Recruitment and Social Media Coordinator

Reports to: Head of HR

Supervisor: HR Advisor

Hours of Work: 37 hours per weeks, 44 weeks per year

Grade: H (£22,690 - £24,559 pro rata DOE)    

Division: Trust Central Operations

Location: Irthlingborough/Hybrid

About Us

The Nene Education Trust is comprised of 8 great schools located in North Northamptonshire - each having its own unique character. All aspire to provide opportunities for good learning and developing life relationships in environments where staff and students feel safe and respected and able to pursue the highest possible progress and academic achievement for all. Central to our approach are our core values of respect, enrich and nurture and all staff members within our trust are expected to uphold similar values and put these at the heart of all they do.

Developing character, celebrating achievement, raising aspirations

We aim to ensure our children and young people are continually challenged to successfully complete their education, develop self-confidence and self-esteem, and to be proactive in determining their career pathway.

We are committed to embracing our shared principals;

People First – Enabling everyone to be better

Working Together – collaborating to improve all out schools

Outward Facing & Ambitious – working collaboratively with others to improve the winder educational landscape

Autonomy – aligning ourselves within a set of frameworks and expectations

Celebrating Our Achievements – creating a culture where everyone feels valued for the part they play

The Role & You

This is a brand-new role to support the HR and Central Operations as it enters the next stage of development. You will join the HR team and take ownership of the recruitment service to support the schools to attract and recruit the right talent to enhance the lives and education of the young people that use our schools.

You will ensure an excellent candidate journey and a service to the schools, whilst also maximising the performance of the recruitment function

Recruitment and Marketing go hand in hand, you will be visiting schools and capturing exciting news, updates and capturing content to create attractive and engaging marketing material to showcase our school’s unique personalities and show our communities why our schools are the employer and school of choice.

Key Tasks:

-       Manage and maintain the whole end-to-end recruitment process.

-       Support schools and teams to fill their vacancies with the right talent

-       Design marketing material and campaigns to advertise career opportunities

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Create content to share great new stories, updates for schools and key dates.

-       Manage and maintain social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

-       Generate content for internal and external distribution (posters, social media posts etc)

-       Liaise with key stakeholders to create content for internal and external engagement and communication.

-       Assess the performance of job adverts, social media posts and other forms of engagement to identify areas of continuous improvement.

About You

You might already work in recruitment and enjoy the creative side designing campaigns and events, or might be someone that enjoys social media, creating content and wants to use their creativity to make a difference.

Confident IT skills and a good understanding of recruitment requirements of a multi-academy trust school setting is essential.

A participative and collaborative approach is crucial as you will be prioritising the recruitment needs of the schools, designing campaigns, job fairs and the marketing content to make your campaigns a success whilst also visiting schools with a camera to capture the successes and celebrating the achievements of our colleagues and our young people.

If you would like further information, you are welcome to get in touch and ask for David Wright, Head of HR.

This role might also be known as; branding, branding coordinator, branding officer, marketing coordinator, marketing administrator, marketing admin, recruiter, recruitment officer, recruitment coordinator.

Benefits & Assets

·       Work mobile phone

·       Work laptop

·       24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matter

·       Discounted gym membership

·       Cycle to work scheme

·       Annual rewards and recognition

·       Monthly rewards and recognition

·       Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional

·       An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged

·       Commitment to exploring ways to reduce email traffic and confine email replies to office hours – while recognising our employee’s preferences for when they work

·       Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and processes

The Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to DBS and Right to Work checks.

Further details and an application form can be found at www.neneeducationtrust.org.uk/index.php/job-search

To Apply Please complete an application form at www.neneeducationtrust.org.uk/index.php/job-search and send to joinourteam@neneeducationtrust.org.uk

We look forward to your response.

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

*Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date stated below*

Closing date for completed Applications: 09/12/2022