Communication & Press Officer

Job Reference

719_24_MNG_COM_STCC

Position

Communication & Press Officer

Closing Date

Thursday, 31 October, 2024
Reference: 719_24_MNG_COM_STCC
Job title: Communication & Press Officer

About BSC

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses Mare Nostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for Euro HPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.

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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research. In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favoured.

We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.

If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer. We value diversity of experiences and skills, and you could bring unique perspectives to our team.

Context And Mission

The BSC communication team’s mission is to publicize the BSC and its activity through the center's own channels (web, profiles in social networks, corporate communication materials, visits to Mare Nostrum supercomputer), the media and the organization and participation in activities to strengthen the public awareness and understanding of science and technology. It also manages the internal communication of the center.
The chosen person will manage media relations and supervise and produce scientific and institutional content to engage target audiences.

Key Duties

- To prepare press releases and other communications materials for different audiences.
- To liaise with media contacts ensuring key messages are communicated accurately and effectively and keeping a close eye on media coverage.
- To monitor and analyze the results of communications activities using key performance indicators (KPIs).
- To produce and / or supervise the production of content in different formats such as videos, infographics etc for use in different communication channels.
- To maintain permanent contact with the researchers and dissemination officers of the different departments to identify topics likely to be disclosed.
- To prepare calendars for the dissemination of these contents, in coordination with the departments and with the BSC Communication Unit.
- To coordinate the dissemination of these contents with the external partners involved (companies or other research centers) in each case.
- To collaborate in institutional communication activities.

Requirements

- Education

- Bachelor degree in communications, journalist or technological field. Master or postgraduate courses will be considered.

- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience

- Three years of experience in scientific communication

- Solid scientific background

- Excepcional scientific writing skills

- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience

- English fluency

- Competences

- Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills with a keen eye for detail.

- Ability to translate complex technical language and ideas into language easily comprehensible to non-specialists.

- Proactively contributing creative ideas to bring research and institutional content to media and society.

- Strong organizational skills with the ability to work across a number of projects at any one time.

- Excellent in spoken and written English, Spanish and Catalan, while fluency in other European languages will be also valued.
A problem-solver who uses their initiative to find solutions.

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Conditions

- The position will be located at BSC within the Management Department
- We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
- Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
- Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
- Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
- Starting date: asap

Applications procedure and process

All applications must be made through BSC website and contain:

- A full CV in English including contact details

- A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references - Applications without this document will not be considered

In accordance with the OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for every vacancy at the beginning of the process. After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will start the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview. A profile questionnaire as well as a technical exercise may be required during the process.

The panel will make a final decision and all candidates who had contacts with them will receive a feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.

At BSC we are seeking continuous improvement in our recruitment processes, for any suggestions or feedback/complaints about our Recruitment Processes, please contact recruitment (at) bsc (dot) es.

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Deadline

The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.

OTM-R principles for selection processes

BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R). This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks etc.
BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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This position is reserved for candidates who meet the requirements and have the legal status of disabled persons with a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%. In case there are no applicants with disabilities that meet the requirements, the rest of the candidates without declared disability will be evaluated.