Position Details

College of Arts and Law

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

As this vacancy has limited funding the maximum salary that can be offered is Band 400, salary £22,050

Part Time (28.8 hours per week)

Fixed Term contract up to April 2024

Closing date: 11th June 2023

Our offer to you

People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

Role Summary

University Music is looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and flexible individual to join a successful team, delivering marketing and communications activity to enhance the reputation and reach of the team’s activities.

This role supports the University Music and Concerts activity and Music Department. You will deliver activities and provide administrative support to the Head of University Music and Concerts in order to maximise our reach and support reputational enhancement. Key elements of the role include creating social media content, promoting opportunities and our public events, and mentoring the Music Society Committee in order to support their activities.

Main Duties

• Researching and writing copy for external publications and websites e.g. our Music and Concerts Brochure
• Representing the University Music at Applicant Visit Days and Open Days.
• Working with music staff to deliver and monitor social media activity.
• Proactively reviewing, maintaining and developing the content of webpages.
• Production of brochures; including writing copy, liaising with designers and sourcing images while upholding the brand guidelines.
• Liaise with internal and external graphic and digital designers to deliver marketing collateral.
• Collating, analysing and interpreting data in relation to metrics and reviewing activities in line with these.
• Identifying opportunities to promote activities as part of city-wide initiatives.
• Support the wider marketing of our festivals, opera productions and partnership events.
• Supports equality and values diversity, moderating own behaviour to avoid unfair discriminatory impact or bias on others.
  
  

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• Educated to A Level standard, or equivalent level 3 qualification such as a Level 3 NVQ, or level 3 national diploma or relevant work experience evidencing the skills and ability to undertake the role.
• Minimum of grade C in Mathematics and English at GCSE or equivalent.
• Highly proficient IT skills, including the MS Office and website editing software. The post holder should also be confident and able to quickly learn new IT skills and software packages as required.
• Proven ability to plan ahead and anticipate requirements, proactively planning own (and sometimes others’ workloads) to manage time effectively, progress tasks concurrently and work to deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to write for different audiences, and to required deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. The postholder must inspire confidence and command authority with a range of colleagues and provide excellent customer service at all times.
• Ability to understand policy and procedures and how to apply these.
• Understands the importance of equality and diversity in the workplace
• Ability to identify and respond to equality and diversity issues in line with relevant policies and procedures
  
  

Dimensions
This role will require the exercise of some personal initiative within and beyond the department and with external contacts, whilst ensuring that any output is in line with the University Music, Barber Concerts, and Music Department strategies.

Planning and organising
The role is required to work independently on daily, weekly and monthly tasks but also on projects with medium-longer-term horizons with regular supervision.

Problem solving and decision making
You will work with direction from your managers but you will have a degree of autonomy.

Internal and external relationships
You will liaise with internal colleagues and stakeholders University-wide and also with external stakeholders.

Informal enquires to Joanne Sweet, Head of University Music, [email protected]

View our staff values and behaviours here

Valuing excellence, sustaining investment

We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working .