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Greater London (Hybrid) 17.85 miles
£30,000 - £32,000 per year
Full-time
Contract (June 2025 - September 2026)
Job description

Are you passionate about engaging families and young people with physics? The IOP is looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and creative individual to join the busy Public Engagement team as a maternity leave cover for a period of 15 months (June 2025 - September 2026).

At the start of a new strategy, this is a very exciting time to join the team and a fantastic opportunity to gain experience in a wide range of public engagement projects working with under-represented audiences.

What is it like working at the IOP?

The IOP is a friendly and ambitious organisation, framed by our commitment to Inclusion and diversity.  We have a hybrid policy to make working at the IOP as flexible as possible, with competitive salaries, professional s and generous benefits. 

Our comprehensive benefits package including:

  • An excellent pension scheme - (up to 12% company contribution) 
  • Private medical insurance, life assurance, dental insurance, health care cash plan (via salary sacrifice) eye care vouchers, annual flu vaccinations, long service awards, employee assistance programme
  • Floating bank holidays (choose where to take your bank holidays throughout the year) 
  • Generous annual leave (25 days starting as a standard) 
  • Flexible working    

The Public Engagement Officer position is a public-facing role, based in the IOP’s London building at 37 Caledonian Road, and therefore the role holder will be on-site in London when needed to deliver the role’s requirements, particularly. We welcome applicants from across the UK providing this in-person commitment can met, with the role holder being responsible for their commute costs.

The Role

What will I be doing? What is the purpose of this role?

  • Ensuring that the IOP meets its strategic ambitions by engaging with diverse audiences around the UK and Ireland with a particular focus on communities around the IOP’s London building in Islington 
  • Supporting IOP Members and other volunteers to be relatable physics role models for young people
  • Evaluating the IOP’s public engagement activities to ensure that our work reaches our priority audiences, are of high quality and achieve our desired strategic goals relating to Science, Skills and Society 

Projects you work on will include: 

  • Supporting the design, development, delivery and evaluation of our annual public engagement programme, particularly the exhibition and events taking place in and around the IOP’s London building
  • Managing the IOP’s Public Engagement Scheme, with responsibility for ensuring processing of grants, reporting on the scheme and supporting the review panel including analysing data.
  • Engaging with primary schools in Islington and delivering a programme of events for young people, teachers and families 
  • Logistical support for the rest of the Public Engagement team and colleagues supporting our Members with resources and guidance to deliver public engagement activities on our behalf 

Who will I work with? 

  • Public Engagement Managers (Line Managed by Toby Shannon-Smith) 
  • Head of Public Engagement & Dialogue, Louise Swan 
  • IOP Membership team 
  • IOP EDI team 
  • IOP Workplace team 

Person specification:

Essential Criteria 

  • An undergraduate degree in the physical sciences or equivalent knowledge and confidence in physics to underpin the successful delivery of this role 
  • Professional experience in engaging families and young people with STEM and an understanding of how to tailor messages to different audiences 
  • A passion for inclusive public engagement practice and working with audiences currently under-represented in physics 
  • Excellent presentation skills, particularly for audiences of young people 
  • Excellent analytical and data handling skills for grant assessment, processing and evaluation of projects. Able to manage a variety of competing priorities and flexibly respond to new challenges and opportunities 
  • Competent user of MS Office (particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams) 
  • Knowledge of inclusive best practise in grant giving

Desirable Criteria

  • Postgraduate degree in science communication 
  • Experience of managing grant giving and convening assessment panels 
  • Confidence in using a CRM to keep up-to-date records and manage relationships 
  • Experience of training volunteers to engage young people 
  • Marketing public engagement activities and knowledge of most effective channels to reach priority audiences 
  • Creativity to develop new, innovative methods of engaging with young people 

How will I be working? 

The ’base’ location for this role is the IOP’s building at 37 Caledonian Road, near King’s Cross in London and regular attendance is needed to deliver the public engagement programme, especially during the summer period (June-September) when the peak of our activity takes place. At other times, depending on other commitments and the requirements of the role, the role holder has the flexibility to choose how they work under the IOP’s How We Work initiative. 

Why should I want to work for the IOP? 

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland - we seek to raise public awareness and understanding of physics and support the development of a diverse and inclusive physics community. As a charity, we’re here to ensure that physics delivers on its exceptional potential to benefit society.  

There’s never been a more exciting time to join the IOP - watch our film to find out more about our work.  

How to Apply

Alongside your CV, please include a cover letter stating how you meet the person specification, drawing on examples from your professional experience and any other relevant experience, including voluntary roles. 

To apply for this role please click the link below, we look forward to hearing from you. 

The Institute of Physics is an open and inclusive organisation that welcomes and celebrates diversity.

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Institute of Physics View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 101 - 500

We strive to make physics accessible to people from all backgrounds.

Posted on: 03 April 2025
Closing date: 16 April 2025 at 11:30
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