Overview
Research Communications & Public Affairs Manager (Observatory for Mathematical Education)
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Key Details
Salary £35,116 to £46,735 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
Area Education
Location Jubilee Campus
Closing Date Sunday 05 October 2025
Reference SOC199225
Purpose
We are looking for a Research Communications and Public Affairs Manager to develop and implement a comprehensive communications and engagement strategy. This new and exciting role will help the Observatory for Mathematical Education to realise its ambitious mission to generate and communicate evidence-driven and policy-relevant research to improve mathematical education, for the benefit of individuals and society.
Responsibilities
* You will work closely with an outstanding team of academic and operations staff to support a major programme of research that includes educational trials, policy analysis, and multiple longitudinal studies planned to run until at least 2031/32.
* You will manage the communication of the Observatory’s research to existing and new stakeholders including policymakers, teachers, educational leaders, research funders, and others.
* You will carefully monitor and review all aspects of our communications, engagement, and impact activity, producing reports for the leadership team and supporting the Observatory’s strategic planning in this area.
* You will be an excellent communicator and a warm and engaging professional who can build relationships autonomously with colleagues at all levels. You must have demonstrable experience of engaging with senior external stakeholders across a variety of settings, ideally including within parliament.
* The role will demand the development and application of proven organisational, IT, copywriting, and stakeholder management skills and will involve proactively planning and delivering activities against tight timescales and competing deadlines.
* You will need to take personal responsibility, have a flexible approach, and think analytically, creatively, and collaboratively to develop opportunities and solve problems.
Requirements / Qualifications
* Demonstrable experience engaging with senior external stakeholders across a variety of settings, ideally including within parliament.
* Excellent communication, IT, copywriting and stakeholder management skills; ability to work autonomously and collaboratively; strong organisational abilities.
* Ability to develop and deliver activities against tight deadlines and to think analytically and creatively.
Working Arrangements
* This is a hybrid role, with around half the time on Jubilee Campus in Nottingham and some home working, alongside the requirement to attend meetings and events elsewhere, most commonly in London.
* Hours of work are full-time (36.25 hours); applications from part-time candidates (minimum 29 hours per week) are welcome. Please specify your preferred hours in your application.
Contract Details
* Permanent with underlying funding position, available until 17 October 2028. Further funding is expected to extend this role and others to October 2033.
* Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dawn Holt, dawn.holt@nottingham.ac.uk.
Benefits & Culture
We offer a competitive employment package to support wellbeing and professional development, including a highly attractive pension and holiday allowance (30 days in addition to Bank Holidays and University closure days). We are a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community, committed to equality, diversity and inclusion; Disability Confident Employer (Level 2); Athena Swan Gold Award.
How to Apply
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