Marketing and Admissions Manager

Opportunities like this are few and far between. This is a new role that has been created to support the continued growth of the group. We are looking for a seasoned marketing professional with extensive knowledge of the Cardiff, Penarth and Vale of Glamorgan area and specific experience in the education sector. A top-of-market remuneration package will be offered to the right candidate and opportunities for career advancement are boundless, both at the school and within the broader group, in the UK and internationally.

The group currently runs the best schools in their areas:

1. Westbourne Sixth Form – Top of the Daily Telegraph league tables for the last 3 years in a row for smaller IB schools. 80 % British; 20% international. Growing at 20%+ pa

2. Westbourne Senior School – a long-run average of 50% A*/A grades at GCSE

3. Westbourne Prep & Nursery School  – A small, ‘family-feel’ school that stands head-and-shoulders above competitors across two counties

4. Yorston Lodge – widely regarded as the best school in Cheshire, regularly obtaining scholarships for 50% of its graduates to some of the best secondary schools in the country

5. Langdale Free School – for almost a decade, the best school in two counties, now double its previous size

6. Langdale Nursery –normally rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted over the last decade

An experienced, enthusiastic, highly professional and dedicated Marketing Manager is required to join our successful and driven senior leadership team to consolidate our success and drive the next exciting stage of our development. Working hand-in-glove with the Chairman, Chief Operating Officer, Marketing Director and Heads of Schools, you will have primary responsibility for further expanding the group school’s presence, impact and footprint, and for recruiting top calibre students to the school of all ages. The focus of the role will be on the local Penarth area, with approximately 6 days per month spent working in the other group schools.

The role includes representing the school at international exhibitions, developing strong relationships with educational agents and in the local community, planning and delivering a long-term marketing strategy, and designing and producing publicity materials, including updating and maintaining the school’s website content.

We have the highest expectations of ourselves and a clear and inspiring vision of our future. The successful candidate will relish working with such a motivated, open and engaged team, firmly committed to achieving our goals.

You will be outcome-driven with a proven record of success, possessing strong organisational and high volume time-critical process management skills, natural commercial acumen, and the communication and interpersonal skills to build strong and productive relationships with the local community, international agents and peers alike. You will be able to point to specific examples of creative marketing and networking approaches and solutions that you have led and that have delivered tangible and identifiable results and bottom line impact. From a sales perspective, as a natural and highly energetic and engaging ‘people-person’, you will have both an instinct and flare for, and substantial experience in, both generating and closing leads.

Applicants should submit a letter of application (of no more than one page) and a CV (of no more than two pages) to garyhughes@westbourneschool.com. Application letters should address the specific role and the attributes and experiences highlighted above.

Application Deadline 2 April

Interviews 3-6 April (earlier applicants will have a scheduling advantage)

Offer by 13 April

Start Date as soon as possible. August latest