Marketing Officer

Description

Marketing Officer

Location: Rotherham College, Rotherham (with occasional travel to other sites as/when required)

Salary: GBP28,019 a year + benefits

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time (37 hours each week, all year round)

Are you a creative communicator with a passion for storytelling? Do you thrive in a fast–paced environment where no two days are the same? If you re ready to help shape the future of learners across South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire, we want to hear from you!

About the Role

As a Marketing Officer, you will be at the heart of our mission to lead innovation and skills in our communities. You ll play a vital role in delivering our Strategic Development Plan, specifically focusing on boosting recruitment for –year–olds, adult learners, apprentices, and degree–level students at our purpose–built University Centre Rotherham (UCR).

In a highly competitive market, we need to stand out to prospective learners, employers and other key influencers and the role of a Marketing Officer plays a large part in that.

You won't just be sitting behind a desk; you'll be an "account manager" for your assigned departments and college, building strong relationships with curriculum and work–based learning teams to bring their success stories to life.

Creating Content: Writing engaging copy for everything from course guides and press releases to website content and social media.

Campaign Management: Taking projects from a "lightbulb moment" concept all the way to completion.

Digital Engagement: Maintaining a constant flow of "good news" stories across our digital platforms and social media channels.

Event Magic: Helping run exciting "showcase" events like HE Graduation and college Open Days.

Collaboration: Working alongside our talented Graphic Designers and Digital Officers to produce high–quality media products.

You will

You will have experience within a marketing role, ideally within education or training and have some success in planning and implementing marketing plans and campaigns. Excellent copy writing skills and able to create a range of marketing materials and communications is essential for this role.

The ability to work with colleagues at various levels across the organisation both in person and digitally utilising excellent communication skills.

Qualification wise you will need a degree or equivalent in a subject relevant to marketing, media, communications, public relations or journalism or willing to work towards, but ideally have a vocationally relevant qualification at level 3 or above already. You will hold a Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification in English and Maths (or be willing to undertake).

We understand that no candidate will perfectly match every qualification or criterion listed. If your experience differs from what we've outlined but you believe you can contribute to this role, we encourage you to apply!

Department Info

You will report to the Group Campaigns and Marketing Manager who will give you direction, but you will plan and prioritise your day–to–day workload. You will work with the other Marketing Officers across the Group and members of the marketing team to ensure projects are completed to agreed timescales.

Our excellent benefits and rewards package:

Access to local government pensions scheme (with employer contributions from 17.7% to 23.68%) Up to 41 days annual leave per year including closure during Christmas period Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in–house Occupational Health service Extensive wellbeing support through a digital Wellbeing Hub that offers a broad range of support for physical, mental, and financial wellbeing. Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles Free Parking available at all of our sites Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to GBP6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the teacher retention initiative Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth GBP200 per referral made What is the RNN Group?

RNN Group s main goal is to be an outstanding education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams.

All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for RNN Group, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

Closing date: Monday 2 March 2026

Provisional Interview Date: Monday 9 March 2026

Ad ID: 5417871128