Programme and Marketing Coordinator
Employer: St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Location: Leicestershire & Rutland Teaching School Hub (3 days pw), The Knowledge Hub (2 days pw). Hybrid and flexible working opportunities available
Hours: 37 hours per week, 42 weeks per year (term time plus 3 additional weeks)
Position: Permanent
Salary: £25989 - £27254 FTE
Grade: STA Band 3
Start Date: 24th August 2026
Closing date: 9.00 am 15th June 2026
Interview Date: Friday 19th June 2026
Are you highly organised, creative, and passionate about education and professional development?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Programme and Marketing Coordinator for a unique joint role supporting the Leicestershire & Rutland Teaching School Hub and The Knowledge Hub.
This exciting split role combines programme coordination, communications, marketing, and stakeholder engagement across two closely-related organisations committed to improving education through high-quality teacher and leadership development.
About the role
Both organisations are part of St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust. Three days per week will be spent supporting the Leicestershire & Rutland Teaching School Hub, helping coordinate our growing initial teacher training provision alongside wider programme administration and marketing activity. Our Teaching School Hub is one of just 87 centres of excellence nationally accredited to deliver the Department for Education’s ‘golden thread’ of teacher development - from Initial Teacher Training through to leadership, headship and beyond.
Two days per week will support The Knowledge Hub (St Martin’s Catholic Academy), a growing organisation delivering two flagship programmes:
- The Exemplary Leadership Programme. The ELP is accessed by school leaders both nationally and internationally. Training is predominantly delivered via online platforms and school visits. The programme has been running successfully for several years.
- The Exemplary Teaching Programme The ETP launched in October 2025 and is already proving popular with both primary and secondary teachers. The programme includes online training and in person workshops.
The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring programmes run smoothly while helping both organisations strengthen communications, recruitment, partnerships, and professional engagement.
What you’ll be doing
You will:
- Coordinate the administration and operational delivery of teacher training and professional development programmes
- In conjunction with wider teams, organise events, training sessions, webinars, and communications
- Support recruitment and onboarding activity for programmes and participants
- Create newsletters, website content, social media updates, and promotional materials
- Build positive relationships with schools, facilitators, trainees, and partners
- Help maintain and develop the professional profile and reputation of both organisations
- Support data management, reporting, CRM systems, and programme evaluation
- For the Knowledge Hub only, support operational finance aspects in conjuction with the CMAT Finance Team
We are looking for someone who:
- Has excellent organisational and communication skills
- Can manage multiple priorities and deadlines confidently
- Is digitally confident and comfortable using a range of communication platforms
- Has experience in administration, programme coordination, marketing, or communications
- Enjoys working collaboratively and building strong professional relationships
- Has a professional, proactive, and customer-focused approach
- Ideally has experience within education, training, or professional development settings
Why join us?
This is a varied and rewarding opportunity to work across two ambitious organisations that are committed to supporting teachers, leaders, and schools to thrive.
You will join a collaborative and values-driven team where your ideas, creativity, and organisational skills will make a genuine difference to educational improvement and professional learning across the region.
Safeguarding
Both organisations are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to enhanced DBS clearance and pre-employment checks.
Further information
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Robin Shakespeare, Director of the Teaching School on 0116 3033744, or email [email protected].
How to apply
To apply for this role please submit your application no later than the closing date stated above. You will receive an automated response from our vacancies inbox to confirm your application has been received.
Why work for the St Thomas Aquinas Multi Academy Trust?
Genuine opportunities for career progression - with 23 academies in our family, and 84 academies across the Diocese, opportunities for career progression are a reality.
Pension - automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with 28.68% employer contributions, or to the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
Terms and Conditions - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.
About St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi-Academy Trust brings together the 23 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Leicester City, Rutland and Leicestershire. Our priority is to ensure the very best Catholic Education for all young people in our community, whatever their circumstances. We will achieve this together, through a strategic approach to sharing best practice, effective challenge and support from a central standards and performance team and opportunities for high quality Continuing Professional Development.
The Trust and all our schools within our Trust committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check, online check and other pre-employment checks are required for successful applicants. The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.
Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential. We warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
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