Alzheimer's Society
Research Communications Manager
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Research Communications Manager
Salary: £50,898 - £56,553 Per Annum
Working Hours: 35 per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Home-Based
Applications Close: 23:59 on Wednesday 5th August
Are you passionate about translating complex scientific and medical information into clear, accessible content for non-specialist audiences? Could you create engaging narratives that showcase the impact of our work and inspire more people to support our mission to end the devastation caused by dementia?
About the role
We are recruiting for a Research Communications Manager to join on a full-time, permanent contract working 35 hours per week. This is a home-based role, with occasional travel required for conferences, events, and in-person stakeholder or team meetings.
As Research Communications Manager you will champion our research. By making complex science accessible, engaging, and meaningful you will ensure breakthroughs are widely understood and effectively communicated. You will translate evidence into inspiring stories, positioning Alzheimer’s Society as a trusted leader in dementia research and motivating more people to join us in driving change.
In this role, you will develop and implement creative, innovative, and sustained communications plans relating to our key research activity and its outcomes for a range of external stakeholders. You will manage a team, creating an environment where people feel supported, empowered, and able to contribute their best work.
You will own communications channels and work closely with other communications teams across the organisation such as media, social media, influencing, and campaigns to support them to use research communications to achieve our organisational goals.
About you
Joining us, you’ll be a natural communicator able to work collaboratively with others effectively, with a genuine enthusiasm for scientific research. You will be able to translate complex scientific and medical information into clear, accessible content for a range of audiences, and you’ll be skilled at creating engaging narratives that engage and inspire people.
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Crucially, you’ll have experience of leading, planning, delivering, and evaluating large-scale communications campaigns. You’ll have experience line managing and developing a team, in addition to possessing the skills required to lead and work collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
What you’ll focus on:
- Co-ordinating and directing the management, delivery, and evaluation of communications relating to research-related organisation-wide strategic projects and initiatives.
- Developing and delivering communications plans to support our research objectives defined by our research strategy.
- Overseeing the development, delivery, and evaluation of regular research content for priority audiences across channels and capturing impact of our communications supporting our research and organisational strategy.
- Raising the profile of our research and its impact in the scientific and research community including highlighting our funding opportunities, research programmes and projects, and their impact.
- Working in partnership with multiple external stakeholders (for instance, UK Dementia Research Institute, NIHR Dementia Researcher, a range of research institutes and initiatives etc) to deliver effective and collaborative communications plans.
- Leading in developing Alzheimer’s Society comment and reactive statements to research stories in the press and media.
- Ensuring that Alzheimer’s Society research programme is portrayed accurately across the organisation in its brand and high-level public-facing messaging.
About Alzheimer's Society - who are we and what’s our mission?
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.
At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground-breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be. Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.
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Giving back to you
At Alzheimer’s Society, we value our people and take a total reward approach to pay and benefits. You’ll enjoy a generous double-matched pension scheme, 27 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays and wellbeing days), and access to a free Health Shield Cash Plan, 24/7 EAP, Thrive mental wellbeing support, and virtual GP services. Our Society Plus platform offers exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, and recognition schemes, while our flexible working, family-friendly policies, and life assurance provide peace of mind and work/life balance. We also offer a free Will-writing service and long service awards to recognise your ongoing commitment.
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