Regional Marketing and Communications Manager
Orchard Hill College Academy Trust, Sutton, SM1 1DA57 days remaining to apply
Start date details
to be confirmed
Closing date
29 September 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 August 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Part-time, 2 days per week (or equivalent), 14.5hrs per week in total, term time plus 2 weeks in the school holidays
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year fixed term contract
Full time equivalent salary
- Grade PO3\4, Actual £16,809.54 - £19,176.31 per annum (FTE £45,746 - £52,187 per annum), inclusive of London Weighting
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an ambitious and innovative Regional Marketing and Communications Manager to become part of our central team. This role offers the chance to make a real impact by strengthening our profile, championing our values, and celebrating the outstanding work happening across our schools and college centres. It’s a unique opportunity to combine creativity with purpose, working in an organisation dedicated to transforming lives through education.
Key Responsibilities:
- Content Creation & Management - Write and upload engaging website content (WordPress), news stories, and articles; produce graphics using Canva; and generate creative briefs for designers and agencies.
- Digital & Social Media - Create, schedule, and post content across social media channels, including photography and videography to support campaigns and showcase achievements.
- Events & Campaigns - Plan, organise, and support academy, college, and Trust-wide events such as open days, conferences, community activities, and special celebrations (including some evenings).
- Collaboration & Engagement - Work closely with colleagues across schools and college centres, attending meetings at Head Office and building relationships to ensure consistent communications.
Key Requirements:
- Communication & Creativity - Strong written and verbal skills, copywriting ability, and an eye for creating engaging digital content across websites, social media, and marketing materials.
- Technical Skills - Experience with WordPress, Canva, and photography/videography (using mobile and digital camera), with an understanding of branding and its effective application.
- Digital & Social Media Expertise - Proven ability to create dynamic content, grow social media audiences, and manage multi-channel campaigns.
- Organisation & Adaptability - Highly organised, detail-focused, and able to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Collaboration & Attitude - A self-motivated team player with a ‘can do’ approach, able to build strong relationships with colleagues, students, and stakeholders.
Flexibility & Travel - A full driving licence and willingness to travel across sites in Sutton, Surrey, Southwark, and Hillingdon to capture stories, support events, and deliver communications activity
What the school offers its staff
OHC&AT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
- Comprehensive training and development
- Opportunities to engage with internal professional networks
- Access to counselling advice and support via Health Assured (our employee assistance programme)
- Commitment to wellbeing supported by our occupational health service and mental-health first aiders
- Scope for career progression across 10 college centres, 13 academy schools and Central Teams
- Generous annual leave and flexible working schemes in addition to bank and public holidays and a Christmas closure period
- As part of your contract of employment you will enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme which has life cover and financial protection for your family.
- Enhanced parental leave schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Employee referral scheme
- Discounted gym membership subscription including digital fitness
- Home electronics scheme
- Employee car lease scheme
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Orchard Hill College Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- MAlbert@ohcat.org
Orchard Hill College (the College) and Orchard Hill College Academy Trust (the Trust) together form Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. As an Outstanding provider (Ofsted 2019) and Academy sponsor, Orchard Hill College has a strong track record for making a positive impact within the local communities it serves.
Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs including autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language and communication difficulties; social, emotional and mental health; profound and multiple disabilities; and physical disabilities including multi-sensory impairment and complex health needs.
Our ambition is to contribute further to improving the education offer for all pupils and students in our communities, including those with SEND. The College offers specialist educational programmes for students aged 16 and over in College centres and satellite provision in London and the South. The Academy Trust enables us to build on and extend scope of our work in these geographical areas, so that Academy pupils can also benefit from our expertise and access a greater range of opportunities arising from our strong community and stakeholder networks.
Supporting our College and Academies, OHC&AT also operates a range of services and support including Quality and Standards, Learning Support and Business Support.
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