Marketing and Campaigns Manager

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Marketing professional to join us as Group Marketing and Campaigns Manager. You will support the Director of Marketing and Learner Recruitment in the delivery of the marketing strategy and action plan for the Group and to effectively lead and manage the marketing team members to ensure optimum performance.

This is an exciting time for the RNN Group and marketing and learner recruitment have a key role to play in working to support and deliver an increase in learner recruitment numbers across 16-18 years old, degree level students in our purpose-built University Centre Rotherham (UCR), adult learners and apprentices.

In a highly competitive market, we need to stand out to prospective learners, employers and other key influencers. The Group Marketing and Campaigns Manager will therefore need to demonstrate excellent planning and creativity skills as they will coordinate, manage and plan year-round recruitment campaign activity internally and externally, advertising, media relations and the coordinating and managing the development of on and offline marketing materials across multiple channels.

You will…

To be successful in this position you will need experience in planning and implementing marketing plans and campaigns, ideally within a senior marketing role along with experience of working with/in, the media or creative journalism. You will also have successful experience of managing and inspiring effective high-performing teams, ensuring that you support and empower them to contribute to the goals of the organisation.

Other essential qualities will include superb organisational, relationship building and writing skills, as well as the ability to motivate and lead the marketing team to be proactive and show initiative and to ensure the provision of excellent customer service to colleagues, customers and stakeholders inside and outside the Group.

To accompany your extensive experience within marketing you will also possess industry relevant qualifications, such as Certificate in Marketing Diploma. You will hold a Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification in English and Maths (or be willing to undertake).

Department Info

You will report to the Director of Marketing and Learner Recruitment, who has a strategic role on the Senior Leadership Team and is responsible for marketing and recruitment strategy.

Your role is to support the Director of Marketing and Recruitment in the delivery of the Marketing Strategy and associated five-year action plan, operationally managing the marketing team and the year-round marketing recruitment campaign activity.

You will provide direct line management for the wider marketing team, consisting of Marketing Officer, Social Media Coordinator, Graphic Designer and Videographer.

Our excellent benefits and rewards package:

• Access to local government pensions scheme
• Up to 44 days annual leave per year including closure during Christmas period
• Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
• Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service
• Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
• Parking available at all of our sites
• Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
• New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the levelling up premium payments initiative
• Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees worth by to £200 per referral made

What is the RNN Group?

RNN Group’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated and innovative individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too;

• We are Inclusive,
• We have Integrity,
• We Deliver,
• We are One Team.

We are OFSTED ‘Good’ (November 2022)

We celebrate diversity and are proud to have been recognised as Investors in Diversity for our commitment to the FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement) Model. This means that you’d be working in a supportive environment that encourages, recognises and celebrates effort, achievement and cooperative attitudes. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, faith or disability. We are also proud to be part of the Disability Confidence Scheme.

The RNN Group is proud to be part of the South Yorkshire Institute of Technology (SYIoT).

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. All new employees will be required undertake a DBS check and other associated checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance.

All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Closing date: Monday 22 July 2024 at 12:00 Noon - if you are shortlisted for this post you will be contacted within a week of the closing date.

Provisional Interview Date: Thursday 25 July 2024

If you require further information about this vacancy please contact the HR department on 01709 722750 or recruitment@rnngroup.ac.uk

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