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Vice Principal – Commercial and Marketing Strategy
Job title: Vice Principal – Commercial and Marketing Strategy
Salary: Up to £80,689 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday 20th August
Interview date: To be confirmed
‘Would you like to be part of a team that aims to create the extraordinary?’
Our Organisation
Nelson and Colne College Group is made up of a family of colleges – Nelson & Colne College, Lancashire Adult Learning and Accrington & Rossendale College. Together the Group forms a Sixth Form, Skills and Technology Centre, University Centre, Employer Training and Adult Learning Provider delivering exceptional teaching and learning to all ages and at all levels.
Together the Group forms a Sixth Form, Skills and Technology Centre, University Centre, Employer Training and Adult Learning Provider delivering exceptional teaching and learning to all ages and at all levels.
Nelson and Colne College Group has a national reputation for educational success that generations of families have benefited from. We pride ourselves on our individual approach to learning, where students receive outstanding teaching and support, extensive extracurricular opportunities and fantastic facilities.
The Exciting Role
As we look to build on the College Group’s academic success and excellence, an exciting new opportunity has become available for a Vice Principal – Commercial and Marketing Strategy. The successful postholder will lead the College Group’s marketing and sales activity with a view to effectively supporting our ambitious recruitment and growth targets.
This is an exciting time to join Nelson and Colne College Group as we are just in the process of launching our new vision to 2030, supported by a new strategic plan. As part of our new future, we are looking to significantly raise the profile of our technical education offer, invest in new facilities and raise local and regional awareness of the market leading brand benefits of our academic offer. We also want to work as a trusted partner to support Lancashire’s devolution journey and our unique pan-Lancashire adult offer positions us well to play an important role in helping the county achieve its economic potential. A significant part of our plan is focused on investment and growth to support Lancashire’s 2030 visions and this new Vice Principal will play a critical role in enabling us to support Lancashire and realise our own ambitions.
Key to success in this role will be experience of working at a senior level, with a focus on the development of strategy relating to marketing/sales. Combining expert operational experience in a relevant functional area, with strong leadership and communication skills, including experience of working collaboratively with managers and key stakeholders across the wider organisation.
The successful candidate will be required to work across the three College sites.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Developing a coherent organisational strategy for Nelson and Colne College Group’s commercial and marketing activities, ensuring collaboration between key teams and developing new approaches.
- Lead the development of relationships with media and key stakeholders at a local, regional and national level, influencing policy and boosting our brand profile.
- Work in partnership with key College managers to develop integrated sales and marketing strategies for each of the College’s provision/curriculum areas, to support growth in student numbers.
- Ensure the Senior Leadership Team and Board have clear visibility of the impact of the strategy and associated activity.
What We Are Looking For:
- Hold a degree in a relevant subject or appropriate professional qualification.
- Expert operational experience/knowledge in one of the functional areas attached to this role:
- Marketing services
- Communications and PR
- Sales / pipeline management
- Experience of leading a large team and strong leadership skills, including mentoring, coaching and influencing skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including experience of development relationships with managers and key stakeholders
- Commercial awareness at a senior level
What We Offer in Return:
- Eligibility to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Generous annual leave allowance including a two-week closure over the Christmas period
- A range of health and wellbeing benefits and support
- Staff recognition scheme, including long service awards
- Fantastic family friendly policies
- Free on-site parking on all College sites
Please visit our ‘working for us’ section of our website for a full list of our benefits https://careers.nelson.ac.uk/working-for-us/benefits/
Still Interested?
How to Apply:
If you're interested in this post then please click apply and complete an application form.
Website: https://careers.nelson.ac.uk/
Further questions: Please contact our friendly HR Team [email protected]
- Please note we only accept applications submitted via our website.
Please note: All our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check due to working with vulnerable adults and children, should you wish to discuss this further please get in touch with the HR Team.
