Trust Communication Lead

We enrich lives and transform futures. You’ll transform our communications.

At Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, we have an amazing mission and an incredible message. Our four academies around Birmingham deliver high quality education backed by first-class pastoral care to give children the confidence to get ahead. We’re all about breaking down barriers, releasing potential and enriching lives, and we’ve assembled a dedicated team who bring our passion to life every day.

Now we want to transform the way we communicate, because we want everyone to know what sets us apart. That’s where you come in. You will shape and deliver a brand-new communications strategy and ensure the delivery of high-quality content across all media platforms. From updating our websites to identifying PR opportunities, from managing relationships with partners to generating inspiring copy, and from engaging newspaper editors to overseeing social media, you will take a truly hands-on approach to everything you do.

That’s why we need somebody who can think, lead and do, all at the same time. Chances are, you will join us from a media or journalism background. You will certainly join us with a high level of commercial acumen, great copywriting skills, an innate flair for creating stories and a real love of education and its possibilities.

Whilst you’ll be centrally based, with regular visits to our four academies, we’re happy to consider hybrid working and are very flexible in our approach. We’re also deeply committed to rewarding success, so you can expect a competitive salary and a local authority pension, plus a wide-ranging employee assistance programme, the Perkbox wellness hub and discount platform, salary sacrifice options, green car and cycle-to-work schemes, onsite parking, free flu jabs, fitness initiatives and more. And if you have your own children, they’ll benefit from priority admission to the academy of your choice to give them a real head start.

This role is being advertised as an all year round post but we would consider Term Time for the right candidate.

So if you’re ready to transform the way we communicate, please apply, for further information please contact Ian McNeilly details above.

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.