Communications Officer - Admissions & Outreach

We are seeking a creative individual to work closely with our Admissions Tutor and Communications Team to take a leading role in the development, implementation, and maintenance of the College's admissions and outreach social media accounts. They will play a leading role in developing, and updating, the College website with regards to admissions and outreach information.

The post-holder will work with others to develop and implement the College's Admissions and Outreach social media strategy. They will be responsible for monitoring the relevant social media accounts and ensuring regularity in the posting of content and replying to messages.

They will also be required to assist the Admissions Team with the organisation and administration of the admissions round as and when required, including completing tasks such as filing, responding to emails, assisting with scheduling, and liaising with students and fellows.

Key Responsibilities

· Identifying platforms for the dissemination of admissions and outreach social media content

· Drafting, editing, and publishing new content for the college's admissions and outreach social media channels on a regular basis.

· Work with the Outreach Officer and Admissions Tutor on the development of a Social Media Strategy, producing content on the admissions process, life at King's, and anything else deemed appropriate in the context of such a strategy.

· Maintain records of engagement on different platforms for the purposes of analysing the effectiveness of different approaches and platforms.

· Work with the Head of Communications and Digital Communications Manager where appropriate to ensure alignment and interaction with other aspects of the College's Communications activity.

· Monitor high volume comments and mentions on social media channels, respond in a timely fashion to comments and ensure that social conversations are maintained where appropriate. Assist external stakeholders by answering enquiries or directing them to sources of information. Support colleagues with leading on ongoing community management processes, including continual improvement, awareness of new trends, and implementing new tools.

· Work with the Admissions Tutor and Senior Admissions and Outreach Officer to update the college website and improve the dissemination of information about admissions and outreach activities.

· Engage with CAO for the purposes of staying informed about best practice and maximising opportunities for collaboration.

· Engage with SLOs and equivalent at other colleges with a view to potential collaboration and mutual learning.

· Assist with the organisation of the Admissions Round as appropriate/required.

· Undertake any other reasonable request or duties commensurate with the post.

· To fully comply with all the College's policies including equality of opportunity and data protection.

· To adopt a responsible attitude towards health and safety to comply with any procedures as required by the College to ensure the health and safety of the College community.

Knowledge & experience

· Experience of creating content and campaigns for current social media, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube

· Experience of writing original copy for

online channels

· Experienced user of standard office software packages e.g. Excel, Outlook and Word

· Experience of managing the whole digital campaign process from conception

to execution

· Education to degree level or have equivalent practical experience.

· Experience and knowledge of the Cambridge admissions process (desirable).

Personal skills & abilities

· Excellent creative, photographic and video editing skills using software such as Canva, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Premiere

· Excellent organisational skills

· Accuracy and excellent attention to detail

· Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills

· Excellent written communication skills, especially editing copy for use in social media or on the web.

· Ability to learn new software systems.

· Ability to analyse common social media metrics to assess the relative reach of, and engagement with, a social media campaign.

· A calm, efficient manner, and ability to deal with pressure and tight deadlines.

· Self-motivated and independent

· Experience of working in a team

· A friendly and welcoming manner

· Confidence regarding public speaking and performance

· Comfortable engaging with a wide range of audiences

King's is a constituent College of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1441 by Henry VI as a place of education, religion, learning and research, the College comprises around 130 Fellows, 650 undergraduate and postgraduate students and 275 non-academic staff.

The College is internationally recognised as a leading academic institution, boasting among its former students and Fellows, no fewer than eight Nobel laureates, including Patrick Blackett, Frederick Sanger, Sydney Brenner, Philip Noel-Baker and Oliver Hart, as well as influential figures such as Alan Turing, E.M. Forster, John Maynard Keynes and Bernard Williams. Among its most prominent living members are the novelists Zadie Smith and Salman Rushdie, astronomer Martin Rees, sociologist Anthony Giddens, anthropologist Caroline Humphrey, former chair of the Bank of England Mervyn King, philanthropist David Sainsbury, molecular biologist Lesley Anne Glover, entrepreneur and computer scientist Hermann Hauser, composers Judith Weir (Master of the King's Music) and Errollyn Wallen, the first black woman to have a composition performed at The Proms.

The undergraduate and postgraduate community is vibrant and diverse, priding itself on a friendly and inclusive atmosphere combining academic commitment with political engagement and a lively social and artistic scene. King's has long been leading the way in undergraduate recruitment from the state sector. The College works very hard to attract the best applicants, regardless of background, and to encourage academically outstanding students from underrepresented communities to study at Cambridge. In 2018 it launched a transformational Student Access and Support Initiative designed to improve equality of access and opportunity, and to help combat entrenched social and economic disadvantage.

The post is offered at a full-time equivalent salary of £27,901-£30,305 per annum dependent on experience and ability. The post holder will join the College's auto-enrolment pension scheme with generous additional contribution options on completion of probationary period.

Hours of Work

The post is part time, 15 hours per week to be worked over at least two days per week.

The post will be based at King's College, but subject to the demands of the role the post holder may be able to work from home for part of the week., The College offers full-time members of staff 32 days holiday per year, including Bank Holidays. All staff working over a mealtime are eligible to take a free lunch or dinner in the servery.

The College offer enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay as well as generous sick pay for those who have more than six months' service. This is in addition to the Flexible Working Policy. More details on all of these are available in the Staff Handbook. Staff are eligible to use the Tax-Free Childcare Scheme introduced by the government to replace Childcare Vouchers., Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £27,901.00-£30,305.00 per year

Expected hours: 15 per week

Benefits:

• Additional leave


• Canteen


• Company events


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Discounted or free food


• Enhanced maternity leave


• Enhanced paternity leave


• Free flu jabs


• Free parking


• Gym membership


• On-site gym


• On-site parking


• Referral programme


• Sick pay


• Store discount


Supplemental pay types:

• Yearly bonus