Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Grade UE06: £30,619.00- £35,308.00 Per Annum

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences /School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences

Fixed Term Contract: Full Time - 35 Hours per Week

Fixed term Contract Duration: 12 Months

The School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences is seeking to recruit a Marketing & Communications Coordinator, on a full time, fixed term post for 12 months.

The Opportunity:

The Marketing & Communications Coordinator, with support from the Marketing & Communications Manager, will be leading on many aspects of the design, production and development of marketing and communications activity that will attract well qualified applicants and entrants in order to meet the School and University’s strategic recruitment objectives.

Liaising with students and staff within the School as well as colleagues across the University, the post-holder will be able to manage competing priorities and will play an important role in the implementation and coordination of a cohesive marketing & communications plan in line with School and University expectations.

The School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences provides an exciting work environment through its three subject areas that have a diverse and dynamic research and teaching portfolio.

The post holder will actively support and contribute to the school’s success, and will be encouraged to also deliver ideas for continuous improvement opportunities as they arise.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• HNC/HND or equivalent level qualifications plus previous relevant work experience, or broad experience, acquired through a combination of job related training and considerable on-the-job experience, demonstrating development through involvement in progressively more demanding relevant work/roles.
• High level of copy-writing and editorial accuracy essential. Proven written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write, adapt, and synthesise information, in a range of voices and styles for varied projects with diverse audiences.
• Experience of working with key communications and design software e.g. InDesign, Photoshop, Google Analytics, Buffer, Canva.
• Expertise in social media and digital content creation.
• Excellent IT skills and up to date knowledge of content management.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

PPLS welcomes applications from candidates belonging to groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in the department, including, but not limited to, women and ethnic minorities.

Interviews will be held in May 2023, and we shall allow at least 1.5 weeks’ notice to shortlisted candidates ahead of the interview date.

This is a full time, fixed term position (12 months maternity leave cover) with an ideal start date of early June 2023. Whilst a flexible approach to work pattern can be considered, some on campus working will be required.

Application information:

We ask you to include a current CV and cover letter with names of three referees who may be contacted at a later date (please note if you do not wish for anyone to be contacted until afteran offer has been made).

We invite candidates to use their cover letter to highlight professional and personal experiences that maybe relevant to role. PPLS interview panels will take submitted documents into account when assessing applications in line with listed criteria, including acknowledging areas of potential impact such as caring responsibilities, family leave and health related matters.

More information on how to submit your application can be found here .

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

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