Marketing, Communication & Events Officer for Regional Centre
- Employer
- Global Academy Jobs
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Closing date
- Sep 6, 2018
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- Sector
- Pharmaceutical, Sales
- Hours
- Full Time
- Organization Type
- University and College
- Jobseeker Type
- Academic (e.g. 'Lecturer')
Job Details
- Educated to degree level or equivalent events and communications experience.
- Significant and demonstrable experience of event management.
- Excellent demonstrable project management and organisation skills.
- Experience of managing budgets and negotiating contracts that deliver excellent value for money.
- The ability to build relationships and engage senior individuals and businesses.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with demonstrable attention to detail.
- Strong negotiation skills and the ability to persuade and influence with diplomacy and sensitivity, can deal with situations with sensitivity, tact and diplomacy.
- A proven ability to remain positive, adaptable and flexible when dealing with change and uncertainty.
- A highly-developed capacity for strategic planning with the ability to accept and embrace change.
- The proven ability to identify and seize opportunities.
- Understanding of the vision and strategic priorities of the Centre and the University of Birmingham.
- Demonstrable experience of actively managing programmes of work to achieve targets.
- Proven ability to meet targets, milestones and contracted outputs within agreed deadlines.
- Enthusiastic, target-driven attitude, motivated to deliver the project.
- Ability to work under pressure and to effectively prioritise a varied and diverse workload.
- Good all-round IT skills, and demonstrable experience of working with a large complex CRM database.
- The ability to work with initiative, to take decisions and think creatively and laterally.
- Proven organisational skills and ability to meet targets, contractual outputs and work to deadlines.
- Strong sense of professional integrity and the determination to constantly exhibit the agreed values and behaviours of the University.
Job Purpose
The Science to Industry (S2I) Centre, a Midlands Centre for STFC business engagement, aims to deliver a vibrant and sustainable environment for Midlands SME business, one that gives access to STFC's world leading research capabilities while bridging to the manufacturing innovation of the Manufacturing Technology Centre and the region's science and engineering base through its universities. The project aims to raise the profile of STFC facilities and create a series of pathfinding projects with regional SMEs and in turn generate the processes and capability that will form a regional ecosystem in which STFC national facilities are part of the innovation pathway. The intent is to use this project to create a Centre fully integrated into the region's portfolio of innovation activities.
The Marketing and Events Officer will work alongside the Business Engagement Manager to deliver a project to establish a pilot Regional Centre that can bridge the knowledge gap and help local business to find solutions to high-tech challenges, innovate manufacturing techniques and find new partnering opportunities and markets to thereby improve productivity, build R&D capacity and accelerate growth in the region.
The Marketing and Events Officer will support the communications strategy and event-management for this project and provide high quality administrative support to deliver the project in a timely and efficient manner.You will also be responsible for supporting project planning, delivery and impact. You will proactively identify and ensure timely delivery of agreed activity with particular focus on reputation and impact. You will identify opportunities and match these to the business and political audience. You will also play an important role in enhancing the reputation of the University of Birmingham as an “engaged University”.
Please note- this role requires the flexibility to occasionally work out of hours and travel to events, for which prior notice will be given.
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