Marketing and Communications Lead

Life Multi Academy Trust, Leicester, LE9 9JL

26 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 March 2026

• Closing date

  30 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Actual salary £39,938 - £42,697

Marketing and Communications Lead job summary

Marketing and Communications Lead

Required from Easter 2026

Grade 11 - £39,938 - £42,697

Permanent Contract 1FTE (0.6 as Trust Lead, 0.4 Bosworth Academy)

37 Hours a week

The LiFE Multi Academy Trust is seeking a strategic and highly organised Marketing and Communications Lead. This is a pivotal role designed to unify the brand voice across our diverse secondary and primary academies while managing a specialised team of site-based professionals.

The successful candidate will deliver and develop as required a communication and marketing strategy and associate tactical plans in line with the development and growth of the Trust. You will play an active role in all aspects of the Trust’s communications and marketing and provide input, support and advice to the Executive team, Headteachers and Operational Leads. You will have excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to present innovative, ambitious and creative marketing campaigns and strategies to a range of stakeholders.

You will work collaboratively with colleagues across the Trust, promoting our schools to students, parents, potential future employees and the wider community. You will build on existing relationships and links with our local community groups and organisations, and enhance engagement opportunities. The ideal candidate will hold a relevant degree and have journalism experience, ensuring high-quality storytelling and communication.

Closing Date

The closing date for completed applications is 9am on 30 March 2026, with interviews taking place week commencing 13 April 2026.

Application process

Application forms and further details can be downloaded from Eteach on:

Completed application forms should be submitted via ETeach. An email will be sent to shortlisted candidates with details of the interview process and the outline of the day.

If you have any queries on any aspect of the application or need additional information, please contact the school or send an email via ETeach, where we will be happy to help you.

Thank you, and we are really looking forward to hearing from you.

Sophie Williams

COO LiFE Multi Academy Trust

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

LiFE Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment will be subject to a DBS check and an online search.

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.

About Life Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Life Multi Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/life-multi-academy-trust

All our schools work within the LiFE Operating Model. We work together in a genuinely collaborative way and we
also celebrate the strengths and individuality of each of our schools.

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