Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the programme marketing and communications strategy, ensuring alignment with programme objectives, milestones, audiences, impact priorities, and required outputs.
• Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns that promote the programme's aims, activities, resources, participant opportunities, thought leadership, and measurable impact across target audiences.
• Manage and enhance the programme's identity and narrative, ensuring consistency across all communications, marketing materials, stakeholder updates, and digital channels.
• Create, commission, and oversee the production of high-quality content, including case studies, impact stories, participant communications, newsletters, reports, presentations, website copy, and materials that evidence programme outputs.
• Lead the management and development of the programme's digital presence, including web pages, social media content, email marketing, resource promotion, and other communication channels.
• Support programme partnerships, stakeholder engagement, recruitment, and participation activity through compelling marketing collateral, messaging, briefings, and promotional materials.
• Plan and coordinate programme events, webinars, showcases, sector engagement activity, and dissemination opportunities that strengthen visibility, participation, and understanding of programme impact.
• Monitor and evaluate marketing and communications performance, using data and insights to optimise activity, evidence engagement, and demonstrate contribution to programme outcomes and impact.
• Build relationships with delivery partners, contributors, agencies, suppliers, media contacts, and sector stakeholders to maximise programme communications, reach, and influence.
• Provide communications advice and support to programme and internal stakeholders, ensuring key messages are clear, engaging, audience-focused, and aligned with programme priorities.

Requirements

• Significant experience in marketing, communications, brand management, or a related role.
• Proven experience developing and delivering successful marketing campaigns across multiple channels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create engaging content for a variety of audiences and platforms.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing, social media management, email marketing, and content marketing principles.
• Experience managing websites, content management systems, and digital communication tools.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience analysing marketing performance data and using insights to drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across internal and external networks.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Business, or a related discipline.
• Knowledge of CRM systems, marketing automation platforms, and analytics tools.

Preferred

• Professional marketing qualification such as CIM, CIPR, or equivalent.
• Experience working within education, professional services, public sector, or international development environments.
• Experience managing external agencies, creative suppliers, or media relationships.
• Understanding of the UK education sectors.

Benefits

• 25 days + BH annual leave (with the option to buy more leave)
• Flexible working culture
• Health and wellbeing perks (Healthcare Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance)
• 3% employer, 5% employee contribution pension
• Enhanced family friendly policies (maternity, paternity, adoption, or shared parental leave)
• Work from anywhere globally (up to 8 weeks)
• Paid volunteer day
• Electric car scheme and cycle to work scheme