. The Director of Communications and Engagement, with the support of the UK DRI Communications Officer and institutional colleagues, leads the delivery and evaluation of our ambitious national communications strategy for the entire UK DRI. This involves coordinating communications across six leading universities, ensuring one strong voice across our seven research centres, and building strong internal communications mechanisms to ensure the hundreds of individuals that make up the UK DRI collaborate, share ideas and solve problems together. This role also involves significant engagement and reporting activities with our three founding funders, our Board of Trustees, as well as with policy makers, patients and their carers, the national and international scientific community and the wider public.
The post is funded for one year. We would welcome applications from internal candidates interested in this as a secondment opportunity.
You’ll have substantial experience of working at a senior Communications manager level; planning and delivering a full communications function, coupled with a qualification in science communication and/or marketing and a good understanding of the communications needs of a high-profile, laboratory-based scientific research environment. You’ll have excellent interpersonal skills, able to manage relationships with senior stakeholders, including Directors, Boards and Funders, expertise in brand management, traditional media and digital communications, be highly IT proficient and have incisive writing and editing skills including the ability to write and edit scientific material. An understanding of the UK DRI’s structure and mission is essential as is the ability to manage multifaceted projects and multiple deadlines.
A job description and full person specification can be accessed below.
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| Job Description and Person Specification |
We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.
We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.
Closing Date
1 Dec 2019
Latest time for the submission of applications
23:59
Interview date
18-19 December 2019
Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.
This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Support Staff.
If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Laura Allum (UK DRI HQ Head of HR), l.allum@ucl.ac.uk, 020 3108 8137.
