Social Media Assistant

This new part-time (0.6 FTE, 21.9 hours per week) post is available immediately on a permanent basis.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

Interviews are likely to take place on 24 October but this may be subject to change.

Summary of the role

The Communications department is looking to appoint a creative individual with strong social media and communications skills to join their team based on our stunning Penryn Campus in Cornwall.  This role will be critical in supporting us as a top UK University, as well as our global ambitions of the coming academic year and beyond. One of the areas you will assist on will be to drive forward our student recruitment initiatives and to continue to attract the brightest and most dynamic students out there. You will also promote campus life and activities to current students and colleagues, in addition to many other diverse projects across our Cornwall campuses, and the wider University that you will have an opportunity to support and gain experience in.

You will do this primarily across social media and the web, but within an inclusive team across multiple media, and you will support them where necessary. This is an interesting opportunity for a highly organised individual with excellent written and verbal communication skills, who has the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people in a professional manner. The post holder is required to have a creative mind, excellent copywriting and IT skills, as well as a strong attention to detail. They will be able to plan and prioritise a busy and varied workload in the face of conflicting demands.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification on our website for full details of this role.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 39 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

The Cornwall Communications Team

We are are small team that work to ensure that Cornwall is fully represented in the University’s internal and external communications for the purpose of student recruitment, and student, staff and public engagement. We work closely with colleagues and partners in Cornwall, but also with the wider communications teams based at Exeter including press office, student comms, internal comms, and multimedia design studio. We manage our own website and social media content, liaising with central web, social media and campaigns teams.

Further information

Please contact Rachel Caunter, r.caunter@exeter.ac.uk. 

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