The current opportunity is available for current Manchester Met students, to apply you must be based in the UK for the duration of the role.
We are seeking a motivated student to support the activities of our research group. This role is ideal for someone who is proactive, organised, and enthusiastic about communication and engagement. The assistant will help manage the group’s visibility, coordinate updates, and ensure our work is shared effectively across platforms. Experience in a similar role is desirable.
Key Responsibilities:
- Social Media Management: This is the main part of the role and involves managing the PSC's social media accounts to ensure they remain active, sharing updates, advertising our events, and actively engaging with similar accounts to raise our visibility.
- Communication with members of the PSC Network: Regularly contact and chase members (circa 15) for updates.
- Identify potential new members through the staff pages and create a list for the Research Innovation Lead.
- Event support: Brief occasional attendance to some of the events to take photos of speakers and activities, so these can be shared in social media.
- Content creation: Draft posts and updates for the PSC's LinkedIn page. Assist with the compilation and summary of group activities for an end-of-year report.
Candidate Profile:
We are looking for a student who is able to work independently and make decisions with minimal supervision. We require someone who is proactive in seeking information and following up with group members. The student should be confident in using social media platforms and engaging with online communities. Similar previous experience is desirable.
This post requires an excellent command of written English and an ability to write content in either formal or casual registers. It is important for the group that the posts have a personal tone and voice. For that reason, the candidate should not rely on Generative AI to write content.
Dates : 58 hours to be done between 16 of November 2026 and the 31 of July 2027, at an average 1.5h per week. There is some flexibility but this should be communicated beforehand.
The schedule should be agreed with Dr Marta F Suarez, the Research Innovation Lead.
Hours of Work: To be agreed with Dr Marta F Suarez. Ideally, the student should reserve the same hour(s) on a regular basis or on a rota, so they are contactable during that hour, either in person or via Teams. Generally, the hour(s) should be agreed and set between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Details of training: To be agreed with the successful candidate. 1 hr in person (Grosvenor East).