Digital Marketing Assistant

Queen’s Gate is a thriving GSA day school for girls aged 4 –18 and is ideally situated in Central London to take advantage of the many educational opportunities on offer. The Junior School occupies its own buildings in Queen’s Gate, close to the Senior School, with which it enjoys close links, including specialist staff and facilities. Music plays a central part in the life of the school, with many opportunities for individual lessons and performance.

We wish to appoint a Digital Marketing Assistant to join our small Marketing Team. Ensuring our school is well-positioned in the crowded London day school market is crucial for our ongoing success, and this role will have the opportunity to contribute to our ongoing marketing strategy as well as maintaining our many existing strengths in this area. This is a new role, and would suit someone who is looking to move into a marketing career. Likewise, this role will involve direct engagement with our pupil body, so this could also suit someone considering a career in the education sector.

The draft job description is below, but may be adjusted to take into account the expertise of the successful candidate. While we anticipate this role is likely to be full-time, as an inclusive employer, we would be interested in hearing from those who would like part-time or more flexible hours.

Responsibilities:

• Managing our website, including supporting the Marketing Team with content creation
• SEO
• Digital advertising
• Supporting the Director of Admissions with analytics and reporting
• Supporting the Director of Admissions with email marketing
• In liaison with the Creative Marketing Assistant, managing our existing social media presence and looking to develop this further
• Supporting marketing events such as Open Evenings and Taster Days
• Providing some administrative support to the Director of Admissions at key times of the year
• Helping develop and maintain our various databases of prospective parents
• Liaising with external organisations such as The Good Schools Guide, The Independent Schools Show

To apply for this role, please complete our application form which can be found on our website: www.queensgate.org.uk/about-us/employment-opportunities

Please return a completed application form, along with a covering letter to the Principal, to recruitment@queensgate.org.uk

The closing date for applications is 12.00pm on Wednesday, 17 June interviews will follow that week and the next.

Queen's Gate is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask shortlisted applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are

"spent" unless they are "protected" under the Disclosure and Barring Service (“DBS”) filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants, for which all such applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media accounts, as part of their application. Prior to employment commencing, successful

applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.

Successful applicants will also be required to produce evidence of qualifications, identity, and the right to work in the UK. Two references will be taken up, one of which will be with the most recent employer. They will also be required to complete our Health Questionnaire.

All those working at Queen’s Gate share in our responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children and young people in our care. This will include completing regular training and maintaining a good awareness of key policies and procedures relating to our safeguarding duties. Where a role has specific or additional responsibilities in relation to safeguarding, this will be detailed within the job description.