Communications Manager

To successfully position the initiatives, we are immediately seeking a Communications Manager for the Empa communications team.

Currently, various major projects are underway in the energy/climate sector:The Climate Solutions Hub (CSH) of Empa and Eawag aims to scale climate-relevant mitigation and adaptation solutions and anchor them more quickly in business, society, and politics. At  ACHIEVE , a SWEET project led by Empa, the goal is to concretise and scale solutions for hard-to-avoid emissions. And reFuel.ch , another SWEET project led by Empa, develops robust and practical ways to introduce sustainable fuels and platform chemicals to the market and into the Swiss energy system.

(Allocation: CSH 60% / ACHIEVE &reFuel.cheach 20%)

• Development and implementation of a coherent communication strategy in close collaboration with the respective project management teams (CSH, ACHIEVE)
• Editing news, background articles, and one-pagers as well as producing multimedia content (video, image, text) for cross-channel communication and public relations and to position the respective projects according to their mission (e.g. CSH asa new, strategically relevant hub within the ETH domain)
• Preparation of scientific content into clear, understandable messages for various target groups
• Maintenance of the respective project websites (e.g. news, events, etc.)
• Planning, implementation, andfurther developmentof social media activities (especially LinkedIn) to increase visibility, reach, and engagement of the projects
• Analysis & optimisation: Evaluation of communication activities (e.g. web analytics, social media KPIs, newsletter metrics) and derivation and implementation of optimisation measures to increase reach, relevance, and impact
• Planning, creation, and distribution of an external newsletter to regularly inform stakeholders, partners, and interested parties.
• Active participation in consortium-internal communication planning and implementation as well as development and management of consortium-internal communication channels and formats (e.g. internal newsletters to promote project understanding, networking, and internal exchange)
• Strategic further development of CSH (Phase 2): Further development of the communication concept focusing on acquiring new partners and projects as well as building and maintaining a CSH community (community management) and designing event series

• University degree in communication, marketing, environmental sciences or similar.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in science/innovation/corporate communication, especially in digital communication includingweb editing/CMS, SEO and operational management of social media channels (especially LinkedIn)
• Excellent editorial skills (DE & EN), experience writing for various formats (web, newsletter, etc.) andability toprepare complex technical content precisely, understandably, and target-group appropriately
• In-depth understanding of scientific topics in the climate and sustainability sector
• Experience with digital analytics tools (e.g. LinkedIn & web analytics, newsletter tools) and deriving data-based recommendations

• Understanding of political communication is an advantage
• Enjoyment ofinterdisciplinarycollaboration with researchers from different fields
• Highmotivation,reliability,initiative, and project management skills
• Strategic thinking, structured, independent working style and conceptual strength
• Creative in storytelling, yet careful and precise in implementation
• Team player and confident appearance towards internal and external stakeholders

Empa offers an exciting, stimulating, and dynamic environment with researchers from more than 50 countries, where innovation, creativity, and personal responsibility are key success factors. In the interdisciplinary communications team, an interesting, challenging, and varied role awaits you. The position is initially limited to 3 years with the option of extension.