About The Role
As a Strategic Projects Communications Lead, you will have a pivotal role in the success of significant change projects and programmes to realise our ambitious University Strategy. Join us as a creative communications professional to engage our diverse staff and student community.
Your Role Will
* Lead communications for various crucial strategic programs and projects, crafting and delivering detailed communication plans with persuasive messaging aligned with project achievements.
* Provide expert internal communications guidance to executive project and programme sponsors, addressing communication risks and opportunities.
* Work closely with programme managers, project managers, change managers and Human Resources to ensure timely, relevant, and accurate communications with collaborators.
* Maintain oversight of project communications outputs and support key communication channels for internal audiences.
* Use multiple media types including text, images, audio, and video to engage diverse staff and student audiences.
* Leverage analytics to identify communication opportunities, evaluate activities, and improve channels.
About You
You’ll have excellent time management, with the proven ability to prioritise across a range of projects and programmes. If you have a mix of enthusiasm, perseverance, and foresight and excel at working with different collaborators to accomplish project success, we encourage you to reach out.
Further Information
The role is available on a full-time fixed term basis of a minimum 24 months. The planned interview date for this vacancy is 06 October 2025.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Lynn Li, Associate Director of Communications and Engagement, lyll21@bath.ac.uk. Please submit your application through the university website.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. The University of Bath values staff from over 60 nations and maintains a Silver Athena SWAN award. We encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds and communities and are committed to Safer Recruitment.
We are signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and an accredited Disability Confident Leader, with a focus on building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What We Can Offer You
We continually expand our benefits package; examples include:
* Free counselling services through Health Assured
* Cycle to work scheme
* Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
* Staff discounts at Team Bath gym, on postgraduate tuition fees, and on language courses
* Generous employer contributory pension schemes
* Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days
* Personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships and LinkedIn Learning
* Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
* Local discounts and a family-friendly workplace
* Relocation assistance, visa reimbursement and interest-free loan for some immigration expenses
Find out more about our benefits and watch the staff video about the University of Bath as well as following us on X and LinkedIn.
Further Details
* Job Description & Person Specification
* Terms and Conditions of Employment
Right To Work In The UK
We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Interview invitation does not guarantee visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. More information is available on our application support webpage.
Anonymous Shortlisting
We aim to reduce unconscious bias in assessments. Personal details such as your name may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
Industries: Higher Education
Find out more about the role and apply via the university website.
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