Communications Officer

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL: Marketing

JOB TITLE: Communications Officer

SALARY & HOURS: £33,087 pa. Monday to Friday, 9:00 – 17:00 hrs.

About the role

Step into this role at the heart of the student experience, where your words, ideas and creativity shape how thousands of students connect with university life. As a Communications Officer, you’ll be the driving force behind clear, engaging and impactful content – working across various channels and projects to make sure every student feels informed, supported, and inspired, and that the amazing stories in the University community are shared widely.

The Communications Officer will take the lead in writing, creating and distributing content to University students, while championing best practice in internal communications. Alongside this, the role supports the wider Marketing function by assisting in creating content for a range of digital and print channels.

The position sits in the Communications Team, and reports to the Marketing Communications Manager. The role works closely with the Digital team, wider Marketing team, Student Support Services, the Students’ Union, the Vice-Chancellor’s Office, and IT. It also liaises with staff and students right across the University.

The position manages the student intranet, student newsletter, display screens, and supports ad-hoc communication requests and institutional projects to ensure that key student-facing initiatives achieve their communications objectives with timely, engaging, and accurate content.

The role holder will plan, write and edit for a variety of internal and external mediums to ensure organisational initiatives and projects are communicated in an engaging, accurate and succinct way by creating and developing content in the form of written content, videos, and photography. The role also supports wider marketing activity and specific elements of public relations initiatives to build, maintain and protect the reputation of the University.

What can we offer you?

We might be small, but we can still offer plenty of perks! In addition to an Aviva Pension scheme, we offer:

• Beautiful working environments across our campuses with plenty of space
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Christmas closure
• On-site gym and exercise classes
• On-site catering facilities
• University bookshop with staff discount
• Free on-site parking
• Excellent opportunities to network and continue learning across a variety of departments
• Discount of courses for staff and their families

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 31 March 2026, and it is anticipated that interviews will be held the week starting Monday 6 April 2026.

Please note: if successful, any offer is subject to standard checks, including qualifications, eligibility to work in the UK on a permanent basis and DBS (if applicable)

For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our website http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/about/hr/