Marketing Officer

EKC Group; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual leave allowance

Flexible Personal Leave

Exclusive Discounts & Perks

Wellbeing and Health Support

Competitive Pension Scheme

Job summary

EKC Group is seeking a Marketing Officer to bring fresh ideas and bold campaigns. The role focuses on promoting the College, supporting recruitment, and collaborating with leaders to devise marketing and communication plans across departments and student bodies.

You will work with the Principal and stakeholders to celebrate the College, run enrichment activities, and support wellbeing and external engagement. A degree in marketing/event management/creative practice is preferred.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification in event management, creative practice or marketing at degree level.
• Creative mindset with a passion for youth and community work.
• Ability to work independently with strong organisational skills and multitask effectively.

Responsibilities

• Promote the College and its students and support strategic recruitment, marketing and communication plans.
• Coordinate enrichment activities and events in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Engage with students, staff and external partners to deliver campaigns and wellbeing initiatives.

Education

Degree in marketing / event management / creative practice

Job description

About The Role

Bring fresh ideas, bold thinking, and brilliant campaigns to life- Join us as Marketing Officer!

EKC Group are looking to appoint a Marketing Officer. Every day will be very different, and the right candidate will have a range of overlapping skills to draw upon.

The majority of the role is in the promotion and celebration of the College and all of its students. In this aspect you will work with the Principal to help inform strategic recruitment, marketing and communication plans for the College, our Heads of Curriculum on showcasing their areas and the Student Union President to ensure all students at college have a voice with a proactive approach to new initiatives, charity events, educational visits, wellbeing events and external speakers.

You will report to the College Services Manager and work alongside the College Sports & Enrichment Coach to devise, implement and celebrate a wide variety of enrichment activities that encourage students to discuss ethical issues with confidence and engage in debates about respecting diversity, the environment, democracy, freedom of speech and LGBTQ+ celebrations.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees.

Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous Annual leave allowance
• Flexible Personal Leave
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks
• Wellbeing and Health Support
• Competitive Pension Scheme

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About You

We are looking to appoint a creative individual with a real passion for youth and community work and a desire to help people of all ages to reach their full potential, at whatever stage of their learning.

You should ideally have a relevant qualification in event management, creative practice or marketing at degree level, but we would be interested in investing in the right candidate if you have experience and exhibit the values and behaviours we are looking for.

You must be able to work independently and carry out the duties of the post with minimal direct personal supervision and will have high level organisational skills and the ability to juggle priorities effectively.

If you have any queries about this role or would like to come in for a tour of the department, please email us on [e-mail]

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our 'Strong' skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent CollegesGroup is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.