Marketing Officer

Crown Commercial Service; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Discretionary bonus

Remote working

Flexi time

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Crown Commercial Service in Liverpool area is seeking a proactive Marketing Officer (Band 3) for a 14-month maternity cover. You will drive multi-channel campaigns and support strategic brand delivery within a dynamic government marketing team.

Join a team of 8 in a larger group of 30, with flexible working options including remote work alongside advertised office locations. Close dates apply and the role emphasizes creative, data-driven marketing delivery.

Qualifications

• Digital marketing: demonstrable experience across channels including social media, email and search
• Stakeholder management: build strong relationships to achieve business objectives
• Insight & evaluation: using data to monitor and improve marketing performance

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimise our digital marketing channels, including social media, email and search
• Use data and insight to optimise content and channel plans to achieve measurable objectives and KPIs
• Leverage marketing automation tools and AI to enhance campaigns
• Support marketing managers to develop innovative and creative content and select the right format for the channel
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including marketing agencies, to optimise channels
• Ensure consistent, high-quality application of our brand across outputs

Skills

Digital marketing

Stakeholder management

Written & verbal communication

Data insights & evaluation

Marketing automation

AI in marketing

Tools

Marketing automation tools

AI tools

Job description

Job Title: Marketing Officer, Band 3, Salary: Available. Locations: Liverpool, Newport, Norwich, Glasgow or Birmingham. Restricted sites for contracted staff only: London, Bristol, Manchester or York. External applicants not eligible for these sites; if selected your application will be withdrawn.

Contract Type: 14 month fixed term - Maternity Cover. Hours: Full Time. Closing Date: 01-11-26. Interview Date(s): W/C 16th November (subject to change).

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Are you a digitally-led and innovative marketing professional ready to help us build our brand and tell our 'value for the nation' story with impact? We are seeking a proactive marketing officer who can hit the ground running for this 14-month fixed-term opportunity. If you have a passion for creative excellence and trying new ideas this role offers an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in the delivery of our multi-channel marketing strategy, helping elevate our brand.

Job Summary

This role is part of a marketing team of 8 that sits within a wider marketing, communications and engagement team of 30 people at GCA. You will be working in a complex and dynamic environment at the heart of government. Working under one of our Marketing Managers, you will create compelling and engaging multi-channel marketing activity that achieves our organisational goals. You will be comfortable taking the initiative and developing creative new ideas to build awareness and drive action.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage and optimise our digital marketing channels, including social media, email and search
• Use data and insight to optimise content and channel plans to achieve measurable objectives and key performance indicators
• Leverage the latest digital marketing tools and techniques, including marketing automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Support marketing managers to develop innovative and creative marketing content and select the right format for the channel
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including marketing agencies, to develop content and optimise channels
• Ensure consistent, high-quality application of our brand across all marketing outputs
• Apply the principles, policies and practices of Government Communications Service to a high professional standard, including accessibility and inclusive communication standards

Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage)

• Digital marketing: demonstrable experience of using digital marketing channels and tools, including social media, email and search
• Stakeholder management: able to develop strong, productive relationships at all levels inside and outside of the organisation to achieve business objectives
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills: the ability to articulate complex propositions simply and adapt content to the audience and channel
• Insight and evaluation: experience of collating and using data and insight to monitor and improve performance of marketing activity

Success Profiles (to be assessed at interview)

• Experience – Lead Success profile
• Behaviours: Seeing the bigger picture
• Communicating and influencing
• Working together
• Delivering at pace
• Technical: Digital marketing knowledge and capability – to be assessed via a presentation at interview (A link to the Civil Service Success Profiles Framework is provided below)

Valuing our people

• Competitive salary
• Generous pension scheme
• A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus
• Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
• Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)
• Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays

Want to make a difference?

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Working flexibly, delivering outcomes

GCA operates a smarter working model that balances flexibility with collaboration. Successful candidates are expected to spend at least 26 days per quarter (approximately 2 days per week, pro-rata) at their contracted office, another GCA site, or off-site for meetings. For the remainder of the time, you may work from home or another suitable location that meets business needs.

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Selection Process

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact [e-mail]. Please note that as part of this recruitment process, if you are unsuccessful at the interview stage but are close to the benchmark score you may be considered for and offered a role at a lower pay band within the same job family.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

Complaints Procedure

Our recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles details of which can be found at https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact [e-mail] in the first instance. If you remain unsatisfied with the response you receive you can then contact the Civil Service Commission at [e-mail].

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Government Commercial Agency (GCA)

GCA is the largest public procurement organisation in the UK. With over 800 staff, we help thousands of public and third‑sector buyers in the UK with billions of pounds of spending each year. We have a wide range of commercial agreements to help our customers buy what they need, when they need it – saving time and money.

Why join GCA?

We offer fantastic benefits as well as career development opportunities, have an inclusive culture that values work‑life balance and offers flexibility in how you work.