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DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH _Salary Details_: From £29,842 - £41,438, dependent on experience _Location_: Harpenden, Hertfordshire (30mins, London St Pancras Int) _Work Area_: Marketing, Communications, Public Engagement _Closing Date_: 08 Oct 2017 ROTHAMSTED is the world's oldest agricultural research institute. Our founders, in 1843, were the pioneers of modern agriculture, and we are known for our imaginative science and collaborative influence on fresh thinking and farming practices. We work from gene to field with a proud history of ground-breaking discoveries. Our vision is to build on these positive developments to deliver research and innovation that address strategic priorities, nationally and internationally. Rothamsted plays a leading role in meeting the opportunities and challenges facing agriculture around the world , and toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. _For detailed job description and person specification, go to_ https://jobs.rothamsted.ac.uk/vacancies/92/digital-communications-manager.html _Overview Of Role_ Are you a keen science communicator with a healthy respect for the potential of social media? Can you communicate so that the challenges come from the content and not from its presentation? Do you listen, learn and contribute? We are looking for a talented digital communications specialist to join our team. They will help to raise the profile of our UK-based, globally relevant agricultural research institute. We want the public, farmers, industry, policymakers and collaborators to find out more about what we do. With experienced editorial input and oversight from the rest of the team, you will be expected to ensure that content on our new science, our people and our public events reaches out via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and other channels to maintain a consistent and engaged daily online presence. You will also ensure that editorial content on our new website is in tip-top editorial shape day-to day. Tell us what Rothamsted Research should be doing in digital communications, and show us why you are the person best placed to do it. _About you_: You will have proven experience of communicating science-based subjects to a lay audience You will have proven experience of digital communications You will be fascinated by science You will have a sound understanding of potential new ways to deliver science content You will be a reliable, creative, professional individual keen to contribute to a team with a science focus You may have created short films/infographics/video content on science subjects for a lay audience You will have plans for consistent ways to reach existing audiences and new ones through digital communications You will be bursting with creative ideas for formats/production You may have a journalistic background, or always have worked in communications You may have some experience of crisis communications You will know that trust is earned, and understand why you don't tell, but engage and show ********************************************************************** psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask] If not subscribed, either subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send requests for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************