Section/Site: Cambridge zero
salary: 31,236 pounds sterling-35,608 pounds
reference: Lp47329
category: Employee Assistant
Close date: November 16, 2025

Cambridge Zero has an exciting opportunity as part of our communications and participation team, to support the delivery of communication strategy and participation in Cambridge Zero, which enhances the work that is done throughout the university to solve the climate crisis.

Do you have experience in:

• Writing news, social media or the content of the web site?
• Using design tools such as Canva and Adobe Acrobat, etc.?
• Writing attractive content and communicating complex concepts and academic ideas to a wide range of fans other than experts?

In this role, you will support the delivery of communication and participation strategy in Cambridge Zero in all activity programs.

This includes public participation, internal and external communications, public affairs, research communications, charitable participation and graduate participation, students and media relations.

It will help develop content and activities, support the head of communications and provide assistance to the rest of the team in the communication and participation activity.

Cambridge Zero is to increase the contribution of Cambridge University to achieving a flexible and sustainable world.

We do this by empowering, integrating and accelerating climate activities related to education, research and innovation.

We work in the role of coordination and support through the full academic life cycle, linking, contracting and involving the full breadth of the Great University community (i.e. the university, colleges and related institutions).

By disposing of close cooperation and partnership with a wide range of university jobs, we help integrate, enhance and accelerate climate activities.

Once the employment offer is accepted, the successful candidate will be asked to undergo a healthy evaluation.

Application deadline: November 16, 2025
Interviews: w/c/c/1 December 2025

Requests are welcome from internal candidates who want to apply for the role on a loan from their current role at the university.

Once the employment offer is accepted, the successful candidate will be asked to undergo a healthy evaluation.

We welcome requests from individuals who want to look at part -time work or other flexible work arrangements.

We welcome especially for women and/or candidates from the BME background for this vacancy, as they are currently represented at this level at our university.

Please make sure that you specify how to match the posts of the post and why you apply for this role in the online application form.

Please quote the LP47329 reference on your request and in any correspondence on this vacancies.

The university supports the activity of equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages requests from all sections of society.

The university is responsible for ensuring that all employees are qualified to live and work in the United Kingdom.