This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you a creative, collaborative and motivated marketing and communications professional passionate about innovation and partnership working? Do you have a flair for developing engaging content across a wide range of channels? Are you excited by the opportunity to promote one of the UK’s most dynamic health innovation ecosystems? 

We are seeking a Marketing and Communications Officer to showcase the strengths and opportunities of Leeds’ health innovation ecosystem, with a particular focus on a new, partner-led incubator supporting local and regional businesses.

This newly created role within a small, dynamic and friendly team, hosted by the University of Leeds, offers scope to shape and support marketing activities, projects and approaches together with some of the city’s most influential organisations.

You’ll be part of Leeds Academic Health Partnership – one of the largest of its kind in the UK, made up of the city’s three main universities, local NHS organisations, Leeds City Council, regional and third sector partners – all united in a mission to reduce health inequalities. These major, leading organisations recently launched a bold new, collective identity – Health Innovation Leeds – which promotes the city’s world-leading strengths and opportunities. Find out more at healthinnovationleeds.com. 

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the promotion of the new £2 million Health Innovation Leeds Incubator, funded by the West Yorkshire Investment Zone and led by Nexus at the University of Leeds together with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Leeds Beckett University, in partnership with Leeds City Council.

Leeds is the UK’s third largest city, a health innovation powerhouse and one of the top three global locations for healthtech companies. As Marketing and Communications Officer you’ll raise the profile of Health Innovation Leeds to key target markets and audiences regionally, nationally and internationally.

The interview date for this role will be Wednesday 20 May.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – that’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
• Health and Wellbeing: discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.
  And much more!  

If you’re looking for a role shaping impactful, strategic and creative marketing and communications at the heart of a dynamic and globally-leading ecosystem, apply today.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact Rebecca Newborn, Marketing and Communications Senior Office at [email protected] or Kate Lodge, Partnership Director at [email protected]

Please note that due to Home Office visa requirements, this role may only be suitable for first-time Skilled Worker visa applicants if they are eligible for salary concessions. For more information please visit  www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa