Hokkaido University

Organisation: Cranfield University Faculty or Department: Communications and External Affairs Based at: Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire Hours of work: 37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered Contract type: Fixed term contract Fixed Term Period: For 6 Months Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £48,760 to £58,664 per annum, with potential progression up to £71,050 per annum Apply by: 26/04/2026 Role Description About the Role This role is responsible for leading and delivering communications across a complex change programme, ensuring colleagues are clearly informed, appropriately engaged and supported through transition. Working closely with senior leaders, you will translate complex and sensitive information into clear, consistent messaging, support consultation processes, and help maintain trust during a period of organisational change. About You You will be educated to degree level or have equivalent professional experience in communications, organisational development or a related field. You will have experience delivering communications within organisational change or transformation programmes, ideally within a complex, multi-stakeholder environment such as higher education, public sector or similar. With excellent written and verbal communication skills, you will be confident translating complex information into clear, accessible messaging and producing high-quality communications for senior audiences. You will have strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence and advise senior leaders, particularly in relation to sensitive or challenging situations. You will be able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, demonstrate sound judgement, and operate with professionalism, discretion and emotional intelligence. Experience of consultation processes or employee relations contexts would be advantageous. About Us As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here. Our Values and Commitments Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here. We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here. Working Arrangements Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners. How to apply For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Jonathan Walker, Director of Communications and External Affair via Jonathan.Walker@cranfield.ac.uk / +44 1234 75 4464 or Charly Guildford, People & Culture Business Partner via Charly.Guildford@cranfield.ac.uk / +44 1234 75 4226 Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details on E: hrrecruitment@cranfield.ac.uk. Please quote reference number xxx. Interviews to be held: ASAP Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert and interview prior to the stated closing date should we receive sufficient numbers of applications. Therefore, we would encourage you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Beijing Normal – Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU) now invites candidates for the following position which is expected to be filled in September 2026: Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Media and Communication (Ref: FHSS260403 Job Description The Department of Communication at BNBU invites applications from student-centered scholar-practitioners broadly trained in one or more of the following fields: 1) communication theory; 2) AI-centered approaches to media studies; and 3) media production. There are opportunities to develop innovative pedagogy and collaborative research. Job Requirement All applicants should hold a PhD degree in Media and Communications with a commensurable research profile. Other requirements include a firm commitment to teaching and tutoring students as well as engaging in theory-based qualitative or quantitative research. Teaching responsibilities may include courses related to communication theories, research methods, video production, graphic design, and others of the applicant’s own interests. Research and practical experience in AI and digital media-related areas will be an added asset. Preference will be given to candidates who can undertake original research leading to high-quality outcomes. Please include a cover letter along with your CV explaining your rationale for coming to BNBU, how you meet above requirements, and how you can contribute to our research and teaching environment. Closing Date: June 30, 2026 All application materials should be submitted in English. Application Procedures Please complete the job application form and upload the requested documents online: https://hrapp.bnbu.edu.cn/recruit/job/vacancy/JobDetail/1117. If you failed to submit your application online, please send your application by emailing to recruit@uic.edu.cn. Applications should include a curriculum vitae and a completed "Job Application Form" which can be downloaded from https://hro.uic.edu.cn/Job_Opportunities_/Application_Procedure.htm. Please indicate the position being applied for, including the field of expertise, level and reference number. The University reserves the right not to fill these positions, or to extend the search until suitable candidates are identified or to make an appointment by invitation. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse environment.

About the Role Queen Mary University of London is seeking an exceptional leader for the role of Vice President (Education). You will shape the strategic and policy context and priorities for education across the University, lead on education quality, student experience and outcomes and drive improvements and innovation to education and academic leadership. You will be accountable for the University’s submission to the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), as well as relevant input to reputational measures which include assessment of educational quality and outcomes. The Vice President (Education) is a key member of Queen Mary’s executive, working as part of the team to support the President and President in the day-to-day running of the University. This includes delivering the education pillar of the 2030 Strategy to create an outstanding, inclusive, world-class education and student experience, leading to graduate level employment both nationally and internationally, co-created with our diverse student body, enhanced by our world-leading research and supported by the latest technological developments. You will have overall accountability for the quality of teaching, student experience and student outcomes, and are expected to bring strong leadership and expertise to ensure that Queen Mary maintains its reputation for high quality education and graduate employability and that this is reflected in rankings and TEF outcomes. About you You will have a strong academic background, together with relevant experience of delivering improvements and innovation in education supporting student experience, student outcomes and can demonstrate how this has (or has demonstrable potential to be) translated into strong or improved NSS and TEF in a UK HEI setting. Experience of developing, leading and successfully implementing strategic initiatives within a complex multi-site, multi-disciplinary and international environment is also essential. About Queen Mary At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable. Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers. We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form. Benefits We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements. The University is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and would welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities. Applications are invited at your earliest convenience, and in any event by no later than 5pm BST on Monday 18th May 2026. For further information about this exciting opportunity, including details of how to apply, please visit: https://plusportal.perrettlaver.com/ quoting reference 8395. For informal inquiries please contact Harvir Bains on harvir.bains@perrettlaver.com Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality Protecting your personal data is of the utmost importance to Perrett Laver and we take this responsibility very seriously. Any information obtained by our trading divisions is held and processed in accordance with the relevant data protection legislation. The data you provide us with is securely stored on our computerised database and transferred to our clients for the purposes of presenting you as a candidate and/or considering your suitability for a role you have registered interest in. As defined under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Perrett Laver is a Data Controller and a Data Processor, and our legal basis for processing your personal data is ‘Legitimate Interests’. You have the right to object to us processing your data in this way. For more information about this, your rights, and our approach to Data Protection and Privacy, please visit our website http://www.perrettlaver.com/information/privacy/