Community Manager

Fostering online and physical networking between a community of bright minds, you’ll help to forge an exciting future for the UK as a hub for technological innovation. 

Your role

Developing, leading and inspiring a number of growing physical and digital communities, you’ll enjoy a broad range of strategically important responsibilities:
•You’ll cultivate and stimulate the Technology Strategy Board community to network both in the real world and within online sites - from our virtual open innovation platform, _connect, through to other business focussed forums.
•Driving activity among the growing company of community managers on _connect, you’ll play an increasingly significant role in realising our vision for open innovation as further external communities join the platform.
•Developing on and offline strategies and tactics that result in inspiring, useful experiences, you’ll be instrumental in ensuring continuity, quality and consistency of community engagement - and you’ll encourage active participation.
•Educating users about functionality and features, you’ll also establish tracking and reporting metrics and winning stories.

Your background

With a proven track record in delivering social media toolkits and building communities both on and offline, you demonstrate impressive credentials:
•A degree (or equivalent) in Marketing and Communications.
•A strong understanding of web analytics and SEO, plus experience of creating successful social media strategies.
•Excellent communication and relationship building skills, with the ability to lead a team of community managers.

About us

The Technology Strategy Board is an executive non-departmental public body. Our role is to stimulate technology-enabled innovation in business. Promoting, supporting and investing in technology research, development and commercialisation, we spread knowledge and bring people together. We aim to make the UK a leading global hub for innovative businesses that apply today’s emerging technologies rapidly, effectively and sustainably to create wealth and enhance lives.

To discover more and submit your application click on the apply button.

Closing date: 15 February 2013