Communications Officer

Ref. 24-158_MS_GC

About the research group

The main focus of the Communications and Fundraising Unit is to communicate with the public as well as the various other stakeholders inside and outside of the institute. Our mission is to promote and monitor IDIBELL's image by developing and implementing clear, coherent and attractive strategies that improve public understanding of science and the institute, its researchers and its value for the society.

The Unit carries out its mission through a wide range of initiatives and activities aimed at different audiences, including researchers, journalists and the media, politicians, students, science teachers, the general public and, of course, IDIBELL members. On the other hand, it is responsible for carrying out institutional fundraising actions and campaigns that allow obtaining funds to accelerate the research developed at the Institute and launch new innovative projects.

The Unit is certified as a Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit (UCC+i) by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECyT) since 2017.

About the role

Reporting to the Communications and Fundraising Head, you will be supporting the press office and the public engagement activities that IDIBELL carries out. We are looking for a dynamic self-motivated individual with experience in content creation for both online and print projects and outreach activities to contribute with his/her skills and strengths to the institute’s mission. The contracted person will be integrated in a multidisciplinary and very active team, where he/she will receive advice and continuous support from the rest of the members of the team.

Job requirements

Professional experience

• Background in health research institutes or hospital environments similar to IDIBELL
• Experience in organizing public engagement activities
• Previous experience in scientific writing
• 1 year previous experience in a communication department of a non-profit institution

Education and training

• Higher Vocational Qualification in Scientific Communication or a related field
• Demonstrable experience in science communication
• Photo, video editing, web management, graphic design, social media or any other related courses will be a plus. 

Technical & soft skills

• Essential command of email marketing software
• Basic knowledge of web content management tools (Wordpress)
• Writing and editing skills
• Graphic design, photography or video editing tools
• Motivation, initiative, learning ability and stress tolerance
• Result orientation, habituation to work for goals
• Planning and organizational capacity
• Dynamic, proactive, autonomous, and well-organized person

Languages

• Good command of the English language

We will value, but not required

• Master or postgraduate degree in Science Communication

What do we offer

•  No. of positions:1
•  Estimated start date:13/01/2025
•  Contract duration: permanent linked to projects
•  Estimated annual gross salary: 24.000 €
•  You will be part of a multicultural team.We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.

•  Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way.
• Possibility to work some days in remote -Teleworking
• 26 working days of holiday per year
• System of accumulated hours for employees, from 88 to 104 hours depending on the year (11 to 13 working days), to attend to personal matters.
• Paid leave package
• Benefits of constant training are offered
• We offer and promote diverse and inclusive conditions. Applicants are made free from any discrimination. Specifically IDIBELL works to improve gender equality in all areas with the aim of achieving gender balance, but maintaining the most scrupulous respect to any choice at the level of gender identity. Please express yourself freely, safely and non-binarily, if that's the case.

Deadline: Please submit your application by  13/12/2024

Data protection notice

In compliance with the obligations established in the General Regulation of Data Protection (RGPD), which is the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the Parliament and of the Council, of April 27, 2016, and the Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights, it is reported that the Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), CIF G58863317, with address Av. Granvia de l'Hospitalet, 199-203, 08908, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, will process your personal data, as the controller, to apply for the position, maintain communication concerning the status of the candidature, to access the delivered CV; to compare that your data is in accordance with the offers announced by IDIBELL and to verify, where appropriate, that the information provided is accurate. You can find more information in our Privacy Policy at https://idibell.cat/en/privacy-policy-2/, request more information about the data processing carried out and exercise your rights of access, rectification, deletion, opposition, portability, limitation of processing by sending a request at email: dataprotection@idibell.cat. If you consider that you have not obtained satisfaction in exercising your rights, you may submit a claim to Catalan Data Protection Authority.

Our institute

IDIBELL is a research center that integrates the biomedical research of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and the University of Barcelona in the Bellvitge Campus (UB), and the Viladecans Hospital (HV). The research focuses of IDIBELL are cancer, neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the pivots on which researchers work every day in order to improve the quality of life of citizens.

Observations:

The 'HR Excellence in Research' award represents IDIBELL’s commitment to the implementation of Human Resources policies, which oversee the attracting and development of talent in an open, transparent, and based on personal merit, in alignment with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment Researchers (Charter and Code).

IDIBELL is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the implementation of open, transparent and merit-based recruitment (OTMR).

The project leading to this labour contract has received funding from FECyT under the project code FCT-23-18950.