Communications Officer

We are seeking a proactive and creative Communications Officer to support the successful establishment and ongoing delivery of a new MRC-funded national network 'Health Research from Home' (HRfH). The role will suit someone ambitious looking to create influential content in the digital health space, based in a prestigious and respected environment. Over three years (2024-26), Health Research from Home aims to collate and spread best practice to the wider community in the use of smartphones and wearables for population health research, and to pioneer the successful linkage of smartphone and wearable data to existing health research databanks. The technology and skills brought together by the network will allow researchers to address questions currently unanswerable, and which will ultimately transform the lives of people living with disease. The network will host a series of events including an annual meeting; regular research webinars; advice clinics to support best practice in information governance, patient and public involvement and engagement, and technology; grant writing retreats; and annual challenge events for complex time-series data from smartphones and wearables. The events will be supported by the development and use of an online resource of people, know-how and methods, data, code and technology. The Partnership involves academics and public contributors from Manchester, London (Kings and Imperial), Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge, in collaboration with Health Data Research UK, Google, Verily Life Sciences and GSK. We are looking for a person with excellent and proactive creative communication skills to help reach and engage the health research community, to help build the brand of Health Research from Home for national and international visibility, to advertise an events programme and to develop and maintain an online participatory community hub of information and resources.

What you will get in return :

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers
As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit. Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here Hybrid working arrangements may be considered. Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift. Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews : Name : Prof Will Dixon Email : [email protected] General enquiries : Email : [email protected] Technical support