Marketing Officer

Description:

In this post you will undertake marketing and communications activity for our Careers and Employability Service (CES), playing an important part in maximising student engagement with the service, helping to promote relevant activities and events, as well as raising the profile of the department across the University and beyond.

The role is varied and fast-paced, so requires a good amount of flexibility along with an ability to think clearly under pressure to handle and resolve situations that arise. An understanding of higher education would be ideal but is not essential.

• Creating and disseminating a wide range of creative and effective communications
• Delivery of both short-term and long-term digital communication plans, supporting the delivery of the Employability Strategy
• Sharing content across digital platforms (such as newsletters, social media and websites) ensuring that it is effective, attractive, conforms to accessibility requirements, is easy to navigate and that it is up-to-date, engaging and on-brand
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of communications or marketing, ideally gained in the Higher Education sector
• Proven experience of producing targeted and effective written communications
• Experience of using social media (e.g. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) for business purposes
• Experience of using associated software to create and maintain webpages
• a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing
• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
• an excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• on-campus cinema/theatre, sports facilities, library, nursery and food outlets, set among green, open space overlooking the Cathedral
• on-site parking

The award-winning Careers and Employability Service offers a range of information, advice and guidance services free-of-charge to undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University. These services encompass many aspects of career development and planning and provide the opportunity for students to realise their vocational potential.