About the Role

The Communications Assistant will provide a supporting role within the department, working on a range of communications and PR activities. This will include social media, media relations, writing content for a variety of audiences and platforms, idea generation and liaising with a range of stakeholders.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early depending on the level of interest and number of applications, so early application is advised.

What You Will Do

• Support the communications team in creating engaging content for internal and external audiences.
• Create long-form content, e.g. blogs, articles, case studies, that positively reflect each of the FE colleges within Luminate Education Group, aligning with the communications strategies.
• Ensure all long and short-form content is written in the correct tone of voice for each of the FE colleges.
• Support with the creation of social media content for the FE colleges that is designed specifically for each platform with each audience in mind.
• Support the communications team in proactively gathering and creating communications content in an 'investigative' manner.

About You

You will:

• Have outstanding attention to detail.
• Be able to effectively prioritise your workload.
• Have strong levels of organisation and decision making skills.
• Be enthusiastic, energetic and focused on delivering outstanding results.
• Be open, approachable and responsive.
• English and Maths qualifications to Level 2 or equivalent.

Benefits

There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

• Generous Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least 39 days holiday plus bank holidays. This includes closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
  • Support Staff 39 days
  • Academic 44 days
  • Senior Management 44 days
• Excellent Pension schemes
  • Teachers' Pension Scheme
  • Local Government Pension Scheme
• Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
• Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements