About the job

Job summary

We're looking for a creative and experienced Marketing Manager to lead our busy marketing team. You’ll develop and oversee our marketing strategy including brand development, campaigns and digital marketing. You will work to build the profile of The National Archives across a wide range of audiences.

You’ll have experience of leading a team to work across multiple marketing and advertising channels, and will have an excellent understanding of digital content and platforms. You’ll also be an excellent communicator, with experience of using your skills to persuade, influence and negotiate a range of stakeholders and suppliers.

Job description

Full job description attached (see below).

Person specification

This is a full time post. However, requests for part-time working, flexible working and job share will be considered, taking into account at all times the operational needs of the Department. A combination of onsite and home working is available and applicants should be able to regularly travel to our Kew site.

We would particularly like to encourage applicants from backgrounds currently underrepresented in archives, including those who identify as Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT+), from Black, Asian and minority ethnic cultural backgrounds, those who are neurodivergent, and those with hidden or visible disabilities.

How to apply

To submit your application please click the 'Apply now' button on this page. You will be asked to write a personal statement and upload your CV. In your personal statement please explain, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria below. You may draw on knowledge, skills, abilities, experience gained from paid work, domestic responsibilities, education, leisure interests and voluntary activities. Please note selection for interview will largely be based on the information you provide in this section so please make full use of the 1250 word count.

Essential criteria:

• Marketing experience: extensive experience of multi-channel marketing and brand strategy, at scale, in a high-profile organisation. Proven creativity and business-minded planning for marketing campaigns.
• Understanding of the opportunities presented by the internet and social media and experience connecting with digital first audiences
• Communications skills: ability to set standards for communications for a variety of audiences; briefing effectively and responding at pace. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to assimilate complex information and clearly communicate the relevant points to a range of stakeholders.
• Engagement and relationship building: demonstrates ability to nurture and leverage high level external networks. Excellent interpersonal and team working skills.
• Team management skills: experience of managing staff and resources in a busy marketing team.
• Planning and strategy: proven ability to organise and direct a range of projects; responds effectively to unexpected developments and tight deadlines. Horizon scans and takes the long view; provides leadership and strategic direction.
• Influence and judgement: strong persuasion and negotiating skills; diplomacy, discretion and sound judgement. Calm when under pressure; comfortable dealing with contentious topics, dispute and significant reputational risk.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £48,108, The National Archives contributes £12,989 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Reasonable adjustments:

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

• Contact The National Archives via careers@nationalarchives.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
• Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.