The Engagement and Partnerships team play a vital role in raising awareness and generating support for our vision – that every international student who comes to the UK has a positive experience.

The Communications Manager leads on the delivery of UKCISA’s communications to members, international students, and other stakeholders, across the UKCISA and the #WeAreInternational brands.

This role is responsible for delivering, shaping and evaluating a communications strategy for the organisation and increasing engagement with key audiences. Additionally, this role will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to ensure consistent branding and communications across UKCISA’s outputs and services.

Core responsibilities

• Strategy

• Digital and social media

• Website content

• Brand

• Marketing

• Press

Key criteria

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience of tailoring communications to different audiences.

• Experience of communicating complex information in a simple, accessible way.

• Experience of creating and/or delivering communications strategies.

• Extensive experience of managing a wide range of social media channels in a professional setting, including using social media support applications to monitor and schedule content.

• Significant experience in website content management (UKCISA currently uses a bespoke CMS, based on Umbraco).

• Experience of designing visual content and infographics using design and video editing software.

• Strong attention to detail, and the ability to produce accurate work at pace.

• Skilled in building effective working relationships and working in close collaboration with colleagues and external stakeholders to develop digital communications.

• Highly organised and able to manage time and work independently, while seeking appropriate guidance and support.

• A commitment to UKCISA’s vision and mission, and a keen interest in the international student experience and/or UK education policy.

Desirable

• Basic knowledge of international student policy in the UK.

• Experience of working within a membership organisation, education provider, or students’ union.

• Experience in writing and developing content for non-profit/membership organisations.

• Experience in liaising with press/journalists.

• Experience of line managing staff.

• Experience of working in marketing and/or driving campaign projects.

For more details about the core responsibilities, please download the job description at ukcisa.org.uk/vacancies