Associate Comms

**At AQA, we're committed to advancing education and we're committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over seven million GCSEs and A-levels each year and it's our people who make this happen.**

**External Communications and Engagement Manager**
**Permanent**
**Guildford or Milton Keynes - £44,500- £50,500**

Are you experienced in **stakeholder communications** to a **wide and varied audience**?

Do you have the drive to take a **newly created role** and **lead from the front,** **designing and helping to implement a communications and engagement strategy** which will have a tangible impact on the delivery of A Level and GCSE results to millions of students?

Perhaps you are in Internal communications and looking to **diversify** into External engagement?

**What's in it for you?**
- An opportunity to diversify your internal communications skillset to an external audience.
- Make a positive impact on the lives of educators and students across the country.
- Build and develop a newly created role, let your creative juices flow.
- Access to an enhanced Contributory pension scheme which could you see you paying in 7% and AQA contributing 11.5% (Other options available)
- Life Assurance, BUPA PMI, Health cash plan, 35 hour working week, 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays + Christmas off increasing with services.
- The ability to unwind and focus on self-care through the full Headspace App and our Employee assistance and wellbeing programmes.

**Purpose**

**What you'll do**

Build and maintain **strong and valued relationships** with our associates, ensuring the understanding that they are a key part of both our current and future delivery model is positive and clear.

Working alongside the Head of Associate Engagement and an Associate Experience Analyst, you can take time to review what is in place and what is needed, **defining and managing** a range of effective channels to share information, **improve the engagement with associates and their experience**with AQA.

You will work to understand a **complex stakeholder map, devising sound communication processes** and working closely with other key internal stakeholders, communication, resource management, curriculum and the overall project team. You will have to opportunity to develop and implement plans, using your coaching skills to **lead and support colleagues**

Your focus, dedication and investment in **continuous improvement** will make a real difference to our Associates.

AQA is an educational charity working to the same goal - supporting students to achieve their full potential.

**What next?**

Tell us about yourself, we would love to know why this role fits in with your career journey.

The interview process will consist of two stages, a prescreening call and a one stage 60 minute competency based interview via Microsoft Teams.

CRE23

**Recruitment Agencies**

We have a preferred supplier list (PSL) in place.