About the role

Based within a small communications team, the Internal Communications Manager (Students) leads and develops student campaigns and projects in line with institutional priorities, as well as contributing to the development of student internal communications strategy, to maximise engagement and community amongst Leicester’s current student body.

As a communications specialist, the role provides support and recommendations to other services and departments as well as identifies and implements improvements to student communications systems, processes and campaigns.

The position is varied in nature: working on multiple, complex projects, with a range of stakeholders across the institution, with the aims of ensuring students are informed of key university initiatives, increasing engagement, and encouraging them to become advocates of the University.

About you

The successful candidate for this role will be educated to degree level (or equivalent) or have substantial experience in a comparable role. This should include demonstrable experience of internal communications and/or corporate communications, ideally with experience of undertaking communications in a large organisation or higher education context.

In terms of skills, you should be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of creating, managing, developing and implementing communications plans, as well as a detailed understanding of marketing communications. You should be able to demonstrate excellent copywriting skills in both print and online formats and an ability to adapt tone of voice accordingly to the channel and audience.

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Liz Cass, at [email protected]

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

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Internal Communications Manager (Students)

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