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Marketing and Communications Director
£65,000-70,000 per annum, Permanent - 35 hrs pw

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) helps ensure that the Further Education and Training sector develops world class leaders, teachers and trainers. We work across the whole FE sector and are funded by Government grant, commercial contracts, professional membership (The Society for Education and Training - SET) and accreditation fees and a variety of other business activities.

We are now looking to appoint a Marketing and Communications Director who will lead our marketing and communications team through a period of significant change and growth. This is an exciting opportunity to strengthen a strong core professional function, drive marketing and communications leadership, and provide focus, clarity and transparency within roles and responsibilities. The role includes direct responsibility for external and internal communications strategy, brand strategy, public affairs and media, and digital engagement; it also plays a wider role in developing and embedding marketing and communications planning and processes across the organisation, and in building a strong community of highly motivated, capable marketing and comms professionals all working towards common goals.

The role will report into the Director of Professionalism and Customer Experience. As a key member of ETF’s Senior Management Team, the Marketing and Communications Director will be an experienced leader within marketing and communications functions, with deep and broad functional expertise, great emotional intelligence and the ability to lead both their team and peers. The Marketing and Communications Director will lead a tactical plan agreed with SMT and shared with the board to enable ETF to deliver against our strategic priorities.

The successful candidate will:

• Be educated to degree level or equivalent
• Possess proven experience of developing and leading marketing campaigns
• Have strong creative, strategic, analytical and organisational skills
• Show attention to detail and editing skills to ensure that material published on behalf of ETF meets its exacting high standards
• Demonstrate the experience, resilience and self-confidence to earn the respect of the senior management team
• Have experience of establishing and maintaining networks across the whole sector
• Demonstrate a commitment to ETF’s values
• If you are an exceptional candidate who would like to make an impact and enjoy working in a vibrant and cooperative environment, we will welcome your application.

Applicants should apply by submitting a CV and cover letter (600 words maximum), outlining how you fulfil the requirements of this role.

Post source:theguardian.com

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Name:THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION

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