Description Grade and Salary: Grade 4 (£23,581-£26,038) FTE and working pattern: 35 hours per week (1 FTE), 5 working days within 7, Fixed term contract for 12 months Purpose of Role: The Communications Assistant will support the department manager in the design and delivery of Oriam’s Communication plan. Summary of Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Communications Assistant will be the Social Media Liaison for Oriam The Communications Assistant will help deliver Oriam’s Communications admin The Communications Assistant will help design for social media and other networks The Communications Assistant will help with Membership engagement Education, Qualifications & Experience: These are the criteria on which the short-listing and recruitment selection will be made Essential Educated to undergraduate degree level in a relevant marketing, business or communications discipline, or equivalent experience Experience of working within a similar environment as outlined above Competent in the use of relevant IT packages Well-developed interpersonal skills Demonstrable professional and proactive approach Demonstrable ability to work quickly, flexibly and accurately in a dynamic, changing and pressured environment Demonstrable provision of excellent customer service Desirable Experience working with Canva, Adobe Suite or similar. Experience in content creation and editing. Organisation Name: Oriam: Scotland’s Sports Performance Centre About Oriam: Oriam has a vision to inspire, engage and motivate our communities through the facilities we provide and the interactions we have with our customers. As a member of the team, you will contribute to the delivery of the strategy. How to Apply Applications with FULL CV can be submitted up to midnight (UK time) on Monday, 31 st March 2025. Shortlisting will be done the same week and interviews are anticipated w/c 7 th April 2025. At Heriot-Watt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team. Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with well-being and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community. Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all. Heriot-Watt University values diversity across our University community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society, particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information, please see our website https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/services/equality-diversity.htm and also our award-winning work in Disability Inclusive Science Careers https://disc.hw.ac.uk/ We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g. part-time working and job share options.