🏴🇬🇧🐈⬛ Several offers and a new contributor to ScicommOps
Hi everyone! I hope you’re having a good Saturday morning. We have a new contributor to this newsletter: Odo. He’ll be an assistant writer.
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And after these words of wisdom, I’ ll just leave some music and a couple of thank yous. Joan Baez was singing while we were typing. Thank you very much to Matthew from the School of Basic & Medical Biosciences at the King’s College for sending their PE Officer offer my way. And thanks as well to Xènia Pérez Sitjà for the two offers within her team at ELIXIR.
🏴 Public Engagement Officer – King’s College London
Who: King’s College London
What: The Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM) is the nucleus of a vibrant scientific and clinical community engaged in research into stem cells and their potential therapeutic benefits at King’s College. The Public Engagement Officer will deliver activities with the purpose of community engagement about the work of the Centre, including local school children, patients and visitors to Guy’s Hospital.
Where: London, England
When: 08/11/2021
How much: £33,114 -£37,804 per annum (Pro rata 50% FTE)
More info: https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/034285/Public-Engagement-Officer
🇬🇧 Outreach Officer (Industry) – ELIXIR
Who: ELIXIR
What:
Implement, monitor and review ELIXIR’s Industry Strategy.
Develop effective communication between ELIXIR and industry, working closely with ELIXIR’s Communications Officers.
Provide support to ELIXIR Nodes’ industry contacts to facilitate information exchange and support capacity building so they can establish effective national engagement schemes with industry.
Outreach to key industry organisations and initiatives such as EFPIA and Pistoia Alliance as well as others.
Run virtual and face-to-face events in collaboration with ELIXIR Nodes and external stakeholders such as the successful ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum and the ELIXIR Bioinformatics Industry Forum (EBIF).
Represent ELIXIR in external meetings and conferences focussed on industry, as well as giving presentations to a variety of audiences.
Act as contact for ELIXIR with other industry-related EU projects, such as the RITrainPlus and ACCTRIS projects.
As appropriate, contribute to the development of new industry-related proposals from EU funding programmes such as Horizon Europe.
Help demonstrate the impact of open bioinformatics resources on innovation by developing a portfolio of case studies that show examples of benefits to industry of using ELIXIR’s resources, working closely with ELIXIR’s Impact Officer.
Where: Hinxton, UK
When: 09/11/2021
How much: £2,809.49 or £3,143.06 after tax) + benefits
More info: https://www.embl.org/jobs/position/EX00025
🇬🇧 Communications & Community Outreach Officer – ELIXIR
Who: ELIXIR
What:
Responsibility for implementing ELIXIR’s Communication Strategy and ownership of ELIXIR’s branding guidelines;
Drafting news releases and communication with journalists;
Producing printed and digital materials including literature, flyers and Annual Reports, working with external design agencies when needed;
Running ELIXIR’s social media accounts (currently Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube);
Producing new slides and maintaining the master ELIXIR slide set;
Drafting internal and external newsletters via Mailchimp and other email marketing software;
Operating an intranet group and network of Communications experts in ELIXIR Nodes;
Representing ELIXIR in meetings with stakeholders and supporting ELIXIR’s booths at scientific conferences.
Where: Hinxton, UK
When: 18/11/2021
How much: £2,809.49 or £3,143.06 after tax) plus benefits
More info: https://www.embl.org/jobs/position/EX00026
🏴 Maker – International Centre for Life
Who: Maker
What: Would you like to share your passion for making and tinkering with the public? Life has an exciting vacancy for a creative and highly motivated individual to work in the Making Studios. Working alongside our Lead Maker, you will develop and facilitate imaginative and innovative making activities for science centre visitors and school groups.
Where: Newcastle upon Tyne, England
When: 14th November 2021
How much: £18k - £21k per annum (dependent on experience)
More info: https://jobs.life.org.uk/jobs/maker
🏴 Engagement Officer – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT)
Who: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT)
What: This is an exciting and varied role within a growing team working within health research in Greater Manchester. Vocal brings people and health research together for everyone’s benefit. Vocal creates opportunities for people to find out about, and have a voice in, health research. By bringing together patients, carers, artists, researchers, scientists and others to share their views, expertise and lived experiences, we deliver creative, innovative, award-winning programmes that enhance health and research. Based in Greater Manchester, we work locally, nationally and internationally to make a real difference. We are a not-for-profit organisation, hosted by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with The University of Manchester.
Where: Manchester, England
When: 10 November 23:59
How much: £25,655 - £27,780 per annum
🏴 Research Advisor (Impact Evaluation and Communication) – British Heart Foundation
Who: British Heart Foundation
What: We’re looking for someone with skills in science communication to join our team and increase the capacity and range of the work we do to demonstrate research impact. You’ll be translating the impact of our research findings into compelling narratives for a diverse range of audiences, including online for our website, for use across the wider BHF and for external stakeholders.
Where: London, England & remote (mixed)
When: 16 Nov 2021
How much: £39,000 - £41,000 p/a + benefits
More info: https://jobs.bhf.org.uk/vacancies/11240/research-advisor-impact-evaluation-and-communication.html
🏴 Programme Developer – We The Curious
Who: We The Curious
What: Are you interested in finding new access points to ideas? Do you want to help different groups of people to engage with creative, playful, innovative and inspiring content? We The Curious is currently looking for a Programme Developer to join our Programming team. In this role, you will play a key part in the development and delivery of our wide-ranging public events programme.
Where: Bristol, England
When: 16 Nov 2021
How much: £23,000-25,000 per annum, dependent on experience
More info: https://www.wethecurious.org/jobs
🇬🇧/🌍 Part time science writer — First Create The Media
Who: First Create The Media
What: We’re looking for a part time sparkling science writer to join our crew. You’ll be working within our creative team to produce high-quality written content that meets our clients’ needs and requires minimal editing. We’re primarily looking for someone to work with our B2B clients (semi-technical scientific audiences, thought leadership), but who can also write for public-facing/B2C audiences when needed.
Where: Remote
When: midnight GMT on Sunday 5th December
How much: £35-£40,000 FTE, depending on experience, plus monthly home-working allowance and bonuses depending on overall company performance