Digital Content And Communications Officer

Lady Margaret Hall is a constituent College of the University of Oxford, located in peaceful, spacious gardens beside the University Parks. LMH was founded in 1878 from a passion for learning and for equality, making it possible, for the first time, for women to study at Oxford. Today, the College continues to draw inspiration from this pioneering vision of educating the excluded. Since 1979 LMH has been a co-educational academic community. Currently we have c.400 undergraduates, c.220 postgraduate students, and c.80 academic staff. LMH is an ‘Investors in People’ employer and is the only Oxbridge College to have achieved a gold award.
Main Purpose of Job:

Lady Margaret Hall is looking to recruit a creative and enthusiastic Digital Content and Communications Officer to support the expansion and delivery of our online communications and social media strategy. Reporting to the Head of Communications, the Digital Content and Communications Officer will work across all areas of the College, developing Digital Content for our key target audiences. The post-holder will have particular responsibility for generating video content, overseeing the College’s regular social media output, and creating engaging content for the College’s digital communications.

A large portion of the role will focus on supporting the expansion of the College’s digital outreach strategy, which seeks to utilise digital media effectively to communicate with prospective applicants. There will be an emphasis on presenting an inclusive and open public image of the College as we aim to attract talented students from groups currently under-represented within the College and wider University community. The post-holder will support the use of social media, with a particular emphasis on TikTok and Instagram, as well as creating video content for the College’s targeted outreach work with schools and students.

Responsible to: Head of Communications

Liaison with: Outreach Manager, College staff and students

This is a new role, and the College’s Communications team and digital outreach programmes continue to develop and grow. The post-holder may be required to take on new responsibilities as our priorities develop, especially in the lead up to LMH’s 150th anniversary in 2028, which presents some exciting opportunities for the College. Training and support will be provided where required.

We are seeking a talented individual with strong communications and marketing skills and a passion for digital media for this new post. The post-holder will work under the supervision of the Head of Communications but will work very closely with the Outreach Manager, who runs the College’s schools outreach programmes. The Digital Content and Communications Officer should be able to build effective relationships with key audiences across the college, including students, tutors and other colleagues, to deliver engaging Digital Content. We are looking for someone who is a strong communicator, is highly accurate with strong attention to detail, and who is able to prioritise their work in a busy environment. A passion for outreach communication would be very desirable.

The salary will be c. £30-35k per annum FTE. Benefits of working for the College include 36 days holiday (including bank holidays), pro rata for part time appointments, the option to join a University pension scheme and one free meal whilst on duty and the kitchens are open, when the kitchens are closed a meal allowance will be paid. Additional benefits include discounted bus/train travel to commute to work or salary sacrifice bicycle scheme, employee assistance programme, annual flu jab and eye examination, regular staff social events, staff parties and wellbeing activities.

Working hours – 37.5 hours per week, with exact working hours to be agreed upon appointment. While most work will take place within regular working hours, periodically some flexibility may be required in order to provide support for evening or weekend events. All Bank holidays during term time are working days. Time-off in lieu is usually granted for any additional hours worked.

There will be an initial probationary period of six months. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

Applications can be submitted via the ‘Apply Now’ button. Applicants are asked to upload the following documents:

The close date for applications is midday on Monday 8th April 2024.

A principal aim of this College’s Equal Opportunities Policy is to ensure that in the recruitment, selection, training, appraisal, development and promotion of employees, the only consideration must be that the individual best meets, or is likely to meet, the requirements of the programme or course or post.

Lady Margaret Hall is committed to provide a learning, working and social environment in which the rights and dignity of all its members are respected, and which is free from prejudice, intimidation and all forms of harassment, including bullying. We seek to ensure that no-one suffers, either directly or indirectly, as a result of discrimination.

Lady Margaret Hall has a range of family friendly policies.