| Location: | Hatfield |
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| Salary: | £33,002 to £38,784 pa by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience. UH6 |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Contract Type: | Permanent |
| Placed On: | 2nd July 2026 |
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| Closes: | 26th July 2026 |
| Job Ref: | REQ000800 |
FTE: 1.0fte (working 37 hours per week)
Salary: UH6 £33,002 pa to £38,784 pa by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience
Annual Leave: 25 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year
Location: College Lane Campus
Main duties and responsibilities
In this varied and fast-paced role, you will take the lead in coordinating and delivering a wide range of engagement initiatives, including high-profile events, communications activities, and enterprise activities that support the School’s strategic priorities. You will be responsible for managing and enhancing the School’s digital presence, ensuring SharePoint, internal communications, and social media platforms provide clear, engaging, and compliant content that showcases achievements and opportunities.
Working collaboratively across the School, you will build strong relationships with academic and professional services colleagues, senior leaders, and external stakeholders to drive engagement and partnership activity. You will develop and deliver an annual communications and engagement plan, while also providing guidance and support to colleagues on digital tools and content best practice.
Skills and experience required
We are looking for someone with Significant marketing and communications work experience, and the ability to demonstrate developed communication skills, you will have previous Project management experience across multiple concurrent projects. You will have excellent written communication and presentation skills as well as the ability to produce, source, interpret and write high-quality content. Detailed knowledge of digital marketing and social media channels and excellent organisational and administrative abilities are essential for this role.
You will have practical IT skills, including a good working knowledge of Microsoft365 Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other common applications. You will be able to manage projects successfully and within budget, whilst taking a proactive and solution-based approach.
Being committed to improving the quality of communications, working collaboratively as an effective team player and taking a client focused approach with a service oriented mindset are all essential for this role.
Qualifications required
Educated with a minimum of a Degree in Communications and/or Marketing or equivalent, or proven relevant professional experience.
Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.
Internal applicants – please ensure you apply via your employee self-service portal.
We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work before an offer is made.
Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Vince Rispoli, School Business Manager (v.rispoli@herts.ac.uk)
Closing Date: Sunday 26 July 2026
Interview Date: W/C – 10 August 2026
Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts
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