Website Manager (Maternity Cover)

Interview date: Monday 21 July 2025

Salary: Grade 8, £46,220 - £52,867 per annum.

Term: Fixed term to September 2026

Appointments will normally be made to the first point of the grade.

The Royal College of Music (RCM) is seeking to engage a Website Manager (Maternity Cover) to join its Marketing & Communications Team. As an innovative institution, we are looking for someone who shares our passion for imaginative work in the digital sphere.

This is a fixed-term, hybrid role providing maternity cover, offering an exciting opportunity to contribute to the RCM’s digital presence during a key period.

You will be adept at managing websites in a complex institution and be an experienced, proactive person with a broad understanding of web technologies and practices, including SEO, performance, security, code quality, and UI/UX; as well as excellent copywriting and project management skills. Applicants should also be confident using data to inform decisions, and have an interest in the potential of AI tools to enhance content, workflows and user engagement.

The Website Manager will play a critical role in developing and optimising the RCM website so that it becomes the very best digital representation of all that the RCM has to offer, and supports the recruitment of high-quality students from across the world. The successful candidate will enjoy finding creative solutions to technical challenges and be excited at the prospect of a varied workload in an environment of unparalleled musical riches.

Founded in 1882, the Royal College of Music (RCM) is a world leading music conservatoire with a prestigious history and contemporary outlook. It’s an exciting time to be joining the College - in 2025, the RCM was ranked the Global No. 1 institution for Performing Arts and Music for the fourth year running in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. Our 900 undergraduate and postgraduate students come from 60 countries and are taught in a dynamic environment, leaving the RCM to become the outstanding performers, conductors and composers of the future.

This post is offered on a fixed-term, full-time basis and is available from September 2025 to September 2026.

For full details of this position please read the Applicant Information Pack, available to download from the RCM website: www.rcm.ac.uk/jobs

To apply, please complete our:

1. Application form; and
2. Equal Opportunities form (available to download from the RCM website)

and submit in Word or PDF format by email to recruitment@rcm.ac.uk

CVs without an application form will not be accepted.

Please ensure that you include the Job Reference Number when submitting your application.

The RCM is committed to nurturing diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility. 

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