Ireland's Knowledge Centre for Carbon, Climate and Community Action (IKC3) Marketing Officer
Kerry Campus (Contract to 31st December 2026)
Ireland's Knowledge Centre for Carbon, Climate and Community Action (IKC3) is dedicated to advancing sustainability, climate action and community development across Ireland.
Through collaboration, education, and capacity-building, IKC3 plays a key role in fostering knowledge and skills to drive sustainable development and climate resilience in communities and businesses alike.
IKC3 is developing a national collaborative multi-university digital sustainability skills platform for the agile development and co-delivery of Sustainability, Carbon and Climate Knowledge to advance the skill and talent pipeline in Ireland to enable enterprise and society to adapt and transition to a decarbonised economy and sustainable living.
Munster Technological University is recruiting for an Marketing Officer to join the IKC3 team at MTU Kerry to focus on the promotion, communication and dissemination of activities and outcomes of the IKC3 project, increase national awareness of the IKC3 Digital Skills Platform, strengthen the IKC3 brand and to promote the new courses developed and offered by the project and to lead on all marketing activities associated with the development of a national digital sustainability skills platform.
Role:
The IKC3 Marketing Officer will lead the mainstream activity taking a data-led approach to develop key strategies, tools and impact assessment KPIs to significantly enhance the national awareness and visibility of the i KC3 skills platform, educational programs and micro-credentials offered, the Sustainability Professionals Network, the work of the IKC3 project and team and the green skills agenda.
The appointee will also contribute significantly to the ongoing dissemination, communication and promotion of the IKC3 network, collaborating and complementing the ecosystem development activities in engaging with stakeholder groups, including researchers, industry, public agencies and NGOs to share the activities, results and impacts of the IKC3 project towards the goal of delivering a national response to skills needs for sustainability.
Core Duties and Responsibilities:
* Play a key role in the communication and dissemination strategy and activities for the IKC3 project with particular emphasis on the digital sustainability skills platform
* Develop a marketing and engagement plan for the national roll-out of the platform across the HEI sector
* Develop and manage marketing campaigns and activities of the IKC3 project
* Deliver on the operation and content management of the various social media channels
* Develop and execute IKC3 website content updating
* Design and develop various infographics, collateral and publications as required
* Develop and monitor the social media marketing budgets
* Monitor and evaluate the success of the marketing activities undertaken, assessing key datasets, KPI and results to inform future activities through evaluation and presenting progress reports
* Development of content for various channels, including press releases, event materials, project brochures, e-flyers, videos, podcasts etc
* Champion innovative and impact-focused in social media marketing as a means by which to disseminate project outcomes, attract students, build capacities, and national and international recognition of IKC3
* Organise and manage events, activities and materials and submit award applications which promote the IKC3 values related to excellence, innovation and inclusion
* Actively participating on working groups and wider project activities
* Contribute to the development of any other campaigns as are necessary to the success of the IKC3 project
* Attend project meetings and complete reports and deliverables as required
Essential Requirements:
* Minimum of 3 years experience in a Marketing Officer role
* Minimum 3 years experience in content creation, digital marketing, brand development and community management
* Experience in developing and assessing key KPI to determine the impact of key campaigns, programs and skills provision to inform future engagement activities and programme development
* Excellent interpersonal, presentation and facilitation skills
Desirable Requirements:
* Experience of designing and implementing communications and marketing strategies
* Honours degree or postgraduate degree in marketing or a related area
* Significant experience in the use of digital media, content creation and related tools for marketing and communications
* Significant experience in the graphic design and content development
* Excellent communication skills with a very high standard of written English and proven content generation experience
* Demonstrable ability to gather and analyse information from a variety of sources to inform clear, timely and well-grounded decisions
* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and complete tasks, delivering results under pressure and within deadlines
* Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, students, clients and external stakeholders
* Excellent IT skills, with a high degree of proficiency in Word, Excel and Power Point and expertise in web-based content management systems and social media
Applicant Requirements:
* An interest in sustainability, climate action and a circular economy
* Event organisation in both physical and virtual mediums
* Experience in creation of dissemination and communication plan and organisational skills to manage and monitoring
* Participation in large scale collaborative projects
Location:
This post is based on the North Campus in Munster Technological University Kerry and ongoing national visits will be essential to collaborate with academic partners.
Citizenship Requirement:
Candidates should note that eligibility to compete for posts is open to citizens of the European Economic Area (EEA) or to non-EEA nationals with a valid work permit.
The EEA consists of the Member States of the European Union, United Kingdom along with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Swiss citizens under EU agreements may also apply.