Application Deadline: 9 September 2025
Department: Marketing & Communications
Location: Liverpool
Compensation: £23,638 - £25,781 / year
Description
Job Title: Marketing Assistant
Department: Marketing and Communications
Salary: £23,638-£25,781 per year.
Job Type: 1, Full-time permanent role
We’re looking for a proactive and enthusiastic Marketing Assistant to join our busy Marketing and Communications team at The City of Liverpool College. This is a varied, hand-on role that would suit someone at the beginning of their marketing career who wants to gain experience across a range of digital and content-focused projects.
You’ll be supporting all areas of our team’s work, from keeping our website up to date, to helping gather content and preparing for campaigns and events. You’ll work closely with our Digital Content Creator and wider team to assist with day-to-day marketing activity, helping us stay organised and responsive to requests from across the College.
This is a great opportunity to build your skills, develop your understanding of content creation, and gain insight into how a busy in-house marketing team works to attract new students, and support college-wide activity.
Key Responsibilities
* Help maintain and update the College website, particularly course information, working closely with curriculum teams to gather, check and upload course content accurately.
* Use our content management system (CMS) to format and publish website content, in collaboration with the wider team.
* Help ensure all website content is clear, consistent, and accessible, within the College’s tone of voice and branding guidelines.
* Provide administrative support for the Marketing and Communications team, including but not limited to scheduling, organising and maintaining our SharePoint site.
* Assist with gathering content across the College when necessary, including event photography and student stories
* Work closely with curriculum teams to build strong relationships and stay informed about upcoming events or standout delivery that should be captured and promoted
* Support the delivery of student-facing events and content
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Essential Criteria:
* A genuine interest in marketing, communications and content creation
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
* Comfortable using digital tools and systems such as Microsoft Office, with a strong interest in developing new digital skills
* Confident working with colleagues across different teams and departments
* A proactive, team-focussed attitude, with a willingness to support wherever needed
* Interest in technology and continuous improvement, with the ability to quickly learn and apply new systems
Desirable Criteria:
* Experience using a CMS or editing websites
* An understanding of accessibility or content design principles
* Familiarity with content creation tools such as Canva, Adobe Express or Adobe Creative Suite
* Experience gathering or editing visual content, such as photography and video
* Previous experience in an administrative, education, content-related or customer-facing role
Benefits
Why Join The City of Liverpool College?
Benefits of working at the College
As a valued member of our College community, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, dedicated wellbeing support, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth and development.
Pension Scheme
You'll be part of the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of up to 20.20%, one of the best pension packages in the sector.
Leave entitlement
Up to 27 days annual holiday allowance, plus 1 wellbeing day. You’ll also benefit from 5 to 7 days statutory closure and 2 further days closure at Easter.
Employee Benefit Platform
As part of your role, you’ll have access to the COLC Employee Benefits Platform, a one-stop hub for a wide range of perks designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance, and everyday savings. You’ll be able to access discounts at major supermarkets, fashion and lifestyle retailers, tech stores, travel providers, and more. You’ll also benefit from the Cycle to Work Scheme, cinema and leisure discounts and tech and home appliance discounts, with the option of spreading the cost through salary sacrifice. The platform is part of our commitment to supporting you in every aspect of your working life – and beyond.
Health and Wellbeing
As part of our commitment to supporting your health and wellbeing, all employees have access to the Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – a completely confidential support service available 24/7, 365 days a year. Whether you’re facing personal challenges, looking for advice, or simply need someone to talk to, Health Assured is here to help. Through Health Assured, you can access a 24/7 confidential helpline, face to face, online or telephone counselling, as well as structured support for a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, relationships, bereavement, legal and financial concerns.
You'll also have access to the online wellbeing portal, a secure, user-friendly platform offering a wide range of self-help resources, health assessments, articles, and guidance covering emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing, and to the Wisdom App, which offers mood trackers and wellbeing tools, meditation guides, fitness videos, and self-help modules as well as daily wellbeing tips.
You’ll also be entitled to a free eye test through our voucher scheme with Specsavers, which covers a full eye exam (worth up to £25) and even includes £45 towards a pair of glasses. We also offer free flu vaccinations to help keep you feeling your best all year round.
Travel
We’ve partnered with Arriva to bring you great savings on bus travel. Plus, we offer interest-free loans to help you buy annual travel passes from Merseytravel and Merseyrail. That means you can enjoy the savings of up to two months' free travel—without having to cover the full cost upfront. It’s all about making your commute more affordable and less stressful.
Flexible Working
We offer flexible working options depending on business need to support our employee's work-life balance.
Professional Development
We’re passionate about helping you thrive, offering a mix of formal and informal professional development opportunities—designed to sharpen your skills, expand your knowledge, and accelerate your career.
College Benefits
Our excellent sports and fitness facilities can be used free of charge by staff. You can also access a range of discounted hair and beauty treatments at our Academy and Graduate Hair & Beauty Salons, and a staff discount at our Academy Restaurant.
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