Marketing Manager

About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role:
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to lead a dynamic and talented marketing team? ARU is seeking a Marketing Manager (Maternity Cover – 12-Month Contract) to manage our central marketing and campaigns team, driving and operationalising our UK student recruitment strategy by working across the university to implement effective marketing, recruitment and conversion plans for future undergraduate and postgraduate students.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced higher-ed Marketing Manager with a passion for higher education, success in running large-scale campaigns, managing teams, agencies and budgets. If you're ready to make a real impact and shape the future of student recruitment at ARU, we want to hear from you!

You'll need a degree plus demonstrable professional experience for the role, or a relevant professional/degree level qualification appropriate to the specific role being appointed to plus demonstrable professional experience for the role. You'll be IT literate and have the ability to work to tight deadlines and deliver work of high quality.

Informal enquiries can be made to Raman Sarpal, Deputy Director of Marketing, at raman.sarpal@aru.ac.uk.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes:
For a list of key requirements, please click the apply button to download the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.

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