Media and Resources Officer

If you are a brilliant communicator with design skills and looking for an opportunity to work with young people, to inspire and develop, this may be the role for you. We are looking for a Media and Resources Officer (MRO) to join Harris Academy Battersea.

About Us

Harris Academy Battersea is a mixed state secondary school serving a truly comprehensive community in the heart of London. We are an Ofsted ‘Outstanding' school with a track record of delivering fantastic outcomes year on year for our students.

Our Academy is centred on the values of Knowledge, Integrity and Resilience and these underpin the way we work for both students and staff. Our staff are inclusive, diverse and committed to our mission: we develop aspirational young people to thrive in a changing world.

A thriving school can only function with fantastic staff, and our vision is to make teaching at HABS both enjoyable and sustainable. The wellbeing of staff underpins every decision we make, and we seek to ensure that every member of staff can enjoy a work-life-balance enabling them to bring their best to work each day.

At HABS, professional growth and development is central to our mission. Our professional development motto is ‘improve, not prove' and leaders are relentlessly focussed on supporting staff in getting even better through a wide range of internal and external training opportunities.

As a part of the Harris Federation, all staff in the Academy benefit from being part of our network of more than fifty primary and secondary academies across London. Vibrant networks of subject experts meet regularly, and teachers can access bespoke support from our central teams of consultants.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing, creating and maintaining the school website
• Contributing to the group of associate staff who are available to cover reception and first aid duties as required
• Supporting Social Media Engagement and implement creative digital solutions
• Providing digital graphic design support to departments and the school
• Producing content for the digital signage across the school site
• Producing, delivering and overseeing displays across the school site.
• Conducting regular auditing and quality assurance of displays and artwork across the school site
• Editing video footage for exam and marketing purposes
• Co-ordinating the production of the school prospectus and newsletter both digitally and in print
• Working with staff across the school to organise photographic shoots and video opportunities
• Overseeing the process of taking and updating student and staff photos
• Liaising with external photographers as required in the production of professional external media materials
• Overseeing and managing the reprographics office
• Delivery of reprographics services to staff including exam printing
• Liaising with external printing agencies to support the production of bespoke materials for the Academy
• Overseeing and monitoring reprographics devices across the site, supporting the resources team in auditing and monitoring device usage and condition.
• Liaising closely with senior leaders to deliver the Academy's branding strategy across all relevant areas
• Providing design and media services as required and requested by Senior Leaders

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• English GCSE Grade C / 5 or above.
• An appropriate standard of academic qualifications
• Competency in website design and maintenance
• Competency in designing artwork digitally
• Good level of administration skills
• Excellent knowledge of IT packages e.g. Word, Excel, Publisher, InDesign
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills commensurate with the post.
• Excellent general technological knowledge – general knowledge of operating systems, networking, hardware and software.
• At least two years' experience of working in an inner-city school or educational establishment with children and young people
• Experience of reception duties including dealing with visitors to the Academy in a professional manner
• Experience of taking telephone messages from a range of stakeholders
• Experience of designing and printing basic documents
• Experience of organising a busy service area effectively
• Experience of liaising with printing maintenance contractors

Next Steps

For a confidential discussion about this post with the Head of Academy, more information or to arrange a visit, please contact the school on 020 7622 0026 or m.vlaykova@harrisbattersea.org.uk

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.

Rewards & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.