Marketing and Liaison Officer
£22,594 to £25,715 per annum for full time, college staff term time only, plus ten additional days
Do you love working with young people and “just get” what makes them tick? Are you a natural at chatting with both teenagers and adults alike (and keeping them all interested)? Are you bursting with ideas for creating and delivering engaging educational activities and presentations for secondary-age children. If you have answered YES to these questions, then we absolutely want to hear from you!
Blackpool Sixth is a first-class college specialising in 16-19 education and we are on the lookout for a dynamic people-person to join our Admissions, Liaison and Marketing team as our new Marketing and Liaison Officer. This is more than just a job; it’s an opportunity to play a vital role as the link between Blackpool Sixth and our local high schools, while helping students feel confident and excited about taking their next big step into college life.
As a Marketing and Liaison Officer, you will be delivering workshops and presentations, organising and running key events such as careers evenings as well as conducting student interviews.
This post is full time, staff term time only plus 10 additional days working 36.25 hours per week, generally Monday to Friday 08:30am-4:30pm but with some flexibility in the hours worked expected, including some work in the evenings and at weekends.
A day in your new role could see you:
- Igniting aspirations by delivering an assembly presentation to a full year group in one of our partner secondary schools
- Organising exciting activities including open days and taster sessions
- Building strong relationships with local schools
- Teaming up with college departments to run amazing careers events
- Offering personalised advice and guidance through student interviews
Ready to embark on this exciting journey with Blackpool Sixth? Apply now and let your passion for education shine!
Closing date: 2nd June 2026 at 8:00am
Interviews: 9th June 2026
The benefits
Our people are extremely important to us and we are therefore delighted to provide the following benefits:-
- Cycle to work scheme for contracts over 12 months
- Free use of the college gym
- A generous pension contribution of 15.4% for support staff. Our teachers are auto-enrolled into Teacher’s Pension Scheme
- Education specific learning and development
- Free car parking
- Subsidised Costa Coffee on site and a wide range of catering outlets
- An in house People & Wellbeing site with loads of self-help guidance
- Access to wellbeing and counselling services for you and your family
- Wellbeing day with the full day off for all
- Long service awards recognising loyalty and dedication
- 15 hours of gifted TOIL (pro-rata) to use for flexibility throughout the year
- Family friendly policies to support our staff with parenting and caring responsibilities
- Be yourself; enjoy being part of a culture and community with different backgrounds, interests, faiths and lifestyles
Our commitment to a safe and respectful environment
We are an equal opportunities employer committed to a diverse and inclusive community. We do not tolerate discrimination and welcome applications from all backgrounds. We provide equal access, services, and care regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity/expression/trans status, race, religion/belief, or sexual orientation.
We are committed to fostering a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for everyone. This includes a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment of any kind. We believe that all individuals deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, and we are dedicated to creating a workplace and online community free from harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.We encourage open communication, provide clear reporting mechanisms for misconduct, and conduct thorough investigations. We expect everyone interacting with us to uphold these standards.
All staff will be carefully selected using recruitment and selection procedures designed to emphasise the college’s commitment to safeguarding. All posts, including volunteers, are subject to enhanced DBS clearance. All shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of any criminal record or information that will make them unsuitable to work with children. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn should any information come to light that has not been included in the self-declaration. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from regulated activity relevant to children, anyone caught doing so will be reported to the police immediately. Please note that we reserve the right to review your online presence in line with keeping children safe in education guidance.
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