Salary: From £42,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience + fantastic benefits
Jisc grade: PRS3 (internal use only)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid - A blend of working from home and your nominated hub office, we have hubs in London, Bristol, Manchester and Oxford. Specific patterns for working in the office are not mandated, and the frequency of time worked in the office is agreed with your manager. Meeting in person is something we value so you may need to travel on occasion to any of our hub offices.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Proven stakeholder manager with a track record of influencing and managing stakeholders, building networks and fostering collaboration across teams.
• Strong marketing and communications planning skills with the ability to align to business priorities and customer needs, analyse complex problems and identify creative strategies and solutions.
• Experience in creating and overseeing the delivery of campaigns, content and communications that drive engagement and business success.
• Proficiency in analysing data, conducting desk research, and developing insightful presentations and reports to inform strategic decision-making, and presenting to stakeholders at different levels.
  Don’t meet every single requirement?
  We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box, so we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements, but you feel this role is perfect for you. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
  Why work for us?
  At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career. We want to create a culture of lifelong learning. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.
  We believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfilment. We work flexibly at Jisc and focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working.
  It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. Our hybrid working policy is flexible, and the frequency of time spent in your nominated office will vary across teams and job roles.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Marketing and communications partners are pivotal to developing and delivering marketing and communications strategies that enhance our profile, maximise the value of membership for organisations, and support sales growth. You will lead efforts with stakeholders across the business to shape offerings, positioning, and identify key opportunities for marketing and communications.
You will develop marketing plans and shape and oversee the delivery of marketing and communications initiatives, ensuring integration with wider marketing and communications plans and campaigns, influencing colleagues across the organisation to ensure there is buy-in and focus of resources.
This role will be aligned specifically to Jisc’s activity around Data, and you will take the lead role around the positioning of Jisc’s activities in the data space. This will cover our role as the designated data body under the HESA and Graduate Outcomes brands, and our portfolio of data products and services in the wider Jisc portfolio.

RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Lead the interaction between marketing and communications and data collection and statistics, and data analytics teams.
• Lead the development of marketing and communications strategies and plans for data to support business objectives, within the framework and context of wider marcomms strategies and plans. This includes the go-to-market approach and plans for new services, opportunities and initiatives in your portfolio.
• Lead the briefing of channels and content teams, working in partnership with them to ensure the successful development and delivery of projects, campaigns and activity.
• Maintain oversight of the HESA brand (in partnership with the deputy director brand experience) ensuring brand touchpoints are managed correctly, and that the HESA brand provides an effective umbrella for Jisc’s activity as the designated data body.
• Act as an advisor to the data collection and statistics and the data analytics leadership teams on marketing and communications issues/considerations.