Community Manager (SMEs)

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) seeks a Community Manager (SMEs) on a permanent full-time (35-hour week) basis. 

You can be based at our Cambridge Science Park office or home-based within the UK, if you are able to travel to our Cambridge office.

The Community Manager (SMEs) is an outward-looking role, suited to somebody who enjoys developing and growing business communities and building relationships.

You will join a friendly, open and entrepreneurial team passionately supporting science, collaborations and skills in the chemistry-based industries. The role reports to the Senior Manager – Industry, and is part community management, part project management.

As Community Manager (SMEs) you will develop a bird’s eye view of the needs, gaps, and opportunities for companies, and be the voice for hundreds of high potential SMEs. As a result of the excellent understanding of our companies, the role holder will play a crucial role in facilitating interactions between businesses and help inform future initiatives to increase the impact, visibility and support for our chemistry-based SMEs.

The Royal Society of Chemistry is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to advance chemical sciences. We are a provider of knowledge, a professional body and a voice for chemical sciences, with a heritage spanning 179 years. We advise governments on policy, and we promote the talent, information and ideas that lead to great advances in science. We work with businesses of all sizes from start-ups to multinationals, in a variety of chemistry-based industries and sectors.

Essential knowledge and skills:  

• Experience working in one or more chemistry-based industries, or experience working with business communities.
• Educated to degree-level or higher, in chemical sciences or other science subject.
• Knowledge and ability to talk confidently and passionately about topics relating to business and technology to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Understanding of the needs of small companies and the environment, they operate in.
• Demonstrable relationship management and influencing skills.
• Strong communicator, written and oral, able to produce clear, concise and accurate documents, presentations, blogs.
• Highly organised, objective and deadline-orientated with a clear ability to manage and prioritise a workload in order to meet tight deadlines
• A team player, who thrives in fast paced and changing environment.
• Initiative and ability to develop new ideas and approaches.
• Strong IT skills.
• Excellent project and financial management skills.

Desirable knowledge and skills:

• Community management experience.
• Experience of using CRM systems.
• Experience organising events, workshops, roundtables.  

The Royal Society of Chemistry supports development and offers great benefits.

If interested, please apply before the end of our closing date.