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SALARY: Up to £32,000 per annum, plus benefits
JOB TYPE: Permanent
HOURS: Full time
LOCATION: Hitchin Campus
Closing Date: 31st July 2026
About the Role:
We are looking for a senior marketing assistant to join our small, but dynamic marketing and communications team to ensure the marketing and student recruitment activity for the Group is creative, impactful and effective.
You will be supporting a number of functions in the marketing team. We work in a collaborative way to ensure that we get the work done, when needed and with the desired impact. In this senior role you will take on a larger responsibility supporting the function of the team, helping to make sure our marketing and communications activity is targeted, relevant and engaging.
Creativity and enthusiasm are key to this role, combined with a good sense of humour and strong work ethic.
About the Organisation:
The College operates across three main campuses in Stevenage and Hitchin, employing over 650 staff. With a turnover of £30m, the college provides learning opportunities to over 10,000 students each year from study programmes for 16-18 year olds and apprenticeships through to adult provision locally, regionally and nationally. We were judged Good by Ofsted at our last inspection in December 2023, with outstanding features.
MORE THAN JUST A SALARY
- Contributory pension scheme
- For a full outline of benefits, click here
PERSON SPECIFICATION
For the Person Specification and the full job description please follow this link
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Main Roles and Responsibilities
- Support the Marketing and Communications team through implementation of marketing activities associated with the marketing strategy.
- Allocation, distribution and implementation of agreed budget across digital campaigns
- Responsible for allocating work duties to new marketing position
- Responsibility for external communications and ensuring suitable tone in all customer facing comms.
- Undertake data analysis to shape future campaigns across all areas, including web traffic, and other relevant engagement.
- Campaign management – working with the team to create engaging and innovative campaigns throughout the year for a range of audiences.
- Support the evaluation of marketing activity and provide appropriate data specific to this.
- CRM / Email marketing to a range of customers and target audiences.
- Ensure website content is relevant and updated, including the collation of information for this at regular intervals.
General duties
- To contribute to the effective management and promotion of equality and diversity
- To work in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act, ensuring the College is a safe environment for staff, students and visitors.
- To promote with staff and students the importance of safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults they are responsible for and come into contact with.
- To work at all times in accordance with North Hertfordshire College’s policies and procedures.
- To carry out such duties as may be required from time to time by the college that are appropriate to the grade of the post
This job description is intended as a general guide to the duties attached to the post and is not an inflexible specification.
TO APPLY
SAFER RECRUITMENT STATEMENT
The Hart Learning Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, as our posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. It is also an offence to apply for a role if you have been barred from working with children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you have been shortlisted for a role and are within the guidelines of KCSIE, an online search will be carried out to identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online. If any incidents or issues are identified, the Group might want to explore these with you at the interview. As part of the recruitment process, you will need to provide proof of their right to work in the UK.
Details of our Safeguarding policy can be found on the Hart Learning Group’s Policy page.
To view our fair recruitment forms, please click here for equality and diversity declaration.
Please note these vacancies may close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. Early submission of your application is therefore encouraged.
“There is a great culture at NHC and the team is wonderfully helpful and supportive. I feel valued here. I also feel like I find myself in the classroom, and that I can pass my knowledge on to my students and know that I can make an impact on their lives.”