Marketing & Communications Coordinator

The Marketing & Communications Coordinator is a detailed and self-motivated individual who supports the development and delivery of all marketing, communications, and branding activities at Northampton Students' Union. This role is central to ensuring that all campaigns, messaging, and visual content accurately reflect the Unions' activities and values: Courageous, Empowering, Authentic, Inclusive, and Innovative, while engaging and informing students, stakeholders, and the wider community.

The postholder will contribute to the team in driving a student-led, insight-informed communications culture that strengthens the SU's brand, increases participation and amplifies student voice.

Please take your time to read all of the information below before submitting your application.

Role Information and Benefits

Grade: Grade 5 (£26,707 - £27,319)

Responsible to: Marketing and Communications Coordinator 

Responsible for: None 

Functional Relationships: Elected Officers, Union Management Team, Service Staff, External Contractors 

Benefits 

How To Apply

To apply, please email Charlie.Jackson@northampton.ac.uk your CV and cover letter with a short introduction of who you are and the role you're applying for.

Application Deadline: 17th November 2025  

Shortlisting: Ongoing interviews when applications are received and reviewed.

Interviews: Scheduled directly with applicants

Applicant Guidance

We ask you to submit a CV (2 pages max) and a covering letter (1 page). We know applications can be time-consuming, and we want to reduce that burden on you at the initial application stage. Please follow the guidance below about your covering letter:

Address the essential and desirable criteria that are assessed at the application stage in the person specification.

Where we mention experience, we want to hear about things you have done in previous roles that relate to the criteria.

Keep it punchy! Don't use 50 words when you can tell us in 15.

Bias

We are committed to removing bias during our application process. As part of this commitment, we ask that when you submit your CV and cover letter that you attempt to do the following:

Help us avoid bias based on age:

• Do not include dates next to any qualifications; this way, our shortlisting panel can't identify your age

• Do not include your date of birth

Help us avoid bias based on gender/ethnicity:

• Do not include gender/ethnicity identifiers