Part time for 18-25 year olds: Social Media, IT, Finance & Project Support Remote
Job description
Calling 18-25 year olds!
RECRUITMENT FOR
Insight Academy's Business Support Unit
Join our central team and make an impact in education
General Person Specification for the following roles:
1. Social Media & Marketing
2. IT & Website Support Officer
3. Virtual Academy Project Assistant
4. Finance Officer
To apply for any of the roles above, send an up-to-date CV and cover letter to hello@insight- academy.co.uk by 29 May 2023. Applicants are welcome from any discipline, location or level of experience that can provide evidence for the above Person Specification and specific Jobs listed.
Qualifications & Training:
- Essential: University-educated with excellent command of English in verbal and written communication.
- Desirable: Applicants from education-related degrees and/or academic interest in improving education via dissertation or thesis
Qualities & Attitudes:
- Essential: Interest in pedagogy, pro-active in planning to achieve goals, naturally strategic, able to see how different parts of projects interlink
- Desirable: experience of working as a team to implement local, national or international projects e.g. experience of being in leadership positions of university society societies.
Competencies:
- Planning, organisation and working to tight deadlines
- Problem-solving and resourcefulness
- Strategic thinking, quickly understanding the context for projects
These are the generic skills that we look for in applicants for the below part-time roles that can fit around university studies.
Job Specific Duties:
Social Media & Marketing Officer
- Develop and implement strategies to grow social media following
- Design and publish visually appealing campaigns, posters, brochures and videos
- Convert newsletters and Mailchimp campaigns into social media posts.
IT & Website Support Officer
- Build, refine and update our online platforms including website domains, shared drives, and registration processes
- Assist in troubleshooting tech issues and online account management
- Develop and implement strategies to increase website traffic
Virtual Academy Project Assistant
- Oversee delivery and weekly management of online courses and assist in the planning of other existing or new projects
- Coordinate feedback, briefing and online correspondence between schools, teachers and students
- Create feedback mechanisms, analyse responses and report on feedback to senior management
Finance Officer
- Monthly entries into the company accounts ledger, analysing transactions and documenting receipts as evidence against transactions.
- Monitoring monthly, quarterly and 12-month income totals.
- Preparing company accounts for review by senior team and accountant to ensure compliance with regulatory obligations.
WHO ARE WE?
At Insight, we look for exciting opportunities to enrich and expand our portfolio of virtual courses. Our pedagogy emphasises student-centred, dialogue-based learning, and personal development to improve prospects of securing Russell Group universities, including Oxbridge. Many students have graduated from our school programmes and have gone on to secure their chosen professions, many returning to impart their knowledge and skills as our Tutors and Mentors.
From Oxbridge Mentoring Programmes, School Admissions tutoring to our Insight Odyssey summer residentials, we are a busy, creative team. Our mission is to offer students with ambition to blossom into independent, creative and critical thinkers – indeed future leaders!
WHY WE ARE RECRUITING
The BSU is the beating heart of Insight Academy. We thrive on multi-tasking, collaboration, creativity, and initiative. Each role is unique and vital to promoting our courses and maintaining the quality of our learning provision.
WHY JOIN US?
The roles on offer are designed for university students (18-25 years) who are looking for valuable work experience in a fast-moving and thriving education sector. Working virtually as a team, Insight Academy offers opportunities to boost CVs and develop skills in project management, strategy development, event management and evaluation, data analysis, creativity and design. Alongside skills development, you will learn to work as a team, understand how business operates and what it means to be truly entrepreneurial.
We are committed to providing training and guidance to provide to develop your skillset and provide you with a competitive edge when applying for future jobs. We want to harness your entrepreneurial spirit to develop robust, data-driven ideas that can be nurtured into exciting new projects!
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 2 per week
Salary: £9.51-£10.91 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexitime
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Application question(s):
- If you are successful, what is the earliest date that you could start work?
- If invited to interviews, do you have examples of when you have successfully carried out planning, organisation and working to tight deadlines?
- All of our roles demand utmost attention to detail. If invited to interviews, do you have examples of when you have demonstrated utmost attention to detail?
Work Location: Remote
Application deadline: 29/05/2023
Reference ID: BSU/May2023
Expected start date: 20/06/2023
