Graduate Assistant Communications Officer

Department:
Communications

Location:

Joseph Priestley Building
Salary: £28,287 – £32,006 per annum

Contract:

Fixed Term – 18 Months
Post Type:
Full Time
Release Date: 11 February 2026
Closing Date: 23.59 hours GMT on Sunday 01 March 2026

This vacancy is only open to Birmingham City University graduates from the academic year 2024/25. To be eligible, you must have completed your course between 1 August 2024 and 31 July 2025, and you must no longer be studying.

As you are applying for a role as part of the Grow Your Own Graduate Programme, please contact a member of the Careers and Student Opportunities team to receive support with the application process and ensure the best chance of success. You will also receive communications around future Grow Your Own opportunities.

This is an exciting role within our Marketing and Communication Department to support the Staff Communications Team with planning and creating effective and engaging communications material. You will be a naturally talented content generator who can translate a variety of important announcements for staff into engaging news stories and content that they will want to read or watch. The role includes creating video and photography, supporting with events and using a range of channels to inform, engage and enthuse the BCU community.

You will also learn about and deliver reporting metrics across our platforms to develop a strong awareness of staff demands and interests, and how that supports channel developments across staff communications.

• Support the team to generate content ideas that meet the University’s strategic aims for internal communications.
• Turn ideas into reality by delivering content – whether that is sharply written material, great photos or video – that promotes engagement. This will involve taking photographs and creating videos of staff at all levels of the University.
• Assist in the urgent dissemination of news and information (crisis communications) to staff, supporting the use of the regular staff newsletter, Tiger Today, digital screens, social media and print to inform and engage.
• Assist the wider team to publish content using Campaign Master for the staff newsletter, which can on occasion be of a sensitive and confidential nature.
• Assist with internal communications activities aligned to key institutional projects.
• Use the University’s Triple Play digital screens to ensure that they provide consistent, engaging and topical content.
• Support the team with the development of campaigns for an internal audience, as well as assisting regular events such as VC Town Halls, other briefings, I AM BCU Awards, Staff Party and any other ad‑hoc events.
• Assist and support the wide range of activities undertaken within the Department in support of student recruitment, including open days, applicant taster days, business/community events and Clearing, for instance.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent content creation skills – video and photography.
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks to a deadline.
• Good IT skills with proficiency in MS Office and willingness to be trained up on other platforms such as Photoshop, Eventbrite and Campaign Master.
• Team player.

For more information or to book a consultation, please email:  or contact Patrizia Rossi at

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