External Marketing & Communications Business Partner (Maternity cover)

Acis Group; Gainsborough CP; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused organization in the UK is seeking an External Marketing & Communications Business Partner for a 12-month fixed-term contract. The ideal candidate will have significant marketing experience, strong organizational skills, and a passion for community engagement. Responsibilities include developing marketing campaigns, ensuring brand consistency, and promoting services across various channels. This role offers both full-time and part-time options, along with generous benefits including holiday leave, pension contributions, and professional development support.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension contributions up to 10%

Professional training opportunities

Volunteering leave

Health and benefits scheme

Employee recognition scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in marketing and engagement roles, including campaign delivery.
• Excellent relationship‑building and communication skills.
• Experience in a regulated environment such as housing or education.

Responsibilities

• Promote services across all business areas.
• Develop and deliver innovative marketing campaigns.
• Engage the community through events and initiatives.
• Ensure brand consistency across various audiences.

Skills

Marketing experience

Strong planning and organisational skills

Relationship-building skills

Digital marketing experience

Adaptability

Event planning

Education

Degree in Marketing or related field

Tools

Google Analytics

Adobe Creative Suite

Canva

Job description

Position Overview

Ware looking for a creative External Marketing & Communications Business Partner to join us on a 12 month fixed term contract (Maternity cover). We would consider full time and part time options.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Promoting services: You'll work with all business areas to showcase our service offers and wider community impact
• Marketing campaigns: You'll develop and deliver innovative campaigns with clear, consistent messaging
• Community engagement: Close involvement with our community engagement teams, you'll be in the midst of helping the teams grow visibility of their activities and impact through events, showcases and local initiatives
• Brand consistency: Our brand champion, ensuring our brand is promoted cohesively across all audiences and spaces
• Connecting teams: Using your knowledge of all our business areas, you'll join them up to celebrate and share our group-wide impact
• Content generation: Creating engaging content from our communities and operational areas that can be shared across multiple platforms and people groups
• Networking: Representing Acis Group at relevant events to raise awareness and build reputation, working in collaboration with other departments
• Targeted campaigns: Planning and delivering campaigns such as access to our higher education and GCSE courses

Qualifications

• A good level of proven experience in marketing and engagement roles, including campaign delivery
• Strong planning and organisational skills - detail-focused and deadline-driven
• Excellent relationship‑building and communication skills
• Experience in delivering successful digital marketing and advertising campaigns
• A degree or significant proven experience in marketing, communications or a related field
• Resilience and adaptability in a fast‑paced environment
• Experience in a regulated environment such as housing and/or education
• Proven experience in delivering successful external positioning events

What will make you stand out from the crowd

• CIM qualification
• Hands‑on experience leading change initiatives
• Knowledge of multi‑channel marketing – including social media, email, and event‑based campaigns, with the ability to integrate messaging across platforms
• Proficiency in analytics and reporting tools (e.g., Google Analytics, social media insights) to measure campaign impact and inform future strategies
• Creative design or content development skills – familiarity with tools like Adobe Creative Suite or Canva for producing high‑quality visual and digital assets

Benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement – 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension contributions up to 10%
• The opportunity to undertake professional training, funded by us
• One day paid leave a year for volunteering work (in addition to your annual leave entitlement)
• Staff benefits with Paycare – a health and benefits scheme giving you support and contributions towards various health benefits such as counselling, eye tests, vaccinations and much more
• Benefits with Acis Perkz – a discount scheme giving you savings off hundreds of schemes including discounts on your coffee, weekly shop, days out and much more
• Employee recognition scheme, where we celebrate and award our Stars within Acis, including gift vouchers
• Long service awards for our loyal employees
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme to give you confidential advice and support when you need it
• Professional membership subscription to support your continuous professional development
• Death in service benefit as part of our pension scheme