Communications Officer (Climate Change Impacts on Early Childhood Health and Development Project)

**About the Blavatnik School of Government**





Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better
governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of
government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes:
**teaching** **current and future leaders** ; **generating** **research with
impact** ; and **engaging** **with governments and practitioners**.





**What we offer**





The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department of Oxford
University, based in an award-winning building. We host regular events and
talks with well-known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the
social side, we have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly
Halloween event, and Christmas and summer parties.





We genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the
range of benefits that we offer including:





* An excellent contributory pension scheme


* 38 days’ annual leave


* Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services


* Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans


* Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs


* Opportunities for remote working ( _typically_ 60% of working hours on-site and 40% remotely)




**About the role**





This is an exceptional opportunity to be the communications lead for a new
Oxford University research project that will generate evidence on the impact
of climate change on children’s health and development, and help communities
adapt.





You will communicate the project’s mission and findings to a range of
audiences. This will involve establishing and running a website, creating and
disseminating content, and coordinating closely with partners and other
relevant bodies, as well as offering a range of hands-on support as part of a
tight project team.





This post is fixed term until 29 February 2028 and offered on a part time
basis (30 hours per week / 80% FTE).





**About you**





You will be a communications professional who wants to make a contribution on
important global issues. You’re always ready to muck in and support the wider
activities going on around you, whether or not it’s technically your job,
while still ensuring you deliver on your core duties. You can get your head
around research and policy ideas easily, and are comfortable working with
academics, responsive enough to deliver fast on their priorities and win trust
but assured enough offer ideas about more effective or efficient ways to
deliver their objectives.





You will have outstanding written communication skills, with a concise,
compelling style, strong written accuracy, and an ability to closely tailor
your writing to the audience, eliminating jargon and acronyms. Experience of
working with academic researchers would be desirable.





**Application process**





Please upload a supporting statement no more than two pages long that outlines
how you meet the selection criteria in your own words, along with your CV and
the details of two referees as part of your online application.





The closing date for applications is **12 noon (UK time) on 14 March 2025**





Interviews are anticipated to take place during the first week of April 2025.