Marketing & Communications Officer - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Leigh Academies Trust

• Ref:KCC-F63-243-S
• Posted:03/04/2025
• Pay:£31,149 per annum
• Start Date:May 2025
• App Close Date:01/05/2025 at 15:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Are you a dynamic and versatile marketing professional looking to make a real difference? Join our forward-thinking team at Leigh Academies Trust and play a pivotal role in shaping our public image and communication strategy!

We are seeking a proactive and adaptable Marketing & Communication Officer to join our collaborative team. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a wide range of marketing, communications, and web initiatives, directly impacting the reputation and engagement of the Trust and its academies. You will be at the forefront of digital trends, including AI implementation, and will have ample opportunities for professional development and learning.

Role Highlights:

• Varied and Impactful Work: Contribute to diverse marketing, communications, and web projects, directly impacting the Trust and its academies.
• Creative and Technical Blend: Utilise your creative and technical skills in content creation, media production, web management, and digital marketing.
• Innovation and Growth: Be part of a team embracing digital trends, including AI, with continuous learning opportunities.
• Strategic Impact: Shape the Trust's public image and communication strategy, ensuring consistent and effective messaging.
• Making a Difference: Directly contribute to the success of the Trust and its academies, supporting student education and development.

We can offer you:

• An extremely supportive, friendly team and work environment
• Commitment to job-specific training
• Commitment to personal professional development
• The opportunity to be part of Leigh Academies Trust, benefiting from shared resources and support and being part of an innovative governance structure

The working basis of this role is 37 hours per week (5 days per week, hours to be discussed). This role offers a salary of £31,194.

Information about the trust

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st April 2024, our Trust comprises 32 geographically organised academies (16 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating more than 20,000 students and employing 3,000 talented staff. Nearly 40% of our academies are judged outstanding overall by Ofsted, versus 15% nationally. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.

As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

In addition to providing high-quality educational opportunities for all of our children, aged from 2 months to 19 years, and their families, we are proud to provide many opportunities for lifelong learning. These are delivered through the organisations under our umbrella: Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub, LAT Apprenticeships and Kent and Medway Training (KMT), which delivers routes into teaching.

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Holly Neve
• Address:LAT Head Office,
  Carnation Road,
  Rochester,
  Kent,
  ME2 2SX
• Telephone: 01634 412 258
• Email: Joinus@LATrust.org.uk

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• Job Description | Marketing & Communications Officer | Leigh Academies Trust