Public Engagement Manager

EMBLs Science Education and Public Engagement (SEPE) office leads and coordinates the institutes science education programmes and public engagement efforts across all sites. Our activities are aimed to inspire European school science teachers young learners of all backgrounds aged between 10 and 19 years and diverse public audiences. SEPE also offers support and training to EMBL scientists who have an interest in public engagement.

Our SEPE team currently has an exciting opportunity for a Public Engagement Manager based either in Heidelberg Germany or Hinxton UK. This role will lead the development and delivery of strategically-aligned community engagement at EMBL and working with the Science Education and Outreach Manager support larger scale outreach efforts at EMBL Barcelona Rome Grenoble and Hamburg.

Your role

Reporting to the Head of Science Education and Public Engagement your role will include:

• Working with the SEPE team EMBL colleagues researchers at all stages of their career and community stakeholders to shape and strengthen a strategic community engagement programme across EMBL sites building strong relationships and tailoring approaches to local settings and community needs.

• Designing and delivering inclusive engagement activities and events that connect communities with EMBLs science and research in collaboration with colleagues across the organisation.

• Managing the community engagement programme and co-managing the outreach programme including planning process oversight and team coordination to ensure smooth delivery.

• Leading a small dispersed team providing guidance support and performance oversight.

• Collaborating effectively with other managers within the SEPE team to ensure alignment and integration of community engagement and outreach activity within the wider SEPE programme.

• Overseeing the development and maintenance of relevant webpages ensuring content is relevant and accessible for target audiences and is up to date.

• Supporting organisational culture change initiatives to embed public engagement as a core value and practice across the organisation.

• Overseeing leading and contributing to the writing of reports and other publications.

• Leading and contributing to relevant grant applications and engagement with existing and potential donors for support of SEPEs engagement programme in conjunction with EMBLs Office of Resource Development.

You have

• Educated to first degree level or equivalent in scientific or other relevant field.

• A minimum of five years experience working in public engagement with a focus on communities in a variety of settings and contexts.

• Previous line management experience.

• Demonstrable project management experience.

• Experience of co-design and co-development with internal and external stakeholders.

• Experience developing and delivering projects and programmes from initial concept through to implementation including evaluation and iteration.

• Experience of remote project co-ordination across multiple locations.

• Excellent organisation and time management skills and good attention to detail.

• Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work autonomously or as part of a wider team.

• Confident and engaging public speaker.

• Excellent command of written and spoken English.

• Competency with IT programmes including the Microsoft Office suite.

You may also have

• Experience working internationally.

• Experience of working in a European context across multiple countries cultures and languages

• Experience of managing a dispersed team and working in a hybrid fashion

• Proficient in either German Spanish Italian or French.

• Experience of patient or public dialogue projects

Contract length: 3 years renewable to a maximum of 9 years

Salary: Grade 6 monthly salary from EUR 4.58037 (after tax and before 12.05% EMBL social security deductions) plus other paid benefits

Why join us

EMBL is curiosity-driven community-oriented and international. As an inclusive equal opportunity employer we believe that diversity enables us to collaborate more effectively and be innovative in our approaches. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation.

We encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing team we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and personal experiences reflect the diversity of the populations that our science serves. We actively encourage applications from all genders and cultures ethnic groups and all demographics to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights at this transformational point in our people strategy.

Enjoy lots of benefits:

• Financial incentives:Salary free of income tax Monthly family child and non-resident allowances annual salary review pension scheme death benefit long-term care accident-at-work and unemployment insurances

• Flexible working arrangements

• Private medical insurancefor you and your immediate family (including all prescriptions and generous dental & optical cover)

• Generous time off:30 days annual leave per year in addition to public holidays

• Relocation packageincluding installation grant (if applicable)

• Campus life:Free shuttle bus (select sites) on-site library subsidised on-site gym and cafeteria casual dress code extensive sports and social club activities (on campus and remotely)

• Family benefits: Kindergarten (Heidelberg) 10 days of child sick leave generous paid maternity/parental leave and monthly family & child allowances

• Benefits for international newcomers:Visa exemption education grant for private schooling financial support to travel back to your home country every second year and a monthly non-resident allowance.

• For detailed information please visit our employee benefits page here

What else you need to know

• International applicants: We recruit internationally and successful candidates are offered visa exemptions. Visit our International Applicants page to find out more.

• EMBL is a signatory of DORA. Find out how we apply DORA principles to our recruitment and performance assessment processes here.

• Diversity and inclusion: At EMBL we strongly believe that inclusive and diverse teams benefit from higher levels of innovation and creative thought. We encourage applications from women LGBTQ & individuals from all nationalities.

• How to apply: To apply please submit a cover letter and a CV through our online system. Applications will close at 23:59 CET on the date shown below. We aim to provide a response within two weeks after the closing date.

Closing Date