Communications and Marketing Manager in High Wycombe

Wycombe Abbey seeks a Communications and Marketing Manager to join the School’s Communications and Marketing Department. This is an exciting time to join the School as we expand internationally, fundraise for projects as part of our Estates Masterplan and secure our place as the best girls’ boarding school in the UK.

The Communications and Marketing team is responsible for delivering impactful audience-focused content in-line with the School’s Communications and Marketing strategy and to support the School’s Strategic Direction. The ideal candidate will have experience managing complex projects, possess outstanding editing and proofreading skills and ideally have experience working with design packages such as Canva, InDesign, Photoshop and the wider Adobe Suite.

The role encompasses website management, digital content creation, campaign delivery, photography and film coordination, and the production of key School publications. The successful candidate will combine excellent copywriting and project management skills with creativity, attention to detail and a strong understanding of brand management across multiple channels.

Reports to: Director of Communications and Marketing.

Contract: This is a full-time, permanent contract. The first three months will be a probationary period.

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week, 9.00am – 5.30pm Monday to Friday, 52 weeks per year. Hours include a one-hour unpaid lunch break. A flexible approach is required, as some out-of-hours working will be necessary to support School activities and events. Hybrid working and other working patterns will be considered.

Salary: £35,700 – £45,150 per annum, depending on experience.

Wycombe Abbey is a world-class full-boarding school for girls, located on a beautiful site in the centre of High Wycombe. With its distinctive heritage, magnificent 170-acre campus and impressive resources, the School provides an outstanding education for 650 pupils aged 11–18. We have been at the forefront of girls’ boarding education for over 125 years. Superb academic outcomes are the School’s hallmark and pupils regularly secure places at the most prestigious universities across the globe.

Benefits of working at Wycombe Abbey include:

• Enrolment in the School’s generous pension scheme
• Fee school remission at Wycombe Abbey and selected prep schools
• Generous CPD training and development scheme
• Free use of the Sports Centre
• Free eye tests
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare all unspent convictions and conditional cautions, and any spent convictions or adult cautions that are not protected, as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). We are an equal opportunities employer. Wycombe Abbey is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.