At AQA, we’re committed to advancing education and we’re committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over seven million GCSEs and A-levels each year and it’s our people who make this happen.

Events Practical Section Team Leader

Fixed Term Contract until 31 January 2025

Guildford: £22,100 - £25,400

Office Based

 Are you a customer focused team leader?

Do you want to be a part of helping art Teachers and Students across the country get the exam results they deserve?

In your role as the Events Practical Section Team Leader you will work in a small team handling fragile artwork, building exhibitions of artwork for upcoming events, and organising artwork to be returned to schools/colleges. You will train and lead a team of temporary staff, organising their daily/weekly workload, and working to tight deadlines to ensure all stored artwork is returned and all new artwork is itemised and logged.

What’s in it for me?

You will have a basic of  25 days annual leave per year (pro rata for the length of this contract), with Bank Holidays on top and a working week of 35 hours. There is a good pension; you can contribute up to 7% and we will put in 11.5% giving 18.5% towards your pension. You’ll be joining a friendly team in a supportive environment where you’ll be a part of helping art students from across the country showcase their hard work to get the exam results they deserve. 

What do I need to be successful?

• Experience working within a logistical/despatch environment is required

• Knowledge of how to use CRM system (Microsoft Dynamics) to respond to customer queries is beneficial

• Good PC skills, especially in Microsoft Office applications

• A keen and careful eye for detail to ensure accuracy

• Ability to prioritise and manage workload

• Able to work independently as well as part of a wider team

• Problem solving skills to support dealing with queries

 What do I do next?

Upload your most recent CV and cover letter explaining why you are the best person for the job.

You could wait until applications close at midnight on midnight Sunday 24 March to apply but we will be interviewing as applications come in and reserve the right to close the advert early should we find the right person so apply today.

Every application will receive a response.

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Recruitment Agencies

We have a preferred supplier list (PSL) in place.

Unsolicited CVs will be treated as a gift. We will not be subject to or liable under your terms and conditions for agency fees.

Full Job Description

Summary

In your role as the Events Practical Section Team Leader you will work in a small team handling fragile artwork, building exhibitions of artwork for upcoming events, and organising artwork to be returned to schools/colleges. You will train and lead a team of temporary staff, organising their daily/weekly workload, and working to tight deadlines to ensure all stored artwork is returned and all new artwork is itemised and logged.Landscape: To assist the Events Production Co-ordinator with the building and dismantling of exhibitions, organising the return and collection of student artwork from schools/colleges, and leading a team of summer temporary staff with securely packaging up artwork to be returned to schools/colleges as well as the booking in of artwork received.

Activities:
Training and supervising a team of temporary staff to follow the Practical Section processes of securely storing and returning of school/college student artwork
Working alongside the Events Production Co-ordinator to map out timelines for the summer series
Organising and support the Art and Design awarding meetings for both GCSE and A-level
Supporting the Lead Events Producer and the Events Production Co-ordinator with the organisation of the Guildford office restructure, and liaise with the Facilities team around requirements for the safe storage of the student artwork and the Practical Section equipment
Liaising with overseas schools/colleges to organise student artwork to be sent into the Guildford office
Organising and support the Art and Design overseas moderation meetings for both GCSE and A-level (may require weekend work)
Assisting the Lead Events Producer and the Events Production Co-ordinator with the setup of the Art and Design teacher standardisation selection meetings
Using our database to track and monitor student artwork in the Guildford office, and provide lists to temporary staff of the artwork we hold for schools/college so it can be collected and safely returned
Updating our database to ensure all artwork stored is itemised, and updated to show whether the artwork has been used for an exhibition, or returned to the school/college
Building exhibitions of artwork for annual events, and anonymising all work to ensure no personal information can be accessible when the exhibitions are outside of the Guildford office
Liaising with Facilities team around organising postal services and couriers to safely return artwork
Answering customer queries using our CRM system (Microsoft Dynamics)
Liaising with schools/colleges around the collection of artwork, and sending out packaging to ensure safety in transit
Ensuring sufficient stock levels of packaging materials for the collection, return, and storage of artwork, and ordering additional supplies where stock is low

Need to know (to be successful in this role, you will need to know):
How to successfully lead a team, including creating daily/weekly workplans
How to work to tight deadlines
How organise and run internal meetings with external stakeholders
How to safely handle fragile artwork
How to construct large exhibtions of artwork
How to use Microsoft Office (including Access) to extract data
How to work with our CRM system (Microsoft Dynamics) to respond to customer queries

Activities:
Training and supervising a team of temporary staff to follow the Practical Section processes of securely storing and returning of school/college student artwork
Working alongside the Events Production Co-ordinator to map out timelines for the summer series
Organising and support the Art and Design awarding meetings for both GCSE and A-level
Supporting the Lead Events Producer and the Events Production Co-ordinator with the organisation of the Guildford office restructure, and liaise with the Facilities team around requirements for the safe storage of the student artwork and the Practical Section equipment
Liaising with overseas schools/colleges to organise student artwork to be sent into the Guildford office
Organising and support the Art and Design overseas moderation meetings for both GCSE and A-level (may require weekend work)
Assisting the Lead Events Producer and the Events Production Co-ordinator with the setup of the Art and Design teacher standardisation selection meetings
Using our database to track and monitor student artwork in the Guildford office, and provide lists to temporary staff of the artwork we hold for schools/college so it can be collected and safely returned
Updating our database to ensure all artwork stored is itemised, and updated to show whether the artwork has been used for an exhibition, or returned to the school/college
Building exhibitions of artwork for annual events, and anonymising all work to ensure no personal information can be accessible when the exhibitions are outside of the Guildford office
Liaising with Facilities team around organising postal services and couriers to safely return artwork
Answering customer queries using our CRM system (Microsoft Dynamics)
Liaising with schools/colleges around the collection of artwork, and sending out packaging to ensure safety in transit
Ensuring sufficient stock levels of packaging materials for the collection, return, and storage of artwork, and ordering additional supplies where stock is low

Need to know (to be successful in this role, you will need to know):
How to successfully lead a team, including creating daily/weekly workplans
How to work to tight deadlines
How organise and run internal meetings with external stakeholders
How to safely handle fragile artwork
How to construct large exhibtions of artwork
How to use Microsoft Office (including Access) to extract data
How to work with our CRM system (Microsoft Dynamics) to respond to customer queries
How to sufficiently stock take and order materials

At AQA, we’re committed to advancing education and we’re committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over seven million GCSEs and A-levels each year and it’s our people who make this happen.

Recruitment Agencies

We have a preferred supplier list (PSL) in place.

Unsolicited CVs will be treated as a gift. We will not be subject to or liable under your terms and conditions for agency fees.

Full Job Description

Summary

The Marketing Manager role is critical in the planning and delivery of world class integrated marketing campaigns supporting the activation of the Go To Market (GTM) Strategies for our business objectives, including brand and product campaigns.

Responsible for achieving campaign targets and leading your team to create campaigns that add real value to the business. You will work with other senior leaders in the team to ensure that all resource is coordinated and that capacity is managed.Landscape:
This role reports into the Senior Marketing & Brand Manager within the Marketing & Brand teams. You will work alongside other Marketing Managers who also lead their own teams delivering on other GTM strategies. Your role will heavily interface with the Marketing Operations and Market Strategy teams as well as key stakeholders outside of our team. 
The Marketing & Brand teams sit within the Corporate Affairs & Marketing directorate, which also includes Internal Communications, External Communications, and Policy & Public Affairs.

Your role
Activities:
Design and plan marketing campaigns that support delivery of the Go To Market Strategy.
Responsible for ensuring that campaigns within your stream add value to the business through agreed strategic drivers
Work with Market Strategists to ensure campaigns will meet business objectives to be monitored
Provide support, mentoring and coaching to direct reports to encourage and facilitate the sharing of best practice and continuous improvement
Manage and deliver the effective day to day running of high-profile, integrated campaigns from concept to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, to brief, on budget and meeting the pre-agreed objectives and KPIs/ leading indicators.
As part of the campaign plan, work with Marketing Analyst to develop KPIs / leading indicators and targets to monitor against.
Monitor and review the campaign activity to ensure we deliver against planned campaign targets.
Work with colleagues responsible for development of content and delivery through the channels
Make interventions to optimise activity and achieve campaign targets.
Responsible for building internal relationships and working collaboratively across the team to successfully deliver the plan.

Need to know (to be successful in this role, you will need to know):
Work with others to achieve the organisation and team vision, contributing expertise and developing self and others to achieve excellence
Challenges self and others to create solutions and strives for improved ways of working
Understands individual part to play in achieving success; takes ownership and accepts accountability
Takes a flexible, forward looking, solutions focused approach
Consistently aiming high and delivering for our customers
The ability to prioritise activity using sound reasoning and judgement