Schools and Events Officer

We are looking for a Schools and Events Officer to join our Marketing and Student Recruitment team.

Schools and Events Officers support the creation and delivery of an annual calendar of events and activities in local schools and within communities across East Kent, alongside the coordination of College open events.

As an Officer, you will play a vital role in raising the aspirations of young people and increasing awareness of the wide range of education opportunities available at EKC Group. This is done through a series of planned workshops, presentations, and well-planned events.

The role includes frequent travel around our communities and a large amount of collaboration with a range of colleagues from our Colleges and Business Units, as well as external stakeholders from a range of professions.

Working as Schools and Events Officer at EKC Group is a rewarding role with excellent benefits such as, competitive holiday entitlement, opportunities for professional development, access to a range of discounts on many high street stores and a generous pension scheme. 

We are seeking to appoint one Schools and Events Officer who is a confident and enthusiastic communicator with excellent creative and interpersonal skills.

The successful candidate will be required to travel around East Kent to meet with both internal and external stakeholders, alongside delivering a wide range of engaging initiatives to learners in a range of settings. Experience creating and delivering engaging presentations or workshops, and/or working with young people would be an advantage.

The ideal candidate will have fantastic organisational and administrative skills, enjoy working in a small team and meeting new people alongside a good attention to detail. 

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

EKC Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles. The Group’s designation as a ‘designated establishment’ means that all posts within EKC Group are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. We therefore have an obligation to carry out robust checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults; applicants are therefore advised that appropriate safeguarding checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken on all successful applicants; job offers will be made on the basis of satisfactory DBS and other checks, including the receipt of two references. If you are successful in obtaining an interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process. Applicants should note that it is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. All applicants are required to complete and submit a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children and vulnerable adults.

Commitment to Equal Opportunities

EKC Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce. We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award; this confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. Similarly, our commitment to Care Leavers means that we will interview applicants who meet the minimum criteria and who have declared on their application that they are a Care Leaver.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.