Director of Marketing and Student Recruitment

We are looking to appoint a Director of Marketing and Student Recruitment

Oldham College is seeking a dynamic and experienced Director of Marketing and Student Recruitment to lead our marketing and student recruitment efforts. This pivotal role focuses on enhancing the College's reputation and developing its brand in line with our vision, "Together we invest in your Future," and our purpose, "Empowering Potential, Achieving Success."

As part of this role, some of the Key Responsibilities will be

- Brand Management: Lead and oversee all corporate marketing and recruitment activities, focusing on brand enhancement and reputation building.

-Student Recruitment: Develop and implement local and regional strategies to achieve recruitment and conversion targets.

- Partnerships: Develop and oversee collaborative partnerships with relevant stakeholders.

An experienced marketing professional you will be at ease conducting the following key tasks of the role

- Develop digital marketing infrastructure to enhance visibility and reach across web and social media channels.

- Lead the reset of the Oldham College brand to ensure impactful engagement with applicants and stakeholders.

- Manage innovative marketing campaigns that promote the college’s strengths and unique attributes.

- Execute a strategic recruitment plan aligned with the college’s goals and curriculum strategy.

- Provide expert advice on student recruitment strategies and portfolio development.

If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for marketing and student recruitment, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity to make a significant impact at Oldham College. Further details of the requirement for this role can be found in the attached person specification and job description.

We anticipate interviews for this position to be held on 8th November.

Join us at Oldham College and be part of a team that is dedicated to empowering potential and achieving success!

Joining our Journey:

When you join our college, not only will you benefit from an annual reviewed salary but have access to numerous benefits and facilities: 

• Generous Pension Scheme 
• Fantastic Staff Benefits and Rewards platform
• 37 days annual leave per year, plus Bank Holidays, with additional efficiency days and all college Christmas closedown
• Employee Assistance Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity provision
• Staff Development days/week (Jan, July, Aug)
• Free confidential counselling service
• Staff recognition awards
• Car Scheme
• Subsidised car parking
• On-site Day Nursery
• On-site hair and beauty salon

Oldham College is a great career choice for ambitious professionals. With a “good” Ofsted rating, one of the best apprenticeship programmes in the region, excellent 16-18 results and truly outstanding GCSE English results, we are already a high performer.

But we want to deliver much more than this. Our ambition is to be “The Best Place to Learn and Work” and we have a clear Strategic Plan which sets out what this means and what we will do to deliver it. We will keep on improving and innovating, and we are investing in new provision, new facilities, and new technology; including our state-of-the-art clinical simulation suite.

We expect a lot from you, so we want ambitious, open minded candidates, who are ready to give their best. But we give a lot in return, from training to pensions, our own benefits package, and one of the best and most helpful group of colleagues you could ever wish to meet.  

At Oldham College, our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We encourage everyone to join us, as we create a workforce that is as diverse as our wonderful student community. We do monitor responses to our diversity questions in our application, to ensure that we can continue to build a workforce that is representative of the community that we serve.

We understand that not everyone works to the same timetable, and offer a range of flexible working options, including flexible start and finish times, part-time, term-time only or hybrid options, where the role permits.

We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, contact our HR team who will be happy to advise.

Oldham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

Any appointments will be subject to enhanced DBS checks and a check of the DfE Barred List.

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable laws, a pre-employment screening could include, employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the role.