Total 7 pr media communications job vacancies in chesterfield derbyshire s41 0ln

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.

What skills and experience we're looking for

Experienced teachers or ECTs can apply.

What the school offers its staff

Our brand-new site within the City Centre provides abundant parking and a new, modern working environment.

• Free on-site parking
• Free Westfield Health employee assistance programme
• Free annual flu jab
• Free on site gym

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Optimistic - Inclusive - Healthy - Innovative – Collaborative

Proposed Interview date: Week commencing 30th September 2024

Derby College Group (DCG) have an exciting and rare opportunity for a full-time teacher to join our Digital Media team at Joseph Wright Centre delivering our fantastic Media curriculum. The department offers vocationally based qualifications at level 1, 2 and 3. We are looking for a dedicated and motivated professional who is ready to deliver an outstanding experience to our students. If you would like to visit the site and meet the team before applying, please reach out to us at hrrecruitment@derby-college.ac.uk.

The Opportunity
Within this role you will be pivotal to the success of the Media provision at the College which delivers to students from across the East Midlands. You’ll be joining a dedicated teaching team who are passionate about the subject.
Through the delivery of engaging teaching, learning and assessment, you will ensure that students gain an in depth understanding of topics such as;
• Design Principles (UI/Graphics)
• Digital Marketing
• Commercial Branding
• Digital Media Industry

About you
You’ll have teaching experience in Media or an industry related area and be a forward thinking and innovative teacher with students at the heart of your work. You will have practical expertise that encompass digital media principles such as UI/graphic design, digital marketing and motion graphics and a knowledge of their individual stage of production.
You’ll be fully confident with the necessary Adobe Creative Cloud’s suite of products, including After Effects and Illustrator along with other specialist software such as Figma and Blender. You’ll be able to demonstrate these skills through highly effective planning, outstanding teaching, learning and assessment.

The Benefits
• Salary £26,625 to £40,080 per annum
• 35 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days where these occur
• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with a 28.68% employer contribution
• Discount at our Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ onsite Little Explorers Nursery
• TOTUM discount card (aka NUS/Student Discount Card) / discounted Taste card
• Discounts on East Midlands Railway Annual Season Tickets
• Microsoft Office for FREE with 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage
• Discount on treatments at SENSI our onsite salon at the Roundhouse
• Flint Bishop Solicitors – free will writing, 1-hour free consultation with family department, 10% discount on Conveyancing services
• Continuous development and progression opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace which promotes and values diversity. We welcome all talent irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. We ensure that our policies and procedures treat all applicants consistently and fairly during our recruitment process.
If you have any questions about the recruitment process, reasonable adjustments, or about the role, please contact us at hrrecruitment@derby-college.ac.uk.

Safeguarding statement
DCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. An online search of the preferred candidate is completed to help to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the college may need to explore with the candidate further. Please be advised that it is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Recruitment Agencies - We have a PSL of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list.

PA to Director of People and Communications

Available hours:

Full Time - 37 hours - Permanent.

As the UK's largest charity care provider, MHA enables people to live later life well through the commitment of 7000 colleagues and dedication of 4000 volunteers. Through specialist care homes, thriving retirement living and vibrant community groups and befriending, we inspire the best care and wellbeing at every stage of later life.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced PA to join MHA, a values-led charity for older people where you will make a difference to the lives of people every day.

Supporting the Director in delivering a broad and interesting strategy for the benefit of our people, your proactive approach will ensure that everything runs smoothly. Using fantastic organisational skills, you will help plan out projects, prepare agendas, papers, reports and correspondence, managing priorities and a busy diary and inbox. Along with minute-taking and action planning, you will be an invaluable member of the team.

An important part of our People and Corporate Services Department, you will have great interpersonal skills in liaising with and supporting colleagues across the organisation, including the Chief Executive and Board Members. You will have a high level of confidentiality and be used to dealing sensitive issues.

A self-motivated, calm and positive individual will fit well. In return, we offer a committed and supportive team and a great Staff Membership Scheme which includes training, pension, life assurance, access to high street vouchers and lots more.

This role is a Hybrid working role.

MHA are fully committed to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) as this is embedded in our values: respect, nurture and inspire. In addition, as a committed employer we have been awarded level 2 under the Disability Confident Scheme. Click here to read more about this.

Agencies: Please note, MHA do not accept unsolicited CV's from any agencies, regardless of whether they are on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) or not. We only accept CV's from agencies that have been appointed and briefed by MHA's central Talent Acquisition Team."

Challenging, interesting and constantly changing, the University of Derby is an exceptional place to learn and an incredibly rewarding place to work.

Ours is an extraordinary educational environment and because we specialise in identifying and developing individual potential, you can be confident you'll receive all the help and encouragement you need to build a rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress.

Our combined higher and further education offering is spread over campuses in Derby, Buxton, Leek and Chesterfield and we have some of the best university facilities in the UK, investing more than £200 million in facilities in the last 10 years.

We achieve outstanding results for our teaching and research and with more than 34,000 people choosing to study with us every year, we depend on the dedication of a team of 2,200 academic and professional services staff.

Financially strong and seriously ambitious we offer our employees a family-friendly, rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of PR and Social Media to join an award-winning External Relations department. You will draw on your extensive skills and expertise to drive forward the profile and reputation of the University of Derby, positioning it on a national and global level as an institution with academic excellence, impactful research and civic commitment at its core.

You will lead both the PR and Social Media teams, with a focus on delivering impactful PR campaigns, securing national media coverage and developing a comprehensive social media strategy to drive engagement, support conversion and help to achieve student recruitment targets.

Building influential relationships with the national media is a key part of this role, so you will be a go-getter with excellent communication skills, drive and the ability to hit the ground running. A leader who can inspire a team to seek out newsworthy stories, establishing the University as the first port of call for the media.

For further information and informal enquiries regarding the role, please contact Rosie Marshalsay, Associate Director Communications via r.marshalsay@derby.ac.uk

For enquiries regarding your application and for sponsorship eligibility, please contact the recruitment team via recruitment@derby.ac.uk

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Whilst this role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route, we recommend that you assess your individual eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa for more information.

To be eligible for sponsorship you must evidence that you hold all essential qualifications listed on the job description. Please note, equivalent experience will not be accepted as evidence of the essential qualifications.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect.

East Midlands Chamber is a well-respected and award winning organisation that aims to enhance businesses and communities in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire through creating sustainable growth, new opportunities and greater prosperity. With more than 4,000 members, we have established a reputation as the leading independent business representation organisation in the East Midlands and voice of the region's economy.

Job title: Media & Communications Manager
Salary: £33,000 to £35,000 per annum
Based at: Chesterfield, Derby, Leicester or Nottingham with agile working (must visit the Chesterfield office at least once per week). Additional travel may be required
Contract: Permanent, full time (35 hours per week)

1. WHY THE POST EXISTS

Are you an experienced journalist with knowledge of business and current affairs, policy and politics? Do you have a successful background within a busy PR and marketing role? Have you managed magazine design, production and distribution? Can you demonstrate your knowledge of how the media works at local, regional and national level?

As the Chamber’s Media & Communications Manager the postholder will apply creativity and effective communication daily to positively raise the company profile.

This role will protect, build and enhance the Chamber brand while actively supporting the vision to ‘enhance East Midlands businesses and communities’. A key workstream will be the production of Chamber publications – predominantly the influential and well-respected Business Network magazine.

2. THE KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

- Developing, planning and delivering an integrated multi-channel PR and media strategy that positions the Chamber as the leading voice of business in the East Midlands and assists the Chamber in achieving its agreed three-year business plan objectives.
- Devising innovative strategies and media campaigns to support all Chamber departments and subsidiaries in order to encourage take-up of Chamber events, products and services.
- Developing news releases, authoritative comment and features and securing coverage for them in the local, regional, national and specialist trade media.

3. APPLICANTS WILL POSSESS

- An understanding of business, current affairs, policy and politics.
- Knowledge of how the media works at a local, regional and national level.
- Experience in producing copy for a wide range of publications.
- The ability to work to and achieve deadlines.
- Able to professionally deal with media enquiries and cultivate strong last relationships.
- Excellent writing skills including the ability to write for all manner of audiences and situations.
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
- A keen eye for a story and PR opportunities.
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office and cloud-based applications.

4. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN RETURN

- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays each year (pro rata for part time).
- 8% non-contributory pension scheme.
- Wellbeing support including access to Westfield Health plan, Mental Health First Aiders, self help toolkits, discounts and more.
- Your Birthday off plus an extra day of leave after 5 and 10 years' service.
- Life assurance (death in service support scheme) for your beneficiaries.
- Dress for the day policy and agile working practices (role dependent).
- 2 CSR days to take per year (volunteering activity).
- Access to tax-free childcare and Bike2Work schemes.
- Special leave for bereavement, compassionate leave & dependent related time off.
- Learning and development opportunities.
- Flexibility to take unpaid leave, paid study leave & special leave for territorial army.
- Recognition and engagement schemes including our Our Stars.
- Tax free 45p per business mile for cars (up to 10,000 miles per year).

5. HOW TO APPLY

If you have an enthusiastic approach to your work and feel you could make a significant contribution to our organisation, we would like to hear from you.

Please visit East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) job vacancies website. Unfortunately we cannot accept applications from this platform for compliance purposes.

The closing date for applications is 12noon on 15 January 2024.

6. COMPANY STATEMENT

East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) is an equal opportunities employer and Disability Confident Leader. All suitably qualified individuals are encouraged to apply for vacancies, and they will be considered solely based on merit regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

The business is dedicated to retaining talent and therefore it may decide to prioritise and support internal applicants during recruitment exercises. Applicants are required to disclose any unspent convictions or cautions and company director disqualifications in their covering letter. Any reasonable adjustments needed to support applicants should be submitted to recruitment@emc-dnl.co.uk

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

East Midlands Chamber is a well-respected and award winning organisation that aims to enhance businesses and communities in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire through creating sustainable growth, new opportunities and greater prosperity. With more than 4,000 members, we have established a reputation as the leading independent business representation organisation in the East Midlands and voice of the region's economy.

Job title: Media & Communications Manager
Salary: £33,000 to £35,000 per annum
Based at: Chesterfield, Derby, Leicester or Nottingham with agile working (must visit the Chesterfield office at least once per week). Additional travel may be required
Contract: Permanent, full time (35 hours per week)

1. WHY THE POST EXISTS

Are you an experienced journalist with knowledge of business and current affairs, policy and politics? Do you have a successful background within a busy PR and marketing role? Have you managed magazine design, production and distribution? Can you demonstrate your knowledge of how the media works at local, regional and national level?

As the Chamber’s Media & Communications Manager the postholder will apply creativity and effective communication daily to positively raise the company profile.

This role will protect, build and enhance the Chamber brand while actively supporting the vision to ‘enhance East Midlands businesses and communities’. A key workstream will be the production of Chamber publications – predominantly the influential and well-respected Business Network magazine.

2. THE KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

- Developing, planning and delivering an integrated multi-channel PR and media strategy that positions the Chamber as the leading voice of business in the East Midlands and assists the Chamber in achieving its agreed three-year business plan objectives.
- Devising innovative strategies and media campaigns to support all Chamber departments and subsidiaries in order to encourage take-up of Chamber events, products and services.
- Developing news releases, authoritative comment and features and securing coverage for them in the local, regional, national and specialist trade media.

3. APPLICANTS WILL POSSESS

- An understanding of business, current affairs, policy and politics.
- Knowledge of how the media works at a local, regional and national level.
- Experience in producing copy for a wide range of publications.
- The ability to work to and achieve deadlines.
- Able to professionally deal with media enquiries and cultivate strong last relationships.
- Excellent writing skills including the ability to write for all manner of audiences and situations.
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
- A keen eye for a story and PR opportunities.
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office and cloud-based applications.

4. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN RETURN

- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays each year (pro rata for part time).
- 8% non-contributory pension scheme.
- Wellbeing support including access to Westfield Health plan, Mental Health First Aiders, self help toolkits, discounts and more.
- Your Birthday off plus an extra day of leave after 5 and 10 years' service.
- Life assurance (death in service support scheme) for your beneficiaries.
- Dress for the day policy and agile working practices (role dependent).
- 2 CSR days to take per year (volunteering activity).
- Access to tax-free childcare and Bike2Work schemes.
- Special leave for bereavement, compassionate leave & dependent related time off.
- Learning and development opportunities.
- Flexibility to take unpaid leave, paid study leave & special leave for territorial army.
- Recognition and engagement schemes including our Our Stars.
- Tax free 45p per business mile for cars (up to 10,000 miles per year).

5. HOW TO APPLY

If you have an enthusiastic approach to your work and feel you could make a significant contribution to our organisation, we would like to hear from you.

Please visit East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) job vacancies website. Unfortunately we cannot accept applications from this platform for compliance purposes.

The closing date for applications is 12noon on 15 January 2024.

6. COMPANY STATEMENT

East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) is an equal opportunities employer and Disability Confident Leader. All suitably qualified individuals are encouraged to apply for vacancies, and they will be considered solely based on merit regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

The business is dedicated to retaining talent and therefore it may decide to prioritise and support internal applicants during recruitment exercises. Applicants are required to disclose any unspent convictions or cautions and company director disqualifications in their covering letter. Any reasonable adjustments needed to support applicants should be submitted to recruitment@emc-dnl.co.uk

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme