Student Engagement and Marketing Manager
- Full-time
- Employment Type: Permanent - 52 Weeks
- Contract Type: Full Time
Holroyd Howe is one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, providing fresh innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are a team of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages in order to meet the bespoke requirements of each school.
Can you commit to feeding hungry tummies as well as hungry minds? We serve more than just a meal in our kitchens, so are you the exceptional Student Engagement and Marketing Manager we’re looking for?
If you are looking for an employer that will invest in you and develop your career further, then look no further and apply!
About You and the Role
A terrific opportunity for an individual with a passion for food and for engaging with children to achieve our mission. Driving innovative engagement initiatives are fundamental aspects of this role.
The successful candidate will work with our management team and the schools’ teams, to establish a comprehensive added value engagement programme with our stakeholders – principally pupils and parents but also staff, visitors, and others in our wider community.
You must understand the importance of school meals in children’s lives and want to make a difference.
As well as impressive communication and relationship-building skills, you will be digitally minded, with a good grasp of current trends and digital engagement techniques.
You will be joining a dynamic organisation that is passionate about delivering an exceptional education, alongside sourcing fresh ingredients from local suppliers and quality food preparation, food service, and food education.
Your role is critical to ensure pupils leave school knowing that healthy eating, delivered sustainably, is as important as core learning subjects and as enjoyable as the many extracurricular activities we offer.
Key Responsibilities
This exciting role is new! The responsibilities, skills, and experience listed below give you an idea of what we need. If you do not meet every requirement but feel you ‘get it’ and would be able to work with us to deliver most of them, we urge you to apply. For us, the most important ‘skills’ are a belief in our mission, effective engagement ideas, and a desire to make a difference.
Key responsibilities include:
- Work with Holroyd Howe’s Director of Catering, Holroyd Howe Catering Manager, and St Dunstan’s Director of Estates & Commercial Activities and Director of Marketing, Admissions and Communications to develop and execute a school engagement plan with key stakeholders e.g. pupils, parents, and staff.
- Develop approaches to support the development of a holistic, whole school approach to healthy eating strategies.
- Act as a collaborator and key influencer – a driver of change for a healthy and responsible school food culture.
- Develop new ways to integrate food and catering services with college life that will facilitate a strong rapport with pupils in particular.
- Create and support links between the school curriculum and our catering services, ensuring school food becomes a learning opportunity with high levels of participation.
- Engage pupils in participatory activities to develop imaginative ways of changing and sustaining healthy eating behaviours.
- Develop creative work to involve parents to support improved healthy eating among their children.
- Lead meetings with Senior Leadership teams to sell in and implement engagement programmes.
- Maintain accurate data records to demonstrate participation and engagement benefits.
Minimum Requirements
- Experience in Marketing and pupil engagement and enrichment - Essential
- Ideally have experience working within Education catering.
- Have a progressive career to date.
- Be up to date with current food trends.
- Have a real passion for food and customer service.
- Have good Health & Safety knowledge.
- Exceptional time management and organisational skills.
- Exceptional physical stamina and strength.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Thoroughness and attention to detail.
There are many advantages to working for us and we provide our employees with bespoke benefits which include:
- Free meals whilst at work.
- HIT Apprenticeships for all experience levels.
- People awards to celebrate our employees.
- Work/life balance.
- Employee Benefits Platform.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Recommend a friend scheme.
- Prestigious working environments.
- Team events scheduled throughout the year.
- 28 holiday days inclusive of bank holidays.
We invest in the training and development of our teams to give them the appropriate skills necessary to thrive in their job roles. We have outstanding teams of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages, meeting the bespoke requirements of our clients.
Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe are regarded as regulated activity and therefore we require an Enhanced DBS which includes a Barred List Check for all successful applicants. We will also require shortlisted applicants to provide appropriate information regarding their criminal offences.
This appointment is offered on the return of satisfactory professional references.
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