Research Communications Manager

The Research Communications Manager plays a fundamental role in developing and shaping our research communications ensuring the timely and proactive communication of our research impact.

With a strong ability for explaining research and science to a lay audience, you will also proactively identify communication opportunities and ideas for engaging content to promote and publicise our research projects. You will work closely with teams across the organisation providing them with information about our research activity to support their work. The role also manages the charity’s research information service, our Research Line.

Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities.

About us:

Muscular Dystrophy UK is the charity bringing individuals, families and professionals together to fight muscle-wasting conditions. We bring together more than 60 rare and very rare progressive muscle-weakening and wasting conditions, affecting around 110,000 children and adults in the UK. In the last three years, there have been more than 10 new treatments – we want to continue this work and need your help so we can fund more research and support for families with a muscle-wasting condition.

Benefits:

We appreciate the range of skills and experience our staff have to offer. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we commit to actively developing and supporting you. We also offer a range of benefits including pension, life assurance, cycle scheme, health cash plan, financial wellbeing and an employee assistance programme.

Location: We operate a hybrid model (home and office, SE1). 

*Unfortunately, due to resource capacity, we will only contact candidates that are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please note your application has been unsuccessful.

Please note interviews are likely to be held on 6 August via Miscrosoft Teams.