Job Introduction
Digital Marketing and Communications Lead
Band 10
22.5 hours, 52 weeks
FTE Salary £42,838 - £47,181
(Actual Salary £26,050 - £28,691
What if your next marketing role didn’t just build brand, but helped change lives?
We are a growing Trust looking for an exceptional Digital Marketing and Communications Lead to amplify our voice, shape our reputation, and champion the incredible children, families, and staff we serve.
This is a role with purpose, visibility, and heart. Every campaign, every story, every message you create will help people better understand, value, and support children and young people with special educational needs.
You will be based at The Acorns in Cosham, but some cross-site working may be required across our academies in the Trust.
At Solent Academies Trust, we are proud to be a community built on connection, respect, and belonging.
Our Relational Culture Charter guides us to work together and support each other through:
- Valuing Difference
- Effective Communication
- High Challenge & High Support to Empower
- Respect for All
- Solution-Focused Approaches
We believe that when relationships thrive, people thrive - and so do the children and young people we serve.
By joining Solent Academies Trust, we offer you:
- Excellent staff induction with a commitment to high quality professional development aligned in relational leadership and HR excellence.
- A culture rooted in relational practice, belonging, and wellbeing
- A workplace where your values, voice, and contribution truly matter
- Local Government Pension Scheme with the option of a 50/50 contribution to build over time
- 17.9% employer pension contribution
- Confidential Counselling & Wellbeing Support Service
- Life Insurance - 3 times annual salary (for members of the pension scheme)
- Wellbeing Inset Day to support the wellbeing of our staff
- Free onsite parking at most of our academies
- Increase of annual leave after 5 years of service from 27 to 31 days
- CPD opportunities to support Career development
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Employee Benefits Platform
For more details, please visit our website Solent Academies Trust - Our Vacancies
If you have any questions at all or wish to submit an application, please email recruitment@solentacademiestrust.info.
Please note we will only accept applications completed on our Solent Academies Trust form.
Closing date for applications is Monday 16th February 2026, 9am.
Interviews will be held Wednesday 25th February 2026.
Safer Recruitment
Solent Academies Trust welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the academy’s application form will be accepted Solent Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
