Director of Marketing and Admissions

Director of Marketing and Admissions

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced marketing and communications professional.

Reporting to the Head, and a key member of the Sir William Perkins’s School Senior Leadership Team, the Director of Marketing and Admissions will be responsible for a team encompassing pupil admissions, marketing, alumnae, events, and digital communications. While the role is a strategic one, it will also require an aptitude for the process and detail that are part of the successful management of an independent day school.

Our ideal candidate will be creative and enthusiastic about the education sector, although previous experience within it is not essential. We would like you to have proven leadership and management experience, an experience of multi-channel marketing campaigns and brand development, as well as digital marketing operations.

The key responsibilities are:

Marketing & Communications – Developing a full Marketing Strategy, you will review our material to promote and develop the school’s brand.

Pupil Recruitment/Retention and Admissions – Working closely with the Head of Admissions to oversee activities and events, including open days, taster days and feeder school events.

Management – Our ideal candidate will be able to lead, inspire and motivate the team and will be required to carry out additional duties outside normal working hours in accordance with the demands of a busy independent school, and a full marketing events programme.

A more detailed job description is available as part of the downloadable candidate pack.

About the school

Sir William Perkins’s School is a high-performing independent girls’ school for approximately 600 students aged 11 – 18 years. Our Campus sits on 13 acres of Surrey greenbelt land with large private sports fields and excellent facilities, which are continuously developed to keep our teaching and learning resources as up to date as possible.

How to apply

If you would like to join our team, your covering letter and application should be addressed to the Head, Mr C Muller. Our Director of HR, Jo Field, would be pleased to talk to you further about this opportunity, so please contact her at the school, hr@swps.org.uk

Applications will be considered on arrival and we will be conducting first interviews via Zoom Meeting.

The School reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date of 11^th October 2021.

Sir William Perkins’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.   Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).