Public Engagement Officer

Public Engagement Officer

Create meaningful connections. Support research with people. Help build better futures.

If you’re energised by bringing people together, curious about how research can change the world, and excited by the idea of helping a university connect more deeply with society, you’ll thrive here. We’re looking for someone who wants to grow, experiment, and make a real difference in a role where your ideas genuinely matter.

As our Public Engagement Officer, you’ll be at the heart of a team that champions engaged, responsible and socially connected research across the University of Bath. You’ll support researchers to build meaningful relationships with the public, amplify stories of excellent engagement, and support programmes that inspire dialogue, collaboration, and change.

You’ll play a key role in delivering our communications, increasing our digital presence, supporting events and grant schemes, and ensuring our programmes run smoothly. One day you might be producing content that celebrates engaged research, the next supporting a festival event, or helping academics shape ideas with communities through upstream engagement and responsible research and innovation.

• Work across teams, independently and collaboratively, to deliver smooth and effective administration and data management.
• Deliver bold and engaging communications that raise the profile of public engagement with research across multiple channels.
• Build and nurture a network of enthusiastic researchers and partners across the University.
• Grow our online presence with fresh, accessible digital resources and creative storytelling.
• Support our funding schemes, training, events, and evaluation activities.
• Support high‑quality public engagement activities; from festivals to workshops to competitions.

This is a role where you’ll learn, lead small pieces of work, support others to grow, and see the impact of your contribution across the University.

You should be a confident communicator; written, visual, and verbal, who likes connecting with people and making processes better.

• A strong and adaptable communicator across different media.
• Someone who enjoys planning, organising and keeping things running smoothly.
• Curious, reflective and motivated by making research more inclusive and impactful.
• Confident working both independently and as part of a collaborative, supportive team.
• Keen to help strengthen the connections between research and wider society.

This is a part‑time role, working 0.8 fte (29.2 hours per week).

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under‑represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university.

We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We’re very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, Linked In Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local…