Internally this role is known as Science Information Manager
Salary: £35,000 - £41,000 plus benefits
Reports to: Senior Communications Manager (Cancer Grand Challenges)
Directorate: Research & Innovation
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Location: Stratford, London Office-based with high flexibility (2 days per week in the office)
Closing date: Sunday 22nd November 23:55pm
Recruitment process: 2 Stage process, 1st stage competency based, 2nd stage will include a task related to the role
Interview date: First stage interviews from w/c 30th November
Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We have an exciting opening at Cancer Grand Challenges for a Science Communications professional to join the team and build the Cancer Grand Challenges brand through delivering compelling content about the science we fund, its impact and the people that make it possible.
About The Team
Cancer Grand Challenges is a global funding initiative founded in 2020 by the two largest funders of cancer research in the world: Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the US (www.cancergrandchallenges.org).
Cancer Grand Challenges supports a global community of diverse, world-class research teams to come together, think differently and take on some of cancer’s toughest challenges. These are the obstacles that continue to impede progress and no one scientist, institution or country will be able to solve them alone. With awards of up to $34M, Cancer Grand Challenges teams are empowered to rise above the traditional boundaries of geography and discipline to make the progress against cancer we urgently need. We are about to launch our sixth call for applications to tackle cancer’s greatest challenges, and we are celebrating 10 years of the initiative . So, this is an exciting time to join the team.
In this role you will join a small but growing team of marketing and communication professionals that support and deliver on all aspects of CGC’s brand.
When you work at Cancer Grand Challenges, you’ll be employed by Cancer Research UK.
What you’ll be doing?
- Developing in-depth knowledge of Cancer Grand Challenge’s research portfolio and keeping up to date with the latest developments from our teams.
- Translating complex scientific information into engaging content to inspire diverse audiences to get involved with Cancer Grand Challenge’s mission;
- Creating a range of content deliverables across multiple channels that bring our brand story to life. This will include writing for webpages, presentations, meeting materials and engaging event experiences.
- Lead on the development of engaging content to help support Cancer Grand Challenges plans for raising income through partners and philanthropy. This includes fundraising materials, pitch documents, briefs for senior leaders, funding applications and communications for donor events.
- Acting as point of contact for CRUK’s Science Engagement team to support them with developing content for CRUK’s channels and for donor pitches and stewardship.
- Support the stewardship of existing partners and donors including donor reports, communications to donors and material to illustrate the scientific impact of the teams they fund.
- Owning our initiative’s science stories, including building and maintaining an easily accessible internal repository / content hub of our initiative’s research findings (for example as part of PowerPoint presentations), impact and people, in order to inform engaging content for various audiences in collaboration with comms and fundraising colleagues.
- Building close working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders, gaining clear insight into the specific requirements and priorities of different audiences.
What are we looking for?
- Excellent scientific knowledge essential. A higher degree (PhD or MSc) in biomedical or related field desirable.
- Proven ability to translate and communicate science content for multiple audiences.
- Understanding of writing compelling stories and content for a specialist audience (specifically funding partner and philanthropic audience).
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with strong attention to detail and the ability to interpret and explain complex information with a creative flair.
- Significant experience of managing projects, with ability to develop and deliver complex plans and deliver multiple tasks to competing deadlines and prioritise effectively.
- Strong experience of building relationships with stakeholders internally and externally, judging situations and acting diplomatically to influence effectively and build consensus.
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.
Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination
Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism
Human: Act to have a positive impact on people
Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively
We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward
Science Content Manager (Cancer Grand Challenges) in Stratford-upon-Avon employer: Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
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