Marketing and Communications Assistant

Role overview:

As Marketing & Communications Assistant, I support the delivery of campaigns, content, and communications that raise awareness of Kisimul's work, strengthen our brand, and engage families, staff, and professionals. The role combines creativity with organisation, helping to ensure our stories, updates, and services are shared clearly and effectively across multiple channels.

Working in line with the organisation's strategic objectives and priorities, I contribute to the development and delivery of marketing and communication activities that promote Kisimul's values, enhance visibility, and support our mission to improve outcomes for the children, young people, and adults we support.

Key Responsibilities

• Create, edit, and schedule content for social media, newsletters, and the website.

• Support the design and production of marketing materials including posters, brochures, and presentations.

• Assist in coordinating campaigns, events, and community engagement activities.

• Draft and proofread copy for internal and external audiences.

• Monitor and report on engagement across digital platforms, highlighting opportunities to improve.

• Maintain contact lists, digital assets, and communication records.

• Liaise with colleagues, families, and external partners to ensure consistent, accurate messaging.

• Provide administrative support to the Marketing & Communications team.

• Work closely with the BD team to align marketing and the overall business needs.

• Take responsibility for establishing and maintaining a clear process for collecting, presenting, and sharing outcomes, ensuring marketing materials are evidence-led.

• Collaborate with Operations to embed accountability for outcome reporting within marketing workflows.

• Ensure that outcome information feeds into regular communications with external stakeholders, reports for contract reviews, and campaigns to enhance transparency and trust.

What experience do you need:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with an eye for detail.

• Confident using social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn) to engage different audiences.

• Good organisational skills, able to balance multiple tasks and deadlines.

• Creative flair with experience using tools like Canva or Adobe Creative Suite (desirable).

• Familiarity with website content management systems and analytics tools (desirable).

• A collaborative, proactive approach with enthusiasm to learn and contribute.

• An interest in education, care, or the not-for-profit sector.

Why Kisimul?

Kisimul Group Ltd are a group of independent specialist schools and adult provisions providing exceptional residential care and award-winning education to children, young people and adults with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, severe and complex learning difficulties, global development delay and associated challenging behaviour.

Kisimul is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Benefits

• Genuine career development - Opportunities with transparent pay grades (find out more here – Kisimul | Autism, Learning Disability, Residential Care)
• Fully funded qualifications
• Blue Light card - which give you access to discounts in over 15,000 venues UK wide
• Refer a friend - Earn upto £500 through our refer a friend scheme
• WageStream - a financial wellbeing app, allowing you early access to some of your wages for those unforeseen expenses
• - a well being app which gives you access to unlimited GP appointments, confidentiality 24/7 mental health support and physiotherapy sessions
• Life Assurance
• Flexible working patterns

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All applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS Check. Kisimul Group Ltd is an equal opportunities employer.

At Kisimul, we're committed to creating a workplace that celebrates and welcomes diversity in all its forms. We believe that varied perspectives make us stronger and more innovative. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply — your unique background, perspective, and potential might be exactly what we're looking for