London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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Are you an excellent communicator, have a passion for health, science or international development and looking for a challenge to put your creative skills to use? There is an exciting new opportunity to manage communications for the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. ICEH are seeking a creative and passionate expert to develop and deliver their communications activities in line with ICEH vision and values. The role would incorporate the communication activities of programmes such as the Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium (CEHC) and the Community Eye Health Journal (CEHJ) including the recently launched CEHJ App. The Centre has an international profile in the field of global eye health, through research, educational and capacity development activities. This role would be key in strengthening internal and external communications around ICEH work and related activities therefore is considered very important in the overall strategy for the coming years. Reporting to the ICEH Operations Manager and accountable to Matthew Burton, ICEH Director, main responsibilities will include developing and implementing communications strategies; redeveloping the ICEH brand; managing websites; producing and managing social media content; developing policy briefs; producing e-newsletters; writing and designing reports and working closely with the Press Office on media activity. The successful candidate will have experience of developing and delivering successful communications strategies, and an understanding of how to engage with a range of audiences and maintain effective working relationships multicultural and multidisciplinary environment; excellent organisational skills and ability to coordinate and prioritise a complex workload is essential. Communications experience or a background in areas of science, health or international development is a must and a Higher Education degree relevant to Public Health or International Development and/or relevant professional experience or training is an advantage. Further particulars are included in the attached job description. This full-time post, based in London, is funded initially for one year with a possible extension. The salary will be on the Professional Support Grade 5 scale in the range of £34,854 to £40,011 per annum, (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Director’s Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. Applications should be made on-line via our website at http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk. Applications should also include the names and email contacts of two referees who can be contacted immediately if shortlisted. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to [email removed]. Please quote reference ITD-CRD-2020-06 The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date. Further details: Job Description Email details to a friend Apply Online The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.

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