School Communications Officer

Thinking Creative is looking for a forward-thinking individual to join our expanding Devon hub. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone seeking to advance their marketing career in a professional setting. You will have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, as well as an aptitude for learning systems and digital tools to create outstanding online or print communications. You will have some professional communications experience and a desire to advance your career.

 You will play an active, solution-oriented role within our schools, engaging regularly with key stakeholders to produce and manage content that communicates the schools' key messages, achievements, and upcoming events via multiple communication platforms. To ensure that campaigns are effectively communicated, you must have clear, concise, and confident communication skills to promote the organisation's vision and values.

 This is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated individual who will thrive on providing a solution-focused, approachable, and trustworthy service to our schools in Devon.

What you will need to succeed:

For further details please see the attached JD and person specification

• Ability to occasionally travel to our Kent and Portsmouth Hub’s to work alongside Creative team members in our Medway offices
• Be an experienced content writer, with the ability to write engaging content to work across multiple channels 
• Be able to work independently and use your initiative to maximise the impact of your campaign 
• Deliver communications plans outlining key messages throughout the year
• Experience of building and maintaining excellent working relationships with stakeholders by keeping in regular contact offering advice, solutions and information 
• An understanding of the importance of communication and mixed channel campaigns
• Be organised, confident and approachable with a solution focused approach to your work
• Ability to develop and maintain our social media accounts. Ensuring they are regularly updated to communicate key messages
• Knowledge of using CMS would be desirable

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools consisting of both primary and secondary schools across Kent, Hampshire and Plymouth. 

We believe that every young person in our community deserves to have the best opportunities at life regardless of their individual circumstances.

Education is the key to transforming life chances and we support and develop every member of our community to:

• Think about their Thinking
• Be their Best self
• Shape their Success
  

In this way we transform life chances

Watch our Trust video produced and directed by the Thinking Creative team to gain an insight in to The Thinking Schools Academy Trust. To view more Trust videos click here.

What our Trust will offer you:

• A hybrid working environment 
• A competitive salary
• The successful applicant will also have access to the local government pension scheme with a generous 18.9% employer contribution
• Flexible working options and family friendly and staff focused policies and initiative
• We recognise the importance of personal growth and are committed to supporting individuals with tailored CPD and professional development opportunities 
• The successful applicant will have a generous annual leave entitlement of 26 days, increasing to 30 after 5 years of continuous service
• A fun, hardworking and welcoming team who enjoy supporting each other
• Vast support network from senior leaders within the schools and the Central Trust team 
• A 24/7 employee assistance programme which provides counselling and support / advice on a wide array of areas

What you need to do now:

If you are interested in working in the Thinking Creative team for our Trust, benefitting from a supportive network of colleagues across our Trust network, and are keen to progress your career then please apply today!

Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.

To arrange an informal telephone conversation please contact Lauren Pearce at l.pearce@tsatrust.org.uk 

If you experience any issues in applying for this role via our careers site please click here to submit an application via Microsoft Forms 

If this position  is not quite right for you, but you would be interested for any other positions within our Trust please click here to join our Talent Pool

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. As per KCSIE we will also undertake online searches for all shortlisted candidates, if you have any questions regarding this process please email recruitment@tsatrust.org.uk