Envisaged Job Starting Date: January 2025 A Science Communication Manager position is available at CIC biomaGUNE.
The post holder will be in charge of reaching out to multiple stakeholders, creating new opportunities, and increasing the international visibility of the Center.
This includes supporting the dissemination and communication plans, to ensure internal coherence and alignment with institutional communication activities.
The work involves close collaboration with the Human Resources Department, Projects Office, Technology transfer, Research Groups, and Direction Units to promote the attraction of scientific talent to the Center and increase awareness and outreach to society.
Main duties and responsibilities: Managing internal and external communications in an effective and timely manner.
Implementing the communication strategy and developing plans to reinforce branding.
Ensuring excellent and coherent communication and dissemination of research outcomes, center capabilities, and project results to the scientific community, relevant stakeholders, and the general public.
Producing and updating web content.
Writing and editing texts for news, press releases, newsletters, and reports.
Managing social networks.
Conceptualizing and creating new specific content in any format (blog, video, podcast, infographics, press releases, etc.).
Organizing and executing internal and external events (conferences, project meetings, institutional events).
Supporting and promoting the organization of outreach and educational events to bring science closer to society.
Required Education Level: Studies in Science (Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, or other related disciplines), Journalism, or Communication.
Valued Qualifications: Studies in Science Communication.
Previous experience in scientific writing (web content, news, and press releases).
Required Skills/Qualifications: Previous working experience in Science Communication.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Spanish, and ideally Euskera.
Proven excellent graphic design skills: Proficiency in graphic design software: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva.
Expertise in social media management: X, LinkedIn, Instagram, others.
Expertise in Office 365 tools: Word, PowerPoint, Drive, SharePoint, Forms, Stream, etc.
Web design knowledge: Google Site, SharePoint, WordPress, Mailchimp, HTML5, etc.
Strong planning and organizational skills.
Teamwork, communication skills, and proactivity.
Ability to handle multiple tasks with close attention to detail and on-time delivery.
Ability to work effectively in an international and multicultural environment.
Duration: The successful candidate will be hired by CIC biomaGUNE for an initial period of 6 months in a full-time contract with the possibility of a subsequent permanent contract for scientific and technical activities, linked to the funding obtained through the BiomaTalent GPE2023-001366-T call from the Spanish State Agency, subject to satisfactory performance.
Project Funding: BiomaTalent - GPE2023-001366-T - (Spanish Research Agency - AEI) Equal opportunities Policy: CIC biomaGUNE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by European, national, or local law.
Open Transparent and Merit Based Recruitment Policy: You can check here CIC biomaGUNE OTM-R Policy.
Submit your application with a motivation letter stating why you are interested in this position, your CV, and the contact details of two academics who can provide a reference using the "Apply to this Job Offer" button.
CIC biomaGUNE, located in the Science and Technology Park of Gipuzkoa (Donostia-San Sebastián), is a leading research center in the area of bionanomaterials, molecular imaging, and synthetic bioengineering and counts with more than 160 people from 27 countries.
The activity of CIC biomaGUNE is conducted by a team of 12 international and dynamic research groups, supported by flexible and efficient management teams and a unique research infrastructure including the Molecular Imaging Facility, one of the biggest preclinical imaging research infrastructures in Europe.
CIC biomaGUNE maintains a vibrant weekly scientific seminar program by visiting leading scientists.
Additional training in soft skills and technologies covered by the CIC biomaGUNE technical platforms is offered to researchers within the in-house training program.
CIC biomaGUNE is committed to developing a HR Strategy for Researchers, designed to bring the practices and procedures in line with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers (Charter and Code).
Please check out the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers - HRS4R at CIC biomaGUNE and the OTM-R Policy.
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