About SOSE
The School of Systems Engineering is on a mission to build the next generation of systems engineering talent. We believe that the modern learning experience doesn’t have to be death by powerpoint and instead can be an enjoyable user experience. We enjoy challenging the status quo when working closely with our customers to build programmes that revolutionises their engineering capability. Our training programmes enable the UK’s engineering organisations to upskill their engineers and scale their capability in order to deliver the next generation of complex products. We’re a small team and currently looking for someone to join and run the day to day operations and marketing to support this period of growth.
The shape of this role
This is a 50/50 role split evenly between operations and marketing. You’ll spend roughly half your week running training operations, and the other half producing marketing content and building the marketing engine.
It is a delivery role, not a strategy or management role. You will own the day-to-day work that drives our go to market strategy and help deliver real outcomes for clients. There’s a small set of growth responsibilities on the horizon (account management, RFP responses, lead sourcing) that will fold into your remit as you settle in.
Operations (≈50%)
You run the operational engine that turns a signed cohort into a delivered programme.
- Facilitate the running of monthly cohorts in partnership with each customer’s L&D team.
- Collect learner data and provision the LMS for each new cohort.
- Brief and onboard instructors so they have everything they need before delivery.
- Handle escalations during cohorts, resolving directly where possible and routing to the founder where required.
- Manage cohort scheduling and amendments across clients and instructors.
- Support cohort close-out: gather feedback, share it across the team, and feed insights back into the business.
- Contribute to product development by helping scope, test, and build new SOSE products.
- Run the SOSE Monthly with instructors: a regular team sync to keep the delivery community connected, aligned, and improving.
Marketing (≈50%)
You produce SOSE’s marketing output and build the engine behind it.
- Write blog posts that translate SE ideas into accessible content for engineers and L&D leaders.
- Create LinkedIn social content (posts, carousels, simple visuals).
- Create designs and visual assets in Canva.
- Scope YouTube videos and scripts in collaboration with the founder.
- Write the monthly newsletter.
- Plan and run SOSE’s presence at events and conferences, including preparation, materials, and follow-up.
- Build the marketing engine: the systems, schedules, templates, and processes that make consistent output possible.
Growth, on the horizon
These responsibilities are not day-one expectations. They will move into your remit as the role beds in.
- Account management and growth across existing clients.
- Responding to RFPs and tenders, particularly within UK defence and aerospace.
- Sourcing new leads through outbound and inbound channels.
Outcomes
Targets will be set with you in your first 90 days. They are likely to cover:
Operations
- Every monthly cohort starts on schedule with learners onboarded cleanly.
- Instructors are briefed in good time and report a clear, supportive working relationship with SOSE.
- Cohort amendments and rescheduling are handled without disruption to learners or clients.
- Close-out feedback is captured for every cohort and shared with the team.
- Identified product development work is scoped and shared with the development team.
- The SOSE Monthly runs consistently, with agenda, notes, and follow-up actions.
Marketing
- A reliable cadence of LinkedIn content, blog posts, and Canva assets.
- The monthly newsletter ships on schedule.
- A planned pipeline of YouTube content scoped and progressing.
- Events delivered with materials prepared, attended, and followed up.
- A documented marketing engine that produces consistent output without firefighting.
Growth (as it folds in)
- A structured rhythm of account management touchpoints with existing clients.
- RFP responses produced to a high standard within agreed timelines.
- A measurable flow of new leads into the pipeline.
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a creative person who is comfortable across both operations and marketing, with strong attention to detail and a creative streak.
Must-haves
- A genuine love of detail. You take pride in getting the small things right.
- Willingness to work through and sort the admin that the role naturally generates.
- Direct experience in marketing, ideally in B2B or professional services.
- A creative streak. You enjoy producing content and designing assets, not just managing them.
- Comfort with start-up life. Not everything will be prescribed or explicit. You’re willing to work with unclear boundaries when needed and bring your own structure where it’s missing.
- A quality-focused mindset. Output that goes to clients and learners reflects on the business.
- Comfort using AI tools to support and accelerate your workload.
- Willingness to work with UK defence customers and the standards their environments require.
Nice-to-haves
- Exposure to engineering, technical training, or a regulated industry.
What this role is not
This is not a strategy or management role. It is pure delivery: on the front line, creating, administrating, delivering, testing live, gathering feedback, and improving every day.
Ways of working
- Direct, professional communication. Be clear about what’s done, what’s blocked, and what you need.
- Deliverable-led. We work to clear artefacts and outcomes, and the small details matter. As a quick example: when you email your application, please include an animal emoji somewhere in the subject line.
- Trusted to make operational calls without waiting for sign-off, and to keep the founder informed.
- Iterative improvement. The standard expectation is to make every cycle a little better than the last.
- Small team, high trust. Minimal hierarchy, no politics.
Logistics
- Location: UK-based, remote-first. South West preferred but not mandatory.
- Travel: Occasional travel to Bristol and/or client sites.
- Hours: Part time – pro-rata, depending on candidate and preferred working hours.
- Start: As soon as we find the right person.
- Reporting line: Directly to the founder.
Compensation and benefits
- Salary: Depending on experience possible banding of - £25,000 – £30,000 as part time.
- Pension: Workplace pension via auto-enrolment, in line with UK statutory minimums (3% employer contribution, 5% employee contribution on qualifying earnings).
- Annual leave: based on part time pro-rata hours.
- Home office allowance: One-off setup allowance to equip your home working space, plus a SOSE-issued laptop.
- Professional development: Budget for relevant CPD, including marketing courses, training and conference attendance.
How to apply
Email your CV and covering letter to c[email protected].
In the cover letter, please answer two questions:
1. Tell us about a piece of work you’ve delivered where you owned both the detail and the creative output. What did you do, and what was the outcome?
2. Look at one piece of SOSE marketing (a LinkedIn post / youtube) What would you change, and why?
Pay: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bristol (Bristol, Bristol)
