Content and Communications Officer

Ipswich High School; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 49,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Ipswich High School is seeking a Content and Communications Officer to join our Marketing team. The role can be offered on a full-time or part-time basis, with a preference for a minimum of four days per week.

You will create engaging content that tells the School’s story and supports recruitment and community engagement. We value creativity, organisation and a strong visual eye, with the ability to work at pace and build positive relationships with pupils, staff and parents.

Qualifications

• Creativity, organisation and digital confidence to produce engaging content.
• Ability to identify and develop stories and opportunities for content.
• Attention to detail with professional and accurate communications.

Responsibilities

• Create engaging, high-quality content that brings the School’s story to life and supports its reputation, pupil recruitment and community engagement.
• Identify and develop stories and content opportunities across channels.
• Collaborate with staff to ensure accuracy, tone and timely delivery of communications.
• Balance creativity with professionalism and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Creative

Organised

Digital confidence

Strong visual eye

Proactive

Story identification

Attention to detail

Work at pace

Relationship building

Authentic communication

Job description

Ipswich High School is a vibrant day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 3-18, set in an idyllic 87-acre campus in Woolverstone on the banks of the River Orwell, just four miles outside Ipswich. With approximately 520 pupils, we are a small school with amazing facilities, which include a theatre, indoor 25 metre swimming pool, dance studio, dedicated food and design technology area, multiple outdoor sports facilities, fitness suite and a Sixth Form suite based in Woolverstone Hall. We have small classes of hard-working pupils and inspirational teachers who help to instil a love of learning, the results of which are exceptional academic outcomes year on year.

We believe in getting to know every pupil and building positive relationships to ensure that everyone in our community is inspired, happy and successful. Our vision is to prepare our pupils to thrive in the 21st Century by providing them with the educational foundations to flourish.

Role Description:

Contract: Permanent

Hours of Work: Full Time or Part Time available, with a preference for a minimum of four days per week

Required: As soon as possible

Ipswich High School is seeking to appoint a creative, organised and digitally confident Content and Communications Officer to join our Marketing team. The role can be offered on a full-time or part-time basis, with a preference for a minimum of four days per week.

The Content and Communications Officer will play a key role in creating engaging, high-quality content that brings the School’s story to life and supports its reputation, pupil recruitment and wider community engagement.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is creative, curious and full of ideas
• Has a strong visual eye and understands what makes content engaging
• Is proactive and confident in identifying stories and content opportunities
• Can balance creativity with accuracy, professionalism and attention to detail
• Is comfortable working at pace and responding to changing priorities
• Is confident building positive relationships with pupils, staff, parents and other members of the School community
• Is enthusiastic about the School and able to communicate its character, values and achievements authentically
• Takes pride in producing high-quality work and meeting deadlines

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All applicants will be subject to pre-employment screening, which includes an enhanced DBS, reference check and online searches prior to appointment