Careers and Marketing Coordinator
Northstowe Learning Community, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DJ24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January / February 2026
Closing date
9 January 2026 at 10:59pm
Date listed
16 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,193.00 - £28,244.00 Annually (Actual) Meridian Trust Support Staff Pay Tables, Grade 7, Points 12-19
Careers and Marketing Coordinator job summary
Hours of work: 37 hours per week, 40 weeks per year (term time only plus 2 weeks)
We have an exciting opportunity for a kind curious and hardworking individual to join our team as a Careers and Marketing Coordinator working across the secondary college and sixth form. In this role, you will liaise with local employers and the community to bring new opportunities for business involvement and careers guidance. As a growing school all-through school, marketing and promotion of Northstowe Learning Community is essential. Applicants should be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of coordinating successful marketing campaigns.
About Northstowe Learning Community (NLC)
Northstowe Learning Community brings together:
An 11-16 secondary school (NSC)
Northstowe Sixth Form (NSF)
Northstowe Primary School (NPS)
Situated on the Northstowe Education Campus, NLC is co-located with the Trust’s Martin Bacon Academy. This specialist provision provides an innovative experience for its sixth form students through full integration with the Northstowe Sixth Form. This creates a vibrant educational hub where inclusion, collaboration, and excellence are central to the student experience.
From September 2025, the school contains:
One Reception and one Year 1 class (as the primary builds to its full 3FE (630 capacity)
Approximately 760 students in Years 7-11 (as the secondary builds to its eventual 12FE 1800 PAN)
Around 112 sixth form students (45 students in Year 13 and 67 students in Year 12). The Sixth Form will grow over time to reach its capacity of 400.
NLC continues to grow rapidly in step with the new town of Northstowe, which will eventually be home to around 30,000 residents accommodated in up to 10,000 homes. The school is deliberately designed to play a key role in the provision of community facilities to reflect the Cambridgeshire Village College ethos.
Our Journey So Far
Northstowe Secondary College opened in 2019 with its first Year 7 cohort of just 71 students. In September 2024, the addition of both primary and sixth form phases marked a major milestone in our development and the school was renamed Northstowe Learning Community to reflect its expanded and unified identity.
With the recent completion of Phase 2 of our building programme, NLC now features:
An additional new specialist block for 11-16 education
A state-of-the-art primary school building
A purpose-built sixth form centre
Phase 3 will commence once further housing development is confirmed. Once complete, Northstowe Learning Community will be one of the largest schools in the East of England, with capacity for approximately 2,800 students from Reception through to Year 13. The campus aims to serve all ages and abilities, taking a lead role in bringing people together to create a sustainable and empowered local community.
Our Ethos and Vision
At NLC, we are committed to providing outstanding teaching and pastoral care, creating a culture where students work hard, enjoy learning, and thrive. Our dedicated staff are warm, approachable, and determined to give every child the best possible start in life.
As a Careers and Marketing Coordinator, you will:
Manage and deliver the careers programme to students; plan careers calendar and events, conduct guidance interviews with Year 11 and Year 13 students, work with colleagues to ensure careers is embedded across the curriculum. Ensure all year groups receive the required curriculum provision.
Liaise with external partners and businesses to bring new opportunities and enrich careers education.
Manage the work experience programme for students in Years 10 and 12.
Contribute to the positive promotion of NLC within the community.
Implement marketing through website, social media advertisements and liaison with Meridian Trust marketing team. Oversee routine publications from NLC e.g. prospectuses, leaflets, website updates, newsletters, student celebration materials.
The opportunity:
To join our motivated, friendly staff and students in a highly-regarded multi-academy Trust with a strong community presence.
To gain expertise and support from our wider trust network with access to informal and formal professional development.
To contribute to the culture where students experience a positive and enriching education.
The ideal candidate will have:
A passion for careers education and the ability to raise student aspirations.
Experience working in a student facing role within a secondary school environment.
Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with students.
A thorough understanding of child protection and safeguarding matters.
The school’s core values of kind, curious and hardworking at the heart of everything they do.
About Meridian Trust -
Meridian Trust is a values-led organisation formed in 2011 that has risen to be one of the highest-performing academy trusts in the country. The Trust is founded on its commitment to a high-quality educational provision for all at the heart of local communities. Meridian currently operates primary, secondary and special schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.
Meridian Trust offers a wealth of fantastic benefits for teaching and support staff which are highlighted below but are not limited to -
Apprenticeship and CPD opportunities which allow you to gain specialist knowledge in a role you are passionate about developing in.
Access to our benefits partner Vivup - benefits include an online GP, Lifestyle savings, support for mental health and wellbeing through the Employee Assistance Programme and many more
Cycle to work scheme
Teacher’s pension scheme
Healthcare benefits including free eye test vouchers and flu vaccinations
Free on-site parking
Discounts on a wide range of benefits from everyday essentials to holidays
To explore our full range of benefits, please visit https://www.meridiantrust.co.uk/jobs-and-training/benefits/.
How to apply:
For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.
Applications must be submitted via My New Term. In line with safer recruitment practices, we are unable to accept CVs. If you would like an informal discussion regarding the role or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact swakerley@northstowe.education to arrange an appointment. Please note the school is closed from 2pm on Friday, 19th December 2025 until Tuesday, 6th January 2026.
Closing date for applications is: Friday, 9th January 2026
Interview date: Friday, 16th January 2026
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Northstowe Learning Community
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 19
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 772 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Northstowe Learning Community website
School location
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