Background

Originally established by the Government of Kerala as an advanced centre for medical specialties, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) metamorphosed into an Institute of National Importance with the status of a University in 1980 under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India by an Act of Parliament (Act 52 of 1980).

The Institute has three wings -the Hospital, Biomedical Technology Wing and the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies. Excellent research and teaching facilities are available at these centres. This uniquely poised Institute has a dedicated team of clinicians, scientists and engineers devoted to high quality biomedical research and developing technologies in health care with emphasis on cardiovascular and neurological diseases.

The institute intends to hire a public relations and communication officer to enhance the image of the institute and create outreach for its scientific work through strong media and other stakeholder relations internally and externally.

Requirements for Role

The successful candidate for this employee role will have 12+ years' experience in Public Relations and Communications, ideally working for a leading national Public Relations agency /Corporate for at least 5 years with a journalistic background of minimum 2 years in Kerala. The candidate should be fluent in Malayalam and English and should have extensive media relations in Kerala and connections to key national media based at Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai. The candidate should possess sound knowledge of how media entities work at various editorial levels and access to senior editorial members.

Key Internal Relationships

• Reports directly to the Director of SCTIMST, and is located at Trivandrum
  
  
• Receives Functional guidance from department Heads
  
  
• With TiMED manages the technical and research experts to ensure connect with the scientific community
  
  
• Manages external communication agencies, if required.
  
  

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