Senior Marketing & Communications Officer bei Queen Alexandra Charity
Queen Alexandra Charity · Birmingham, Vereinigtes Königreich · Onsite
- Professional
- Optionales Büro in Birmingham
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: 52 weeks
Annual Leave: 7.2 weeks, including Bank Holidays.
Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate must have a full current driving licence.
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. Early application is advised.
Key Responsibilities
· Deliver presentations on the work of QAC to a variety of audiences.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Educated to a high standard with excellent literacy and numeracy skills
- Degree qualification in relation to Marketing, Communications and/or Event Management
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to present confidently to a variety of audiences and adapt approach to best meet the needs of the audience
- Excellent IT skills including use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. to support efficient communication and recording of information
- Experience in the use of Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design and/or Canva
- Well-developed administrative and organisational skills with a proven ability to pay attention to detail
- Flexible approach to work with a ‘can-do’ attitude – must be willing to travel and stay overnight when required
- Previous experience in a Marketing, communications & engagement, PR and/or event management role
- Knowledge of Marketing, PR and/or event management
- Experience of managing campaigns and projects and delivering them on time, within budget and to a high standard
- Previous experience or knowledge of working in an educational and/or SEND setting
Why work at Queen Alexandra Charity Birmingham
Our benefits include;
- Access to on site car parking
- Use of QAC Fitness Centre (subject to opening hours)
- Cycle to Work Scheme (Salary Sacrifice)
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme Helpline (BHSF)
- Access to Education Support Free Helpline for Teachers & Education Staff
- QAC Mental Health First Aiders & activities to support health and wellbeing
- BHSF Benefits Package including Healthcare Plans, discounted shopping/services
- Annual Flu vaccination/voucher
- Access to other benefit/discount schemes (which may be subject to charge) e.g. Blue Light Card, TOTUM (NUS), Charity Worker Discounts, Discounts for Teachers
- Dell Advantage programme - a free programme that offers savings to students, parents and all staff at QAC - up to 20% off. https://www.dell.com/en-uk/lp/dell-advantage
- Health and Wellbeing Services (Occupational Health/Counselling)
- Free Tea/Coffee and Staff Room facilities
- Dining Room facilities with hot/cold food (free meal provided for those supporting students at mealtimes)
- Additional discretionary concessionary/closure days as part of leave entitlement (including closure over Christmas/New Year period)
- Reward and Recognition Policy – Living the Values Awards (team & individual) and long service
- Enhanced/Occupational paid leave e.g. maternity/paternity (subject to qualifying criteria)
- Occupational sick pay (based on length of service)
- On site wellbeing activities (e.g. yoga, meditation)
- Support for training/ CPD (either by way of study leave and/or funding)
- Flexible working arrangements including Flexible Working Policy Agreements, Time Off in Lieu (TOIL) in prior agreement with line manager.
personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to QAC. Please take time to
review the job description above.
Please upload a CV/Resume* with details of your full employment history (since leaving school,
including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in
employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you
believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and
person specification requirements. Your CV/Resume* will be re-produced in a standard format by
the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.
Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from
engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The College's Safeguarding Policies are
available here
As part of our commitment to safer recruitment, and in line with updated guidance published in
September 2022, we will carry out an online search of all shortlisted candidates. This search may
enable us to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and publicly available for review
online, which we may wish to explore with you in further detail during the interview process. As part
of your application we have asked you to provide the account names, usernames and/or handles for
any social media platform that you use, as well as the names of any websites that you own, post on,
or contribute to. A Google search will also be conducted. These checks will only be conducted if you
are shortlisted for interview. Please see our safer recruitment and selection policy for further
information.