Head of Marketing and Admissions

Cirencester College; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in the UK is seeking an experienced marketing professional to lead and develop its marketing and admissions team. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker capable of driving innovative marketing campaigns and providing exceptional admissions services. Responsibilities include managing the prospectus production, enhancing the college's website, and maintaining a strong reputation. Attractive benefits such as a pension scheme and on-site fitness facilities are offered.

Benefits

Defined benefit pension scheme

Sick pay scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Free on-site car parking

On-site fitness suite

Cycle-to-Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in a marketing role, especially in the FE sector.
• Outstanding organisational skills and ability to motivate others.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive innovative marketing campaigns.
• Provide first-class admissions service to support year-round applications.
• Maintain and build upon the college's strong reputation.
• Motivate and organize the marketing and admissions team.

Skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

IT literacy

Customer service

Job description

Overview

Note, you may be able to take annual leave term-time, with approval from your line manager, if it meets the needs of the college and the role. Required: April 2026 or soon after Are you a marketing professional in the FE sector looking for a new challenge? Or perhaps in a commercial marketing environment and looking for a role that makes a difference? We are looking for an experienced marketing professional who is knowledgeable, enthusiastic and a strategic thinker to lead and develop our marketing and admissions team, someone to:

Responsibilities

• develop and drive innovative marketing campaigns to reach our targets including but not limited to managing the production of our prospectus, refreshing and maintaining the website, and delivering exceptional experience through our open days
• provide first-class admissions service, supporting year-round applications, providing sound information, advice and guidance
• provide support for feeder schools, helping them meet some of their Gatsby benchmarks
• maintain and build upon our strong reputation
• to be well organised and be able to organise and motivate others
• to be fastidious at checking, tracking and monitoring

About you / Qualifications

If you have knowledge and experience in this type of role, can demonstrate outstanding organisational and interpersonal skills, are a good communicator with strong IT literacy and customer service skills, are a team player and would like to work with us at our thriving college, we'd love to hear from you.

Benefits

Benefits include: LGPS 20.6%+ defined benefit pension scheme (including life assurance), sick pay scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, free on-site car parking, on-site fitness suite, Refectory, and Cycle-to-Work Scheme.

Cirencester College may carry out online searches during the recruitment process on shortlisted candidates, as part of due diligence checks.