Communications Officer
Inspiring Futures Through Learning, Milton Keynes, MK11 4BAThis job expired on 26 September 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
26 September 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
31 August 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Salary NJC Scale F, starting at £25,927 per annum
Communications Officer job summary
Communications Officer
Accountable to:
CEO of IFtL
Grade:
NJC Scale point F1 (£25,927 FTE)
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team responsible for Marketing and Communications and support IFtL’s communications and engagement strategy. As a key part of the delivery of this strategy, the roleholder will actively create, promote and publish content through a variety of internal and external channels, including digital channels. With a focus on continuing to develop engagement levels with key stakeholder groups, including our 900+ colleagues, you will enthusiastically promote and communicate the IFtL vision, values and celebrations of our communities.
You will be a confident team player, passionate about keeping our audiences engaged with interesting, relevant content and building positive relationships as part of securing this.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that the Trust communicates with its key stakeholders, and in third party communications / media in a way that reflects its vision and values and to be responsible for the day-to-day expression of our corporate identity and personality
- Be the point of contact for all things relating to the Trust’s brand and identity, supporting colleagues across the Trust in using the Trust’s ‘tone of voice’
- Lead and support others in their usage of branding guidelines.
- Work with stakeholders across the Trust to proactively source and create content and case studies for a range of internal and external uses
- Create engaging, creative, well-written material (and edit copy provided by others) for a variety of media including website, regular newsletters and ‘all-colleague’ communications, press articles and social media
- Working with others, use a variety of appropriate means to regularly assess the level of engagement through existing channels and take action to develop this further in a meaningful way
- Working in line with our Trust annual calendar and PR plan, effectively engage stakeholders with key messages for celebrating life within our Trust and raising levels of engagement
- Liaise with PR support sharing content and assisting in the delivery of the PR plan
- Raise the profile of and develop the Trust’s online presence, including through the effective use of social media as a marketing and communication tool.
- Responsible for the maintaining and development of Trust social media channels to raise the profile of the Trust and celebrate the activity of its schools / departments
- Manage and oversee the upkeep of the Trust’s websites with regular news updates and high standards of website management
- Monitor the Trust and school websites to ensure they meet statutory requirements and report on such
- Support Trust schools in their use of social media and websites, providing training for new school based staff
- Create / assist with the creation of Trust digital and hard copy publications, liaising appropriately with designers, printers, photographers and film makers
- Monitor spend against budget of projects
Please see the job description for further details
As part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning Multi Academy Trust, successful candidates will have full access to our staff benefits package, including a bespoke CPD package, enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leave and Employee Assistance Programme. In addition, access to an Employee Benefits Scheme including discount on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail discounts, cycle to work scheme and much more.
We would welcome you to have a conversation about this role. Please email the iftl_recruitment@iftl.co.uk to arrange a phone call.
Closing date for applications: 26th September 2022
Interviews: Week commencing the 2nd September 2022
Inspiring Futures through Learning is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. All vacancies are subject to enhanced DBS disclosures. We are an equal opportunities employer.
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.
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About Inspiring Futures Through Learning
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- iftl_recruitment@iftl.co.uk
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team responsible for Marketing and Communications and support IFtL’s communications and engagement strategy. As a key part of the delivery of this strategy, the roleholder will actively create, promote and publish content through a variety of internal and external channels, including digital channels. With a focus on continuing to develop engagement levels with key stakeholder groups, including our 900+ colleagues, you will enthusiastically promote and communicate the IFtL vision, values and celebrations of our communities.
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