Alumni Communications Officer

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts is a world leading provider of university-level performing and creative arts training. You’ll be working as part of an international community of creatives, performers, technicians, film makers and business people, who learn by working together on fully realised productions and projects. We enjoy a global reputation for the quality of our teaching, our world class facilities, and an enviable track record of graduate employment.

We are currently recruiting a motivated and enthusiastic Alumni Communications Officer to join our Marketing Team. Could your skills in communication help our graduates and alumni feel closer to us? Can you tell stories through different channels to help us celebrate our graduate achievements and demonstrate LIPA’s purpose of preparing our students for sustained work?

You will be an excellent communications professional, with experience developing social media written content, as well as writing for print and web. The Alumni Communications Officer will work on a temporary basis to support delivery of our overall service and objectives, and to champion our digital activity, during a period of busy work for the wider Marketing and Recruitment team. You will be expected to follow a brief and produce high quality copy, email newsletters and digital content, appropriate for target audiences, for print and online publication, and will creatively and effectively use social media platforms and the LIPA alumni web presence.

The ideal candidate will have a relevant first degree and have knowledge and demonstrable experience of successfully maintaining social media channels in any setting. They will also be required to demonstrate their experience of writing to a range of audiences to communicate and relay information to internal and external stakeholders and colleagues.

In return we offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience, pension, 22 days holiday plus Bank holidays pro rata, and complimentary tickets to our inhouse productions. Hybrid working is available for this role.

We are looking for the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.

Closing date: Wednesday 22nd March 2023 at 9am
Proposed interview date: Wednesday 29th March 2023

Please send your completed application form to recruit@lipa.ac.uk

CVs will not be accepted as we are a Higher Education Institute. No agencies.

As an equal opportunity’s employer, LIPA is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join our Institute.

LIPA - a registered charity No. 1001565 is committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all. We place great value on diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity within our community. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 4 months
Part-time hours: 10-17 per week

Salary: £28,762.00-£31,411.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Liverpool