Regional Marketing and Communications Manager
| Posting date: | 16 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 September 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton, Not recorded, SM1 1DA |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 82a5c2b1-d92c-4ec4-a7fd-79cfb0d5f3a1 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an ambitious and innovative Regional Marketing and Communications Manager to become part of our central team. This role offers the chance to make a real impact by strengthening our profile, championing our values, and celebrating the outstanding work happening across our schools and college centres. It’s a unique opportunity to combine creativity with purpose, working in an organisation dedicated to transforming lives through education.
Key Responsibilities:
• Content Creation & Management - Write and upload engaging website content (WordPress), news stories, and articles; produce graphics using Canva; and generate creative briefs for designers and agencies.
• Digital & Social Media - Create, schedule, and post content across social media channels, including photography and videography to support campaigns and showcase achievements.
• Events & Campaigns - Plan, organise, and support academy, college, and Trust-wide events such as open days, conferences, community activities, and special celebrations (including some evenings).
• Collaboration & Engagement - Work closely with colleagues across schools and college centres, attending meetings at Head Office and building relationships to ensure consistent communications.
Key Requirements:
• Communication & Creativity - Strong written and verbal skills, copywriting ability, and an eye for creating engaging digital content across websites, social media, and marketing materials.
• Technical Skills - Experience with WordPress, Canva, and photography/videography (using mobile and digital camera), with an understanding of branding and its effective application.
• Digital & Social Media Expertise - Proven ability to create dynamic content, grow social media audiences, and manage multi-channel campaigns.
• Organisation & Adaptability - Highly organised, detail-focused, and able to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaboration & Attitude - A self-motivated team player with a ‘can do’ approach, able to build strong relationships with colleagues, students, and stakeholders.
• Flexibility & Travel - A full driving licence and willingness to travel across sites in Sutton, Surrey, Southwark, and Hillingdon to capture stories, support events, and deliver communications activity.
What the school offers its staff
OHC&AT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
• Comprehensive training and development
• Opportunities to engage with internal professional networks
• Access to counselling advice and support via Health Assured (our employee assistance programme)
• Commitment to wellbeing supported by our occupational health service and mental-health first aiders
• Scope for career progression across 10 college centres, 13 academy schools and Central Teams
• Generous annual leave and flexible working schemes in addition to bank and public holidays and a Christmas closure period
• As part of your contract of employment you will enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme which has life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Enhanced parental leave schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Employee referral scheme
• Discounted gym membership subscription including digital fitness
• Home electronics scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
We are looking for an ambitious and innovative Regional Marketing and Communications Manager to become part of our central team. This role offers the chance to make a real impact by strengthening our profile, championing our values, and celebrating the outstanding work happening across our schools and college centres. It’s a unique opportunity to combine creativity with purpose, working in an organisation dedicated to transforming lives through education.
Key Responsibilities:
• Content Creation & Management - Write and upload engaging website content (WordPress), news stories, and articles; produce graphics using Canva; and generate creative briefs for designers and agencies.
• Digital & Social Media - Create, schedule, and post content across social media channels, including photography and videography to support campaigns and showcase achievements.
• Events & Campaigns - Plan, organise, and support academy, college, and Trust-wide events such as open days, conferences, community activities, and special celebrations (including some evenings).
• Collaboration & Engagement - Work closely with colleagues across schools and college centres, attending meetings at Head Office and building relationships to ensure consistent communications.
Key Requirements:
• Communication & Creativity - Strong written and verbal skills, copywriting ability, and an eye for creating engaging digital content across websites, social media, and marketing materials.
• Technical Skills - Experience with WordPress, Canva, and photography/videography (using mobile and digital camera), with an understanding of branding and its effective application.
• Digital & Social Media Expertise - Proven ability to create dynamic content, grow social media audiences, and manage multi-channel campaigns.
• Organisation & Adaptability - Highly organised, detail-focused, and able to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaboration & Attitude - A self-motivated team player with a ‘can do’ approach, able to build strong relationships with colleagues, students, and stakeholders.
• Flexibility & Travel - A full driving licence and willingness to travel across sites in Sutton, Surrey, Southwark, and Hillingdon to capture stories, support events, and deliver communications activity.
What the school offers its staff
OHC&AT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
• Comprehensive training and development
• Opportunities to engage with internal professional networks
• Access to counselling advice and support via Health Assured (our employee assistance programme)
• Commitment to wellbeing supported by our occupational health service and mental-health first aiders
• Scope for career progression across 10 college centres, 13 academy schools and Central Teams
• Generous annual leave and flexible working schemes in addition to bank and public holidays and a Christmas closure period
• As part of your contract of employment you will enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme which has life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Enhanced parental leave schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Employee referral scheme
• Discounted gym membership subscription including digital fitness
• Home electronics scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.