Trust Communication and Engagement Lead
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Overview
Closing Date: 03/11/2025 12:00 Start Date: ASAP
Establishment: Fairfax MAT Location: Sutton Coldfield Salary: £42829 - 46142 Department: Administration Job Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: AYR - All year round Hours per Week: 37.00 Weeks per Year: 52.142 Pay Grade: Support Staff PO3
This role is advertised as an all-year-round post, with consideration for Term Time for the right candidate. The position is based centrally with regular visits to four academies; hybrid working may be considered.
The Role
We enrich lives and transform futures. You’ll transform our communications. At Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, we have an amazing mission and an incredible message. Our four academies around Birmingham deliver high quality education backed by first-class pastoral care to give children the confidence to get ahead. We’re all about breaking down barriers, releasing potential and enriching lives, and we’ve assembled a dedicated team who bring our passion to life every day.
Now we want to transform the way we communicate, because we want everyone to know what sets us apart. That’s where you come in. You will shape and deliver a brand-new communications strategy and ensure the delivery of high-quality content across all media platforms. From updating our websites to identifying PR opportunities, from managing relationships with partners to generating inspiring copy, and from engaging newspaper editors to overseeing social media, you will take a truly hands-on approach to everything you do.
That’s why we need somebody who can think, lead and do, all at the same time. Chances are, you will join us from a media or journalism background. You will certainly join us with a high level of commercial acumen, great copywriting skills, an innate flair for creating stories and a real love of education and its possibilities.
Whilst you’ll be centrally based, with regular visits to our four academies, we’re happy to consider hybrid working and are very flexible in our approach. We’re also deeply committed to rewarding success, so you can expect a competitive salary and a local authority pension, plus a wide-ranging employee assistance programme, the Perkbox wellness hub and discount platform, salary sacrifice options, green car and cycle-to-work schemes, onsite parking, free flu jabs, fitness initiatives and more. And if you have your own children, they’ll benefit from priority admission to the academy of your choice to give them a real head start.
This role is being advertised as an all year round post but we would consider Term Time for the right candidate.
Responsibilities
- Shape and deliver a brand-new communications strategy and ensure the delivery of high-quality content across all media platforms.
- Update websites and identify PR opportunities.
- Manage relationships with partners and generate inspiring copy.
- Engage newspaper editors and oversee social media; take a hands-on approach to communications activities.
Qualifications and Experience
- 5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 4-9) or equivalent – Essential
- Degree in a relevant subject – Essential
- Experience of working in an educational environment – Desirable
- Knowledge of school standards and procedures or willingness to train – Desirable
- Experience of dealing with sensitive and confidential student information – Essential
- Leadership and personal attributes: commitment to Trust aims and values; CPD; safeguarding; ability to build and maintain effective working relationships; ability to work effectively within a team – Essential
- Awareness of child protection/safeguarding with up-to-date training (or willingness to undertake training) – Essential
- Adaptable and able to tailor style to various situations and people – Essential
Benefits and Other Information
- Local authority pension; employee assistance programme; Perkbox discounts and wellness hub; salary sacrifice options; green car and cycle-to-work schemes; onsite parking; free flu jabs; fitness initiatives.
- Priority admission for dependents to Fairfax academies where applicable.
- DBS checks and satisfactory references are required.
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- Location:
- Sutton Coldfield, England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £80,000 - £100,000
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Marketing & Media