Own and shape the college's external narrative and internal alignment across communications and marketing with high judgment and autonomy.

• Responsibilities: Champion Kelvin’s TIME values and inclusive ethos across all communications and engagement activity.
• Responsibilities: Provide professional leadership to communications and marketing staff and external partners.
• Responsibilities: Build strong internal partnerships to enable whole‑College alignment around strategy and narrative.
• Responsibilities: Operate with high levels of professional judgement, discretion and autonomy.

• Requirements: Educated to degree level (SCQF Level 9) or equivalent professional experience in communications, journalism, public affairs or a related discipline.
• Requirements: Evidence of sustained Continuing Professional Development, particularly in strategic communications, leadership, reputation management, media relations, public affairs, or stakeholder engagement.
• Requirements: The Scottish Education landscape, including policy, funding, governance and accountability arrangements.
• Requirements: Scottish Government priorities, regional economic strategy and the wider public policy environment impacting skills, education, inclusive growth and sustainability.
• Requirements: The Greater Glasgow economic, social and community profile, including regional labour market and skills priorities.
• Requirements: The role of colleges as anchor institutions, contributing to place‑based growth, community wellbeing and economic transformation.
• Requirements: Corporate reputation management, public affairs and media environments, including emerging risks, opportunities and public discourse.
• Requirements: The drivers for change within the education and public sector landscape, including skills reform, digital transformation, sustainability, equity and inclusion.
• Requirements: Proven strategic leadership capability, with the ability to shape institutional narrative, influence senior decision‑making and deliver complex, high‑impact outcomes.
• Requirements: Advanced skills in corporate communications, media relations, public affairs and reputation management, including crisis communications.

• Nice to have: Experience of contributing to organisational objectives such as influence, engagement, income diversification or partnership development is desirable.

• Benefits: Pension You are encouraged to join (or remain) with the Local Government Pension Scheme. The College is a member of the Strathclyde Pension Scheme. The Scheme changed from a final salary scheme to a career average scheme on 1 April 2015. You will automatically join the Scheme, if you wish to opt out you should contact the Senior Payroll Officer.
• Benefits: Annual Leave and Public Holiday 33 days (inclusive of 12 days fixed public holiday) Two-week closure over the festive period supported by 6 days leave from the 45 days entitlement.