Communications and Events Officer

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.

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.

About you:

- 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.

Benefits include:

- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days.
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym.
- Discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses.
- LinkedIn Learning and apprenticeship opportunities.
- Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath.
- Relocation allowance.
- Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app.
- Staff support groups, networks and Wellbeing Champions.