PolicyWISE is recruiting

We are advertising three fixed-term roles to join our PolicyWISE team – a Communications Support Assistant, a Research Associate and a Support Officer. Please share with your networks, forward to people who might be interested and encourage them to get in touch if they would like more information. For an informal chat about any of the roles, contact policywise@open.ac.uk

These fixed-term contracts (until July 2025), and maternity cover (May 2025), are an opportunity to join a new team who work with academics and policymakers across the UK and Ireland. At PolicyWISE, we are committed to finding solutions and not being the same as everyone else, this means we live by our values of being inclusive, innovative, and responsive. These roles are key to building on our success to date through supporting our communications, research, and resource capacity at a time when it's needed more than ever.

Communications Support Assistant 0.6 FTE, deadline 6th March 2024, 12:00

This is a pivotal role in supporting the PolicyWISE team to deliver its objectives, connecting with new and existing audiences, promoting PolicyWISE work, opportunities, and events, and keeping PolicyWISE channels and platforms up to date. You will support production of communications, coordination of events, management of digital platforms, preparation of reports and creating content for a range of digital platforms including social media accounts.

Research Associate Deadline 13th March 2024, 12:00

As part of our research team you will identify needs, opportunities, and research projects, deliver research independently, in collaboration with partners or commissioning additional academic resource to support PolicyWISE capacity. You will have significant opportunities to work with, and through, cross-nation and inter-governmental policy and knowledge exchange networks.

Support Officer (Maternity Cover) Maternity cover Deadline 6th March 2024, 12:00

You will provide project, communications, and administrative support to the PolicyWISE team. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will support a range of exciting advances including the production of communications, coordination of events, management of digital platforms, preparation of reports and provide executive diary management.