Head of Marketing (Faculty of Science) part-time role

Job title Head of Marketing (Faculty of Science) part-time role

Department Faculty of Science

Salary Starting from £43,414, rising to £51,805 pro rata

Grade Grade 8

Placed on Friday 03 February 2023

Closing date Sunday 19 February 2023

Interview date To be confirmed

Reference CC10308

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The Faculty of Science is currently looking to recruit a dynamic, creative, and strategic individual with a strong track record of delivering innovative and successful marketing and communications campaigns and initiatives, to lead our Faculty marketing and digital content team.

Our marketing and communication is vital to our success. Whether it’s building the University’s profile, developing our brand, promoting our research, or helping to attract the best students, it plays a key role in supporting our growth and future development.

You will lead student recruitment marketing, internal and external communications and website content and optimisation for five academic departments within the Faculty of Science, with a particular focus on international and postgraduate student recruitment.

Reporting to the Director of Administration for the Faculty of Science, you will develop marketing and student recruitment strategies and lead the team in delivering marketing and communications plans, content creation for print and digital channels, on and offline events and the web content. You will ensure that all outputs support the University and Faculty strategic priorities and objectives, and measure and assess the impact of your approach on student recruitment.

This role offers a unique opportunity to both shape and Faculty marketing and communications strategy and collaborate with wider University staff, including marketing, communications and student recruitment colleagues in central and faculty teams.

Experience in leading and motivating a team and knowledge of digital marketing channels, UK and international student recruitment audiences and behaviour, and delivering impactful campaigns is essential. You will have sound knowledge of the key issues influencing the Higher Education environment. Budget management, working with external suppliers, and ensuring value for money are also key to the role.

You will possess a good first degree, significant marketing experience in a similar role and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Excellent organisational, communication and time management skills are important as you will be working on multiple projects.

This role is available on a part-time basis (29.2 hours per week - 0.8 fte) and we offer a hybrid working arrangement.

For an informal discussion about the role contact Amanda Harper, Director of Administration (bssalh@bath.ac.uk), however, please submit your application via the University website.

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups such as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and disabled people, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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