Marketing Officer

You will join the Business Development, Marketing and Communications Manager and Communications Coordinator to form a small yet dynamic and effective marketing team. Together you will support the marketing activities for the National Society for Education and the sub teams within it. These include the Professional Learning Group, Growing Faith, Partnerships & Engagement, Education Policy and SIAMS teams. 

• Assist in maintaining the social media content calendar and creating and scheduling approved content across the NSE channels. 
• Provide support in identifying key audience groups and tailor content to ensure relevance and engagement.
• Support the preparation of monthly marketing reports with social media analytics so we can monitor engagement and performance of campaigns. 
• Support in market research activities to inform future marketing activities. 
• Keep up to date with current market trends relating to the education sector. 
• Provide support to the Communications Coordinator in updating and adding content to the NSE website.
• Occasionally use templates to design assets for external marketing activities. 
• Occasionally provide marketing support and training to team members and partners.
• Occasionally attend in-person events to gather marketing material and schedule live socials. 
• Occasionally support at film- and photo-shoots to create content that promotes our work.  

Responsibilities

The main duties and responsibilities of your role are outlined in the above job description. This list is not exhaustive and is intended to reflect your main tasks and areas of work. Changes may occur over time, and you will be expected to agree any reasonable changes to your job description that are commensurate with your banding and in line with the general nature of your post. You will be consulted about any changes to your job description before these are implemented.

About You

The Church of England is for everyone, and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups.

Essential
Knowledge/Experience
•    Experience in an administrative role
•    Basic understanding of social media platforms and how they are used for marketing

Skills/Aptitudes
•    Ability to work as part of a team 
•    Competency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint 
•    High-level attention to detail
•    Proactive and able to work under own initiative
•    Proven ability to prioritise conflicting demands and keep to deadlines 
•    Strong verbal and written communication skills 
•    Creative thinking
•    Comfortable with working remotely

Desirable
Knowledge/Experience
•    Previous experience in a marketing role
•    Previous experience updating website content on Squarespace

Skills/Aptitudes
•    Competency with social media scheduling tools
•    Competency with design tools, such as Canva 
•    Photography and video editing
•    Enthusiasm for digital marketing and content creation

Education
•    Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business or related field

About Us

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About the NCIsThe National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.
We Include. You Belong.Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.
Living out our values in all that we do, we:

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Collaborate
• Act with Integrity

We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values.  Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we’re looking for then we would like to hear from you.
Use of AI in your applicationWe appreciate that you may want to use AI tools to help you with your application. We're happy for you to use AI to come up with ideas and help structure your thoughts, but you shouldn't use AI to fabricate information or write your whole application for you. One of our values is integrity, and although we want you to demonstrate your best self, we don't want an AI-generated persona. If you simply copy and paste AI-generated content into your application, this will reduce your chances of success.

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