Opportunity ID: 4995
Faculty: Professional Services
Location: QM London
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Duration: 18 months
Working Patterns: Full Time
Full Time Equivalent (FTE): 1.00
Working Hours (Per Week): 35.00
Salary Range: £30,000 - £40,000 per annum
Contact Details: Leah Thompson, Associate Director - Entrepreneurship, leah.thompson@qmul.ac.uk
About The Role
The Events and Communications Officer is an integral part of the entrepreneurship ecosystem at QMUL, coordinating and executing a programme of events and communications focused on entrepreneurship. Based in Queen Mary Innovation Ltd (QMI), the University’s technology transfer company, you will work with other parts of the University including the Research and Innovation Directorate, the School of Business and Management, Careers and Enterprise, and the Events and Ceremonies team, to deliver a wide range of relevant and inspiring events and communications for our audience. Reporting to the Innovation Communications Manager at QMI, and working closely with the Associate Director – Entrepreneurship and the University Head of Events and Ceremonies, you will contribute to enhancing the University’s entrepreneurship brand and achieving its strategic goals, supporting a step change in this activity.
The post is based in Whitechapel, London (with the opportunity to work remotely for some of the time) and is a full-time, 18-month fixed-term appointment. The starting salary will be in the range of £30,000 - £40,000 per annum, depending on experience, inclusive of London Allowance.
About You
Experienced in events and communications management, you will have the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and projects simultaneously. Your ability to work to a brief, yet also think outside the box, is key to delivering a flexible and exciting programme of activity. You are organised and proactive, with an inclusive and understanding approach in delivering on audience needs.
About Queen Mary Innovation Ltd
Queen Mary Innovation Ltd (QMI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Queen Mary, taking innovations from Queen Mary to the marketplace. QMI protects the University’s intellectual property, licensing it or founding new businesses to ensure that our innovations reach patients, customers and the public to the benefit of society and the economy.
We offer an inclusive, nurturing and busy environment, where you will be supported and challenged to develop, flourish, and achieve your potential.
About Queen Mary University
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable. Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme, and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities.
In addition, we offer a range of work-life balance and family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.
Interviews are expected to be held Thursday 8th & Friday 9th May 2025.
Closing Date: 27/04/2025, 23:55
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