BIA is the award-winning trade association for bioscience in the UK. The position of Communications Executive is a key role in the organisation, representing an innovative sector seen as key to the future success of the UK in delivering new treatments for patients and economic growth.
The primary purpose of the Communications Executive role is to support and implement the BIA’s communications plan and activity, including social media activity, content management of the BIA website, managing the blog schedule, managing the weekly publication of Newscast, providing input to BIA publications and projects and supporting BIA events and conferences through communications support. This role is pivotal to supporting the BIA’s strategic objective of communicating the value and nature of this exciting sector to media and external stakeholders.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The duties and responsibilities of this role include the following:
Media relations:
Support the handling of incoming media enquiries and help to coordinate BIA response
Support the drafting and development of press releases
Responsible for updating media database and lead person in team re knowledge of how distribution system works (Dotmailer/Gorkana) and training colleagues on how these works
Daily monitoring of key media sources to inform a daily round-up email (by 10am each day) that flags BIA press coverage, key stories of interest, key member news, and news about targets and prospects to inform membership approaches by BDMS team
Communications:
Editor of weekly Newscast blog to members and wider stakeholders; including drafting CEO update and supporting the co-ordination of other content
Manage BIA blog schedule; lead schedule, manage input, communicate blog policy and also author BIA content where appropriate
Lead BIA social media activity and monitoring. Promote the BIA’s work through Twitter and LinkedIn. Be an internal champion for social media, looking for ways to build on BIA and staff activity in this area
Work with other colleagues to ensure data-sets are updated on mailing list including managing bounce backs
Support content management on BIA website, particularly in relation to reports and releases; support website review project
Lead monthly and quarterly comms stats reviews
Support the work of BIA Advisory Committees as advised, including the Communications Forum
Projects:
Support the development and execution of key BIA projects including the BIA finance reports, BIA MAC LeaP Programme and promoting our charity of the year
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Desirable:
Academic background and/or previous work experience in life sciences, healthcare or policy
Experience of working across all communications disciplines including media relations, website content development and social media
Essential:
A confident self-starter with an ability to grasp complex issues quickly and how to distil these for a variety of external audiences
Collaborative team-player who is flexible to changing business needs and supports colleagues effectively
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work across a variety of stakeholders
Calm under pressure with an ability to consistently meet deadlines and nimbly react to external developments
Please apply with CV and covering letter by 5pm Thursday June 20th 2019 to Nick Gardiner, COO, BIA, via the button below.
ABOUT THE BIA
Established over 25 years ago at the infancy of biotechnology, the BioIndustry Association (BIA) is the trade association for innovative life sciences in the UK. Our goal is to secure the UK's position as a global hub and as the best location for innovative research and commercialisation, enabling our world-leading research base to deliver healthcare solutions that can truly make a difference to people's lives.
Our members include:
Start-ups, biotechnology and innovative life science companies
Pharmaceutical and technological companies
Universities, research centres, tech transfer offices, incubators and accelerators
A wide range of life science service providers: investors, lawyers, IP consultants, IR agencies
Recruiter: BioIndustry Association
Location: Westminster, London
Salary: £25,000-£28,000 PA depending on experience
Closing date: 20 Jun 2019 – 5pm
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Ri
