The Institute of Coding (IoC) wish to appoint a Marketing Officer to support the IoC’s Head of Marketing and Communications in increasing the IoC’s national profile and strategic relevance through a data-driven, multi-channel marketing and communications programme. This includes supporting the development and implementation of inclusive learner engagement and recruitment campaigns for the IoC and partners.

In this role you will coordinate an effective marketing and communications programme in order to:

• engage and recruit a large and diverse group of learners to the IoC’s provision (including courses and events)
• publicise the IoC’s work and impact to date and outcomes related to future work and projects 
• promote the IoC as a whole to external audiences
• record, monitor and report on all IoC marketing and communications activity

You will be:

• required to take ownership of day-to-day management of the IoC’s brand guidelines, website, and social media channels, and will be involved in supporting the Head of Marketing to create content and assist with campaign development and implementation.
• a proactive and creative individual with strong writing, communications and interpersonal skills.
• informed on a variety of social media platforms and how to best utilise each and an awareness of emerging platforms. 
• required to establish, develop and maintain strong working relationships with academic and professional staff from across the IoC consortium and beyond, including engaging with high status external stakeholders within industry, academia and government.

Further information:

We are an inclusive, engaged and high-functioning team, with core values that include respectful collaboration, innovation, adaptability and agility. We are looking for someone who will help us to respond to the national digital skills gap, while enjoying the role and making a positive contribution to our internal culture.  

The work that we do is fast-paced and can be challenging, so it is approached through positivity and teamwork. Each member of the team plays a key role and their contribution is recognised and valued. Communication is considered essential – both within the team and with external stakeholders – and we strive to ensure that everything we do is purpose-driven and high quality. It's a small team, currently a team of 5 and expanding, so finding someone who is friendly and a team worker is really important to us. 

This is a fixed-term position, based in Bath, for a period of 2 years.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Clea Wood, Head of Marketing & Communication (IoC) at crw49@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.
• flexible working conditions
• 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, 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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