Marketing Officer in Rotherham

Hours: Full time (37 hours each week, all year round)

Duration: Permanent

Salary: £28,019 a year + benefits

Location: Rotherham College, Rotherham (with occasional travel to other sites as/when required)

Are you a creative and dynamic communicator with a passion for storytelling? Do you possess the power skills to support a visible and proactive marketing department in a large educational organisation where relationship building is key? Do you possess good technical marketing skills to continue the development of innovative and successful marketing campaigns? If you’re ready to help shape the future of learners across South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire, we want to hear from you!

About The Role

As a Marketing Officer, you will be at the heart of our mission to lead innovation and skills in our communities. You’ll play a vital role in delivering our 2025–2030 Strategic Plan, specifically focusing on boosting recruitment for 16–18-year-olds, adult learners, apprentices, and degree-level students at our purpose-built University Centre Rotherham (UCR). In a highly competitive market, we need to stand out to prospective learners, employers and other key influencers and the role of a Marketing Officer plays a large part in that.

You won't just be sitting behind a desk; you'll be an “account manager” for your assigned departments and college, building strong relationships with curriculum and work-based learning teams to bring their success stories to life.

• Creating Content: Writing engaging copy for everything from course guides and press releases to website content and social media.
• Campaign Management: Taking projects from a “lightbulb moment” concept all the way to completion.
• Digital Engagement: Maintaining a constant flow of “good news” stories across our digital platforms and social media channels.
• Event Magic: Helping run exciting “showcase” events like HE Graduation and college Open Days.
• Collaboration: Working alongside our talented Graphic Designers and Digital Officers to produce high-quality media products.

You will have experience within a marketing role and have some success in planning and implementing marketing plans and campaigns. A sound technical knowledge of marketing and branding, good copywriting skills, excellent relationship management skills (in person and digitally) and being dynamic and proactive in your verbal and written communication to stakeholders are essential for this role. You will have a good ability to work with colleagues at various levels across the organisation both in person and digitally utilising excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as being calm and able to communicate well to internal and external stakeholders under pressure.

Qualifications

Qualification wise you will need a degree or equivalent in a subject relevant to marketing, media, communications, public relations or journalism or willing to work towards, but ideally have a vocationally relevant qualification at level 3 or above already. You will hold a Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification in English and Maths (or be willing to undertake). We understand that no candidate will perfectly match every qualification or criterion listed. If your experience differs from what we've outlined but you believe you can contribute to this role, we encourage you to apply!

Department Info

You will report to the Group Campaigns and Marketing Manager who will give you direction, but you will plan and prioritise your day-to-day workload. You will work with the other Marketing Officers across the Group and members of the marketing team to ensure projects are completed to agreed timescales.

Our Excellent Benefits And Rewards Package

• Access to local government pensions scheme (with employer contributions from 17.7% to 23.68%)
• Up to 41 days annual leave per year including closure during Christmas period
• Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
• Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service
• Extensive wellbeing support through a digital Wellbeing Hub that offers a broad range of support for physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
• Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
• Free Parking available at all of our sites
• Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
• New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the teacher retention initiative
• Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth £200 per referral made

What is the RNN Group?

RNN Group’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too; We are Inclusive, We have Integrity, We Deliver, We are One Team.

We are OFSTED ‘Good’ (November 2022). We celebrate diversity and are proud to have been recognised as Investors in Diversity for our commitment to the FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement) Model. This means that you’d be working in a supportive environment that encourages, recognises and celebrates effort, achievement and cooperative attitudes. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, faith or disability. We are also proud to be part of the Disability Confidence Scheme and offer reasonable adjustments to all applicants throughout the recruitment process.

The RNN Group is proud to be part of the South Yorkshire Institute of Technology (SYIoT). We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. All new employees will be required undertake a DBS check and other associated checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance. The Group’s core operating hours are 8.30am-5.00pm (9pm on a Tuesday and Thursday during term time). You may be expected to work at any time during these hours to ensure business needs are met. All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Closing date Monday 11 May 2026