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Director of Communications

Employer
Imperial College London
Location
South Kensington, London (Greater)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
19 Aug 2021

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Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Discipline
Corporate Communications
Seniority
Director / Head / Vice-President
Sector
Education
Business Type
In-house

Imperial College London is one of the world’s foremost universities, focused on science, technology and medicine and business and ranked 7th in the 2022 QS World University Rankings. A community of problem-solvers dedicated to finding innovative solutions to the world's biggest challenges, we have an international reputation for excellence. With a mission to benefit society through all its endeavours, we are an outward-looking multidisciplinary community for education, research, translation and commercialisation, harnessing science and innovation to tackle global challenges. We bring together intersecting disciplines, industries and sectors across four major areas to further our understanding of the natural world, solve major engineering problems, lead the data science revolution and improve health and well-being. We are committed to nurturing a supportive, diverse, inclusive and highly motivated culture in order to achieve our mission.

Ensuring that Imperial’s story is well understood and demonstrating the impact of research is critical to enhancing our reputation. We are seeking a highly motivated professional communications leader who will help us continue to make a difference to the world and can support Imperial’s community to make that happen. Reporting to the President and advising senior leaders, the new Director of Communications will lead and develop a strong communications team focused on holistic and integrated communications to both external and internal audiences. They will lead communications activities across all media platforms, develop the brand, improve internal communications, and progress a digital strategy. The Director will enhance existing strengths whilst continuing to build and shape the Division to meet the College’s evolving communication needs. The role requires strategic thinking, agility, and the ability to proactively develop and implement communications strategies a well as harnessing and reacting to the news agenda.

Candidates will be passionate about our mission and vision and will bring a successful track record of leading strategic development, implementation, and management of internal and external communications in a comparably complex context. Imperial College London is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome and strongly encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply for this role.

An executive search exercise is being undertaken by Perrett Laver who will support the College in identifying the widest possible field of qualified candidates and assist in their assessment against the requirements for the role.

To apply, or to download further information on the required qualifications, skills and experience for the role, please visit https://candidates.perrettlaver.com/vacancies/ quoting reference 5240. The closing date for applications is Monday 23rd August at midnight GMT.

Salary: Competitive.

Location: South Kensington, London

As a leading institution in the heart of London, Imperial College proudly upholds a longstanding commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. Valuing the diversity of the Imperial community is one of the four cornerstones of the recent strategy and Imperial College London strongly encourages applications from those with a diverse range of backgrounds.

We will build a supportive, diverse, inclusive and highly motivated staff community across all disciplines, functions and activities. This will help us to attract and retain the talented and diverse staff we need to achieve our mission

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