Marketing, Comms & PR Officer
Department: Marketing
Salary: £25,920 to £27,350 per annum
Contract Type: 1 Year Fixed Term (Maternity Cover)
Hours: Part Time, 22.5 hours per week
Reference: REC2306 | Closing Date: Sunday, 23rd November 2025
The Opportunity
You’ll play a key role in delivering creative and engaging marketing activity that showcases the College’s achievements and connects with a wide range of audiences. You’ll be joining a supportive and energetic team based at our Eastgate Campus, where you’ll have the opportunity to contribute fresh ideas and help bring the College’s brand to life. This is a one-year fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave, offering you the chance to make a real impact in a fast-paced and rewarding environment.
In this role, you’ll support the planning and delivery of imaginative marketing campaigns that align with the College’s corporate and stakeholder engagement objectives. You’ll produce high-quality materials that tell the College’s story and capture its values, while managing engaging digital content across websites and social media channels. Your creative input will help ensure every post, video and article speaks directly to our students, staff, employers and the wider community.
You’ll also play an active part in coordinating a variety of college events and promotional activities, from open evenings to large-scale exhibitions. Working closely with internal teams and partner organisations, you’ll ensure every event runs smoothly and leaves a lasting impression. You’ll monitor performance, evaluate outcomes and bring forward new ideas to keep the College’s marketing activities fresh and effective.
In addition, you’ll support the College’s media relations by drafting press releases, monitoring coverage and helping to shape the College’s public profile. Strong writing and attention to detail will be essential, as you’ll contribute to a wide range of materials including internal communications, reports and digital publications.
This role gives you the opportunity to use your creativity, communication skills and enthusiasm to help promote one of the region’s leading colleges. You’ll work with a passionate team that takes pride in producing outstanding work and sharing the College’s success with its community.
About You
For this role, we’re looking for someone with at least two years’ experience in marketing or communications, and who enjoys working on a variety of projects in a fast-paced environment. You’ll need to balance creativity with organisation — producing engaging content one moment and coordinating an event or campaign the next. You should have experience of organising events and running marketing campaigns, as well as writing for a variety of audiences.
You’ll be confident using social media and digital tools to manage content, monitor engagement and analyse results. You’ll also be able to work independently when required, while contributing effectively as part of a team, showing self-motivation and the ability to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines. Strong communication skills, combined with a confident, persuasive and approachable manner, will allow you to build positive working relationships with colleagues, students and external partners.
You’ll be enthusiastic and flexible, able to adapt to changing priorities and willing to work evenings or weekends as required. Most importantly, you’ll take pride in delivering high-quality work that enhances Barnsley College’s reputation, supports its mission, and ensures all campaigns, events and communications are delivered to the highest standard.
Below is a list of some of the key skills, qualifications and experience we are seeking for this exciting opportunity.
Required
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Marketing, PR, English, or a related discipline
• GCSE English and Maths, Grade C or above
• 2 years’ experience in Marketing, Comms or PR
• Experience organising events and/or managing marketing campaigns
• Experience writing for diverse audiences
Closing date for applications is Sunday, 23rd November 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early depending on the level of interest.
Barnsley College is committed to creating a dynamic and diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all candidates regardless of their gender, disability, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or faith. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview. The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure from DBS.
Please be aware that it is a Criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
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