Communications and Events Officer

Job title Communications and Events Officer

Department Student Support and Safeguarding

Salary Starting from £31,236, rising to £37,694pro rata

Do you have a passion for creating communications and content that inspires people to take action? A
re you equally comfortable developing campaigns, creating social media content and bringing events to life?

This is a chance to make a real difference to student lives at the University of Bath.

We're looking for a creative Communications and Events Officer to help us promote wellbeing, belonging and support services across our student community. Based within Student Support you will help ensure students know how to access support, develop their wellbeing and make the most of their university experience.

You will be responsible for:

• creating campaigns, content and communications to help students engage with our services and build their own wellbeing.
• developing content across websites, newsletters, social media, digital screens and other communication channels.
• overseeing our web presence, updating web content and ensuring our pages are accurate and clear, helping students access information and self-help support independently.
• using digital and social media channels to create and share content that promotes student wellbeing and communicates key messages.
• planning and delivering engaging wellbeing events, campaigns and activities throughout the academic year.
• coordinating our wellbeing weeks, events, and workshops to help build student wellbeing.
• working closely with colleagues across Student Support to showcase services and ensure students know where and how to access help.

Your impact won’t end there. Supporting the wider team, you will welcome new students to the University and support their transition to help them feel like they belong in Bath.

This is a creative and varied role where no two days will be the same. One day you might be updating webpages or developing content for our MyBath app . The next, you could be capturing content at a student dog walk, planning a wellbeing week or developing messaging for a University-wide campaign such as NeverOK .

We're looking for someone who:

• has experience creating engaging digital content and communications.
• is creative, proactive and full of ideas.
• can turn complex information into clear and engaging messages.
• has experience coordinating events, campaigns or projects.
• enjoys working collaboratively and building relationships with others.
• is passionate about helping students thrive.

This is a part-time role working 32.85 hours per week (0.9 fte) with the opportunity for some hybrid working.

The role may occasionally include evening and weekend work, particularly during September and October when we welcome new students.

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 equity 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 continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous…