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UNIC Athens, the University of Nicosia's academic and research base in Greece, combining internationally ranked teaching with state-of-the-art facilities, is seeking a Marketing &amp; Communications Officer to join its team.The successful candidate will contribute to existing marketing, branding, and advertising campaigns while assisting with the development of fresh initiatives in line with the organization's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This individual will play a weighty role in communicating the university’s marketing messages.We are seeking a self-starter, a creative individual with experience and passion to communicate the university’s brand positively and authentically. The ideal candidate must possess excellent communication skills in both Greek and English languages, as well as a keen understanding of offline and online media environments. This role requires the ability to operate on both a strategic and tactical level, as well as to always be learning, as marketing best practices and trends shift constantly.This role reports to the Director of Marketing and, by extension, to the Vice President of Marketing. The position is offered on a one-year contract basis, with the possibility of renewal.Key Responsibilities:Responsibilities will include ongoing day-to-day tasks, as well as specific projects. A successful candidate will be responsible for:<ul><li>Becoming a "product expert" in the education industry, understanding the relevant issues, and, working with various people in the organization and its affiliated entities to develop relevant content for marketing campaigns and other purposes.</li><li>Working closely with all Marketing Department sub-unit Heads to set targets, objectives, budgets, and tactical plans to execute the necessary marketing strategies.</li><li>Coordinating Marketing/Advertising campaigns and marketing collaterals, and working with the organisation's external Advertising/PR Agencies or in-house Design team, where applicable</li><li>Preparing, planning and project managing the creation of marketing material within deadlines to maximise brand value.</li><li>Creating and developing new innovative ways to communicate the university’s messages and values to the UNIC and broader community.</li><li>Contributing to the annual Marketing and Recruitment Plan and Yearly Budget.</li><li>Assisting in the development of Online Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Direct Marketing and Public Relations campaigns.</li><li>Planning and project managing marketing-related events and evaluating their success.</li><li>Evaluating the effectiveness of marketing activities.</li><li>Copywriting and proofreading in Greek and English according to the needs of publication and other projects.</li><li>Translating content to and from Greek and English as necessary.</li><li>Identifying and reporting on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and opportunities for optimization regularly.</li><li>Staying current with new developments in marketing, social media, online marketing, SEO, competitive landscape, and other relevant fields.</li><li>Working closely with other colleagues to ensure all venues are welcoming spaces and branding is consistent.</li><li>Accomplishing organization goals by accepting ownership for fulfilling new and different requests while exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.</li><li>Working closely with Recruitment and Admissions teams, and other Senior Executives at the organization and its affiliated entities to create demand and recognition for the group and each unit's products and services.</li><li>Supporting the Director of Marketing in day-to-day marketing activities.</li></ul>&nbsp;Academic Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or a related field.</li><li>Master’s Degree will be considered an advantage.</li></ul>Job-specific skills:<ul><li>An organised individual with great attention to detail and focus on the quality of results.</li><li>Strong copywriting and effective brief writing skills.</li><li>Demonstrated creativity.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Greek.</li><li>Experience user of Microsoft Office and Office 365 applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneDrive, SharePoint, TeamSite), plus MailChimp.</li><li>Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students, media associates and other stakeholders.</li><li>High level of accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to work well under pressure.</li><li>Strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking.</li><li>Strong customer service and relationship management skills.</li></ul>&nbsp;Personal Qualifications:<ul><li>Professionalism, dependability, integrity and trustworthiness combined with a cooperative attitude.</li><li>Results-focused with the ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment while completing assignments within time constraints and deadlines.</li><li>Comfort to adapt to changing situations and priorities.</li><li>Highly motivated self-starter with great sense of initiative.</li><li>Ability to thrive in a team environment.</li></ul>&nbsp;Additional Qualifications:<ul><li>Basic knowledge of social media platforms.</li></ul>

Marketing & Communications Officer - UNIC Athens

UNIC Athens, the University of Nicosia's academic and research base in Greece, combining internationally ranked teaching with state-of-the-art facilities, is seeking a Social Media Manager to join its team.The successful candidate will plan, produce, and optimise UNIC’s social media presence in Cyprus and Greece, and support other priority markets as needed, across priority platforms including Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, and emerging platforms. Engage prospective and current students, alumni, faculty and staff, research centres, corporate partners, schools, and regulators. Lead social media strategy, editorial planning, community management, and social listening for UNIC and selected EDEX units. Produce or commission original content, including short form video, manage influencer and ambassador programmes, and ensure accessibility, bilingual post copy and video subtitles in English and Greek, and compliance with GDPR and platform policies. The role operates at both strategic and hands-on levels.&nbsp;Responsibilities:Strategy and Planning:&nbsp;<ul><li>Develop and own the social media strategy aligned with UNIC’s brand, recruitment cycles, and research communications.</li><li>Maintain a rolling editorial calendar with bilingual copy, text, subtitles or captions, using accessibility-first practices.</li><li>Prioritise audiences by segment and market, applying channel fit and clear campaign objectives.</li><li>Social media channel management including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, and emerging platforms.</li></ul>Measurement and Reporting:&nbsp;<ul><li>Deliver quarterly performance reports with insights, actions, and benchmarking.</li><li>Track funnel metrics from reach to conversion, including event registrations and translate performance into recommendations.</li></ul>&nbsp;Governance and Operations:&nbsp;<ul><li>Ensure adherence to platform advertising policies, GDPR, and University brand and editorial standards.</li><li>Manage vendor and creator contracts, scopes, and invoices in line with financial processes.</li></ul>&nbsp;Website:&nbsp;<ul><li>Update News and Events listings on the official websites.</li></ul>&nbsp;Other Responsibilities:&nbsp;<ul><li>Stay current with social media trends, tools, and best practices, and recommend tests where beneficial.</li><li>Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.</li><li>Support colleagues in other marketing activities when needed</li></ul>&nbsp;Qualifications:Education:<ul><li>A Bachelor’s degree in Social Media, Marketing, Communications, or related field.</li><li>A Master’s degree in a relevant field is highly desirable.</li></ul>Experience:<ul><li>Minimum five years of relevant working experience managing multi-channel social media for a brand or institution.</li><li>Demonstrable track record of running a podcast/vodcast.</li><li>Demonstrable track record of effective management of Twitter/X accounts.&nbsp;</li></ul>Required Skills:&nbsp;<ul><li>Professional fluency in English and Greek, including copywriting</li><li>Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.</li><li>Highly developed analytical, technical, computer, oral and written communication skills, use high-level persuasion and negotiation skills.</li><li>Apply expert knowledge of social media concepts, practices and procedures of specialty field(s) to achieve objectives</li><li>Highly organised with the ability to effectively handle multiple priorities concurrently.</li><li>Experience running ambassador or influencer programmes and managing agencies.</li></ul>Tools and Platforms:&nbsp;<ul><li>Meta Business Suite, TikTok Ads Manager, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, YouTube Studio, X.</li><li>Social publishing and listening tools for example Hootsuite or Brandwatch.</li><li>Creative tools for lightweight editing and captioning, for example Canva.</li></ul>&nbsp;Personal Attributes:&nbsp;<ul><li>Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.</li><li>Ability to thrive in a team environment.</li><li>Professionalism, dependability, integrity and trustworthiness combined with a cooperative attitude.</li><li>Ability to multi-task and prioritise in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.</li><li>Strong time management skills and discipline, consistently delivering high-quality work within strict deadlines.</li><li>Ability to work effectively and maintain productivity both in-office and remotely, adapting seamlessly to different work settings</li></ul>

Social Media Manager - UNIC Athens

UNIC Athens, the University of Nicosia's academic and research base in Greece, combining internationally ranked teaching with state-of-the-art facilities, is seeking a Senior Campus Sensor &amp; Systems Operations Engineer&nbsp;to join its team.This role owns the on-campus hardware layer that feeds our data and AI platforms: antennas, receivers, environmental stations, cameras, radars, timing systems, and the on-prem servers that tie them together. You’re the person who makes sure “the machines are alive” and the data keeps flowing.The work is hands-on, rooftop and rack-level, plus enough Linux and networking to keep a small sensor observatory running smoothly.&nbsp;Responsibilities:&nbsp;Keep a campus-scale sensor observatory onlineMonitor health of diverse sensors: RF receivers, satellite downlinks, short-range radars, optical/IR cameras, acoustic arrays, seismic/structural, weather, and air-quality stations.Diagnose issues across power, RF signal, network, and compute layers; coordinate timely fixes.Maintain inventories, diagrams, and simple runbooks for each subsystem.Operate on-prem compute and storage nodesMaintain a small fleet of Linux servers dedicated to signal processing, media ingest, and sensor fusion.Handle OS updates, basic security hardening, disk/CPU monitoring, and log rotation.Work with central platform engineers to ensure data lands in the right queues/buckets/streams.Manage power, networking, and timing for sensorsOversee PoE switches, rooftop cabinets, UPS feeds, and basic environmental monitoring.Ensure reliable fibre/copper connectivity between rooftop cabinets, comms rooms, and core network.Operate and monitor GNSS-based timing / reference equipment used for precise time-stamping.Support installation, maintenance, and calibrationPlan and execute sensor deployments and relocations (roof, mast, dish frame, façades) with facilities.Coordinate periodic calibrations (e.g. weather, air quality, structural/ground sensors) with vendors and internal teams.Enforce safe working practices for rooftop and equipment-room work.Act as the bridge between campus and platform teamsReport status of on-campus systems and upcoming maintenance windows.Help test new data feeds, firmware updates, and configuration changes before they go to production.Provide clear feedback on physical constraints and operational realities back to architects and data/AI teams.Additionally:Daily / weekly operational checks on key systems, with clear escalation when something drifts or fails.Set up and maintain monitoring dashboards and alerts (metrics, logs, basic traces) for sensors and compute.Script routine tasks in Bash/Python (health checks, log scrapes, simple data sanity checks).Coordinate with vendors and contractors for specialized repairs and installs.Maintain accurate documentation (rack layouts, IP plans, cabling runs, rooftop layouts, change logs).&nbsp;Qualifications:&nbsp;Education:<ul><li>A BSc in Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or related field.</li></ul>&nbsp;Experience:4+ years in a systems / field / instrumentation / NOC / SRE-style role, working with real hardware (not just cloud).&nbsp;Required Skills:&nbsp;Solid Linux experience (Ubuntu or similar): networking, system services, storage, logging.Strong practical networking skills: VLANs, PoE switches, fibre vs copper, basic routing, VPNs.Hands-on experience with at least some of:Environmental or industrial sensors (weather, air quality, structural, seismic, etc.), orRF / broadcast / telecom equipment, orCCTV / video analytics / radar / acoustic sensing.Comfortable reading wiring diagrams, labelling cables, and keeping tidy racks/cabinets.Able to work safely on rooftops and with facilities teams; familiarity with basic electrical and lightning/surge safety.Clear written documentation skills and enough English to collaborate with remote engineering teams.&nbsp;Additional Skills:&nbsp;Experience running or supporting a small observatory, lab, broadcast site, or similar multi-sensor facility.Exposure to GNSS timing, NTP/PTP, or other time-synchronization systems.Familiarity with Prometheus/Grafana or similar monitoring stacks.Basic RF concepts (antennas, coax, gain/noise, filters) or environmental monitoring concepts (calibration, QA/QC).Greek language skills and prior work on a university or research campus.&nbsp;What success looks like:Within a few weeks, you know every major sensor, cabinet, and server by name and location.Within a few months, outages are rare, short, and well-understood, with clear runbooks and monitoring in place.The data and AI teams treat the campus observatory as a reliable “black box” they can build on, because you keep it that way.

Senior Campus Sensor & Systems Operations Engineer - UNIC Athens

The University of Nicosia (UNIC) is a research-oriented university committed to teaching, research, innovation, sustainability, societal engagement, and contributing to culture. It offers more than 100 programmes at the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degree levels, both on-campus and online. It conducts high-quality research in various academic disciplines, with a particular focus on emerging technologies and their impact on society. The University actively engages with research centres, industry, and society, its actions resulting in programmes of study that address industry needs and are accredited by relevant professional bodies. UNIC has an outstanding academic reputation and a global outlook, reflected in its impressive results in the international rankings. Indicatively, in the 2025 edition of the THE WUR Rankings, the University of Nicosia (UNIC) has held its rank among the top 501-600 universities globally for the third consecutive year. Thank you for considering UNIC Athens for employment. We would like to let you know that all received CVs are valuable to us and will be kept in our HR archive for future use. In the event that a position becomes available or if your qualifications match a particular role in the future, we may reach out to discuss potential opportunities. We appreciate your interest in our organisation and will keep your application on file. Note: All applications will be kept confidential and reviewed by our hiring team. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further steps in the hiring process. We appreciate all applications but may not be able to respond to every applicant individually. Nevertheless, we thank you for your interest in our organisation and the time you invested in applying. Contact Information:hr@unic.ac.cy

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The University of Nicosia invites applications for UNIC Athens Campus for the role of Facilities Manager.&nbsp;This pivotal position offers a unique opportunity to shape and manage a state-of-the-art educational environment.The successful candidate will lead the facilities operations, oversee construction and renovation projects, and ensure the efficient and economical management of campus facilities in alignment with the university's commitment to excellence and innovation.Key Responsibilities:Project Management:<ul><li>Lead and coordinate construction and renovation projects for the Athens campus, in collaboration with the Nicosia-based Facilities Management team</li><li>Interface with architects, advisors, construction firms, and other stakeholders to ensure projects meet quality, budget, and timeline objectives.</li><li>Oversee planning, design, and execution phases, ensuring adherence to university standards and regulatory requirements.</li></ul>Facilities Management:<ul><li>Develop and implement comprehensive facilities management strategies.</li><li>Supervise facilities staff, including maintenance personnel, custodial staff, and external contractors.</li><li>Ensure all campus facilities are maintained to high standards of safety, functionality, and sustainability.</li></ul>Operational Efficiency:<ul><li>Optimize facilities operations to achieve cost-effectiveness without compromising quality.</li><li>Manage budgets related to facilities and construction projects, implementing cost-saving initiatives where possible.</li><li>Establish and monitor key performance indicators to track efficiency and effectiveness.</li></ul>Compliance and Safety:<ul><li>Ensure all facilities comply with local, regional, and national regulations and codes.</li><li>Implement and oversee health and safety protocols for both construction sites and ongoing campus operations.</li><li>Promote a culture of safety and sustainability among staff and contractors.</li></ul>Strategic Planning:<ul><li>Contribute to long-term planning to support the university's mission and objectives.</li><li>Stay informed about emerging trends in facilities management, smart technologies, and sustainable practices to enhance campus operations.</li></ul>Stakeholder Engagement:<ul><li>Collaborate with academic and administrative departments to support educational and institutional goals.</li><li>Serve as the primary liaison between the university and external partners related to facilities and construction.</li></ul>Qualifications:Education:<ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related field.</li><li>A Master's degree or relevant professional certification is preferred.</li></ul>Experience:<ul><li>Minimum of 10 years of experience in facilities management, construction project management, or a related area.</li><li>Proven track record of managing large-scale facilities operations and construction projects.</li><li>Experience in implementing smart technologies and sustainable practices is a plus.</li></ul>Skills and Competencies:<ul><li>Strong leadership and team management abilities.</li><li>Excellent organizational and project management skills.</li><li>Proficiency in budgeting and financial management.</li><li>Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.</li><li>Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and stakeholders.</li><li>Fluency in Greek and English.</li></ul>Personal Attributes:<ul><li>Commitment to operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness within a university environment.</li><li>Innovative mindset with a passion for sustainability and technological advancements.</li><li>High level of integrity and professionalism.</li><li>Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced setting.</li></ul>

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marketing & communications officer - unic athens