Communications and events manager

Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Salary: Salary of circa £43,000 - £47,0000 per annum

Help strengthen the online presence and global profile of the Cambridge Trust through creative communications and events.
The Cambridge Trust is a charity providing scholarships to enable young people of outstanding academic merit and potential to take up their chosen course of study at the University of Cambridge.The Cambridge Trust operates at the heart of Cambridge’s global academic community. Working with partners across the globe, the Trust provides the largest number of scholarships to international postgraduate students at Cambridge.

We are now looking for a Communications and Events Manager to join the Cambridge Trust on a full-time, permanent basis.The University of Cambridge is one of the world's leading academic institutions, renowned for its excellence in education, research, and innovation. For nearly 800 years, the University has been at the forefront of groundbreaking discoveries, shaping global knowledge across diverse fields.

This is an incredible opportunity for a highly organised communications professional with social media and project management expertise to join our globally respected, purpose-driven organisation. You will have the perfect platform to bring fresh ideas to life, allowing you to build on your already impressive portfolio of engaging communications and events within one of the world’s most prestigious academic environments. What’s more, you’ll join our Trust during an exciting period of growth and evolution, giving you the chance to contribute to ambitious plans that will expand our reach, influence and long-term impact.

The Role

As the Communications and Events Manager, you will deliver a range of communications activities and our annual event programme, enhancing our visibility and impact. Specifically, you will co-ordinate external communications across multiple channels, creating engaging content and working collaboratively with scholars, alumni and partners to deliver compelling campaigns and strengthen our online presence. Alongside this, you will plan and deliver our annual events programme, ensuring they are engaging, professionally delivered and provide an outstanding experience for attendees.

What you'll be doing

Additionally, you will:

• Maintain and update website content
• Support newsletters, press materials and stakeholder communications
• Ensure communications align with brand guidelines and tone of voice
• Manage event logistics, budgets and vendor relationships
• Support virtual and in-person event delivery
• Act as a key contact for event-related enquiries
  
  

What we are looking for

To be considered as the Communications and Events Manager, you will need:

• Experience creating engaging digital content across multiple platforms
• Experience managing social media channels and planning content output
• Experience planning and delivering projects from end to end
• Excellent project management and organisational skills
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• A degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience

Other organisations may call this role Communications Manager, Events Manager, Marketing and Communications Manager, Engagement Manager, or Communications and Engagement Manager.

Webrecruit, the University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Trust are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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The Benefits

A generous package of benefits

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.