Communications and PR Officer - Permanent

Edinburgh College; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Scotland is seeking a Communications Support role to help manage various communications activities and promote inspiring stories from the college. The ideal candidate should be a proactive team player willing to support different areas of marketing and design, across multiple campuses. This role involves writing press releases and supporting media outreach to enhance the college's reputation.

Qualifications

• Candidate must be comfortable working in a proactive press team.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams effectively.
• Willingness to work across all Edinburgh College campuses and flexible with hours.

Responsibilities

• Support communications activities including media, social media, and internal communications.
• Promote and gather content for various communications.
• Write press releases for publicity in diverse media outlets.

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy and dynamic communications team at Scotland’s largest College.

Edinburgh College helps tens of thousands of students achieve the future they want and your role will be to research and publicise some of the amazing stories that happen on campus each year.

Responsibilities

• Support all communications activity across the College, including media and stakeholder communications, social media, internal student and staff communications and website support.
• Promote stories from around the College and assist with the gathering of video and photo content.
• Research and write press releases to gain high-profile publicity in local, national and international media outlets, enhancing and protecting the college’s reputation.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Ideal candidate is at ease working in a proactive press team and able to balance several different workstreams at the same time.
• Great team player who is willing and able to help out other members of the marketing and design teams when needed.
• Willingness to work at any Edinburgh College campus, some evenings, and on-call work as required.

Diversity and Interview Information

• We operate a guaranteed interview scheme and open this to BME groups, people living with a disability, the care experienced and Armed forces veterans. If you meet the essential criteria, you will automatically be selected for an interview.

Provisional Interview Date: w/c 20th October, 2025