Closing Date: 04/10/2024

Department Marketing

Contract Type Permanent

Working Hours 37 hours per week

Salary Range

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and covering letter to brchr@babraham.co.uk

About us:

The Babraham Research Campus is one of the leading locations in Europe for early-stage and scale-up life sciences companies to start up and grow. It is a co-location of world-class life science research with a dynamic community of scientists and entrepreneurs helping to discover and develop therapeutics for the future. The Campus plays a pivotal role in the Cambridge life-science cluster and is the home to start-up and scale-up companies, with ~ 1800 staff on site. Babraham Research Campus has a bold vision and strategy, with planned growth and development.

Babraham Research Campus Ltd (BRCL) is the company that manages and develops the Campus, supporting and promoting the regional and UK bioscience ecosystem. It has responsibility for the administration and commercial development of the site for the benefit of all Campus companies. The Campus provides emerging and growing biotech companies laboratory and office space together with access to outstanding scientific facilities in an ideal geographical location at the core of the Cambridge cluster.

We are situated on an attractive 430-acre parkland estate, seven miles southwest of Cambridge City Centre. The Campus blends modern laboratory facilities with historic buildings in a spacious, beautifully landscaped setting. The Campus offers excellent amenities: fully equipped meeting rooms and conferencing facilities, bar, restaurant, gym, tennis court and football pitch. A large component of the estate grounds including the wood, grass, grazing meadows and park land are opened for both the Campus and the wider community to walk through and use.

Role

The Communications & Events Executive plays a key role in delivering the communication strategies and campaigns for Babraham Research Campus.

We are seeking an individual with vision, creativity and the ability to apply their communication skills to take the strong Babraham Research Campus brand to the next level.

This is a hands-on role requiring strong relationships with stakeholders and partners at all levels. Activities will vary from writing content for a variety of channels and audiences; to delivering the content in creative ways across multiple platforms. Assisting in planning and promoting the annual events calendar; through to reporting on the success of communication campaigns and ultimately contributing to the overall success of the communications strategy.

This role involves managing internal and external communication channels and fostering positive relationships with our on-Campus community, Campus partners and the general public.

This role is ideal for those with previous experience, looking to take the next step in their career, with an interest in and enthusiasm for health & life sciences.

Responsibilities

1. Event planning and promotion:

• Assist in planning and promoting events, including inputting ideas to the annual events calendar.

• Prepare event materials and help ensure successful event execution

2. Content Creation and Editing:

• Develop, write, and edit content for various communication channels, including newsletters, website content, Campus app, screens and social media posts.

• Ensure that all content is accurate, engaging, and aligned with the Campus’ messaging and branding.

3. Social Media Management:

• Assist in creating and executing social media strategies to increase engagement and reach.

• Monitor and maintain social media platforms, responding to comments and messages.

4. Internal Communications:

• Support internal communication efforts by creating and distributing newsletters, announcements, and other internal materials.

• Collaborate with Campus company stakeholders (communications teams) to ensure that Campus employees are well-informed and engaged.

5. Reporting:

• Conduct regular reporting on the engagement and growth of digital channels including the website, social media and internal channels (Campus app).

• Compile and analyse data to measure the effectiveness of communication efforts.

6. Project Management:

• Assist with the creation of campaign plans, ensuring project milestones are achieved on-time and within budget.

 

Person Specification

Essential:

• Experience in a communication and/or marketing role

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building abilities

• Ability to translate raw content into engaging content

• Experience managing social channels and web content using a CMS

• Experience in project management and campaign delivery

• Analytical skills to report on campaign performance

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and communication software

• Detail-oriented with strong organisational skills

Desirable:

• Understanding of the health and life science sector

• Degree or equivalent level education

• Chartered Institute of Marketing, or similar, accreditation

• Experience of monitoring tool such as Hootsuite and Google Analytics

Personal style and behaviour:

• Strong interpersonal and team working skills

• Self-driven and results oriented with a positive attitude and clear focus on high quality outcomes

• Effective and persuasive communicator with sharp judgement and business acumen

• Collaborative outlook and highly credible with business and other stakeholders

• Creative thinker who keeps up to date with industry news and innovations

• Commitment to continuous learning

• Adopts a flexible approach and remains productive in a fast-changing environment

Company Benefits

• To join our growing innovative and energetic Campus environment

• Access to sports facilities including the gym, tennis courts, yoga and nature trails

• Access to the Campus restaurant serving hot and cold meals including breakfast (and chef’s amazing cookies!)

• Free parking on site

• Flexible working environment

• Pension Allowance - Babraham Research Campus Ltd. offers a Group Personal Pension Scheme and currently contributes 10.5% of salary subject to a staff contribution of 3%.

• Holiday Entitlement - 25 days p.a. plus bank Holidays and 3 privilege days for Christmas Shutdown

• Discretional Annual Bonus - Employees may be eligible for a discretional performance related bonus

• Private Healthcare Scheme – invited to join after probationary period

• Employee Wellbeing Service - The scheme offers confidential support, information, expert advice and specialist counselling service to all BRC employees

• A career progression plan with identified CPD

• Onsite Accommodation - There are several hostels, flats and houses that can be rented. (There is currently a waiting list for all types of accommodation).

• Social - Sports & Social Club

• Nursery and Holiday Play scheme on site. (Availability of places is dependent on demand).

Any offer of employment will be subject to security screening and may be subject to health screening.