Job Description

Salary

The starting salary will be from 28,031 up to 31,236 on Grade D, depending on qualifications and experience.

Contractual hours

36.5

Package

Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable).

Job category/type

Admin, Professional, Managerial

Date posted

22/08/2025

Job reference

R04843

External Engagement and Global

This full-time post is available on a fixed term basis for 12 months, starting as soon as possible.

The position will be homed in the External Engagement and Global Division but will be working within the Nature and Climate Impact Team in the University of Exeter Business School, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working - some time on campus and some from home.

This position could be an opportunity for an internal secondment, with approval from your current line manager.

Interviews are expected to take place during the week beginning Monday 15 September.

Summary of the role

We are seeking an outstanding and highly motivated Communications Assistant to join the new Nature and Climate Impact Team, led by Professor Gail Whiteman, the inaugural Hoffmann Impact Professor for Nature and Climate.

The Nature and Climate Impact (NCI Team) is focused on delivering impact across key sectors--Food, Consumer Packaged Goods/Electronics, Digital Technologies, and Communications--by co-creating strategic campaigns and communications that support low-carbon and nature-positive transformations. We work collaboratively across the University of Exeter and with international partners to build sector-specific impact pathways, with the ultimate goal of accelerating action at scale before the end of the decade.

To achieve this, we are recruiting a Communications Assistant to support the delivery of high-quality, audience-focused communications that drive engagement with our research and strategic priorities.

You will report to the Senior Communications Impact Fellow and play a key role in developing compelling written materials, coordinating content across digital platforms, and supporting stakeholder engagement. You will help shape and deliver clear, accessible messaging that communicates our ideas, proposals, and initiatives with purpose and impact. Your work will span briefing notes, blogs, social media, newsletters, and support for toolkits and visual content.

This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a dynamic, impact-focused team working on one of the most urgent issues of our time.

If you are passionate about using communications to accelerate climate and nature action--and want to contribute to a bold, evidence-led movement for systems change--please apply.

Please ensure you read the and Person Specification for full details of this role.

We will be reviewing applications for this role as they come in, and reserve the right to close the role early if we receive suffient applications before the closing date.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world's most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research - Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer. We are officially recognised as a Disability Confident employer and an Athena Swan accredited institution. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

39 days leave per year options for flexible working numerous discounts at leading retailers onsite gyms on our campuses and a cycle to work scheme sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Further information

Please contact Frances Kendall, f.kendall@exeter.ac.uk

Please be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post will not qualify for university sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. If you are a migrant worker, you will need to ensure you have a visa which permits the right to work in the UK. Further details can be found on the Home Office website - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas. If you are an existing Skilled Worker visa holder, we may be able to sponsor and will review the transitional arrangements - https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/certificate-of-sponsorship-before-4-april-2024