REQ003752

Job title: Marketing and Communications Officer
Location: Sheffield Springs Academy
Starting salary: £35,000 gross per annum
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Start date: September 2025
We are seeking to appoint an experienced individual to provide a professional and efficient marketing and communications service over the Yorkshire Cluster of United Learning academies. The academies are Secondary schools based in Barnsley and Sheffield; Barnsley Academy, Sheffield Park Academy and Sheffield Springs Academy, with a fourth joining in the near future. This is an exciting opportunity to take on a role within the Cluster. The successful candidate will have overarching responsibility for providing a professional marketing and communication service, you will develop and actively support internal and external marketing and communication, supporting the promotion of the Cluster with key stakeholders and public audiences.
This role requires a highly focused individual who is organised and passionate about making a difference for our academies and the local communities. The successful candidate will be a highly efficient individual with outstanding attention to detail. This is a challenging role that will bring many rewards.

We will offer you:

• Highly competitive pay above national average.
• Excellent facilities and resources.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• A respectful working environment.
• Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy, across the Cluster and United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
• Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
• Perkbox benefits platform.
• Free on-site parking.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• We encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.

As part of United Learning our aim is to bring out ‘the Best in Everyone’ and we continuously strive to ensure that students and staff have every opportunity to succeed, with their potential developed to the utmost. United Learning is one of the largest and most successful Trusts in the country who offers unrivalled Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and training, including opportunities for nationwide networking. We are looking for:

• An individual with excellent communication skills.
• A professional with validated Marketing and Communications management experience.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Excellent copy-editing skills.
• Ability to present proposals in a simple and effective way to senior internal collaborators.
• Report writing and presenting to a variety of audiences.
• You must have strong organisational skills, a keen eye for detail, high standards and take pride in your work.
• Ability to adapt to changing and diverse workload with autonomy and resilience.
• Demonstrate a positive, proactive and professional approach at all times.

Please see the job description and person specification for further detail. To apply, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button at the top of the advert on our website using the following link to our vacancies page: Sheffield Park Academy Vacancies and complete our online application form. Please
note that CVs are not accepted. The closing date for this post is midnight on 08 September 2025. Interviews will take place soon after. If you would like to discuss this exciting opportunity, please contact hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk. United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, Right to Work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list

Please refer the Job description for details