Communications Officer

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Would you like to join a ground-breaking international project working with developing countries in Africa? Are you able to communicate to a broad audience using websites and social media? Do you want to work as part of an international team? As Communications Officer of the Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA) Project ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) you will take the lead on communicating the activities and successes of the project to a wide audience, across a range of channels.

DARA aims to develop high‑tech skills using radio astronomy in a number of African countries. Radio astronomy encompasses all of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills that underpin the emergence of a strong, developed economy.

• Develop and maintain the project website, providing up‑to‑date information on training opportunities and publishing longer‑form articles about project activities.
• Use social media platforms to broadcast news, events and successes of the project.
• Gather evidence to assess the impact of the project and prepare an impact case for REF
  2029.
• Work closely with the Project Manager and Principal Investigator to communicate the project to key stakeholders including young African scientists, academic team members in the UK and African institutions, policy makers and the general public.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Track record of website and/or social media communications for project dissemination.
• Willingness to work with partners in African countries.
• Ability to work flexibly, independently and collaboratively.
• Experience communicating STEM subjects is desirable.

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Dr Emma Smith, Project Manager for the DARA project
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Due to Home Office visa requirements, this role may only be suitable for first‑time Skilled Worker visa applicants if they are eligible for salary concessions. For more information, please visit the Government’s Skilled Worker visa page.

• 26 days holiday plus approximately 16 Bank Holidays/days the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – that’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance.
• Health and wellbeing: discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state‑of‑the‑art campus gym with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit and sports halls.
• Personal development: access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on‑site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes.
• And much more!