Expanding Support for Schools with New Recruitment & Search Partnership
Marketing Advisers (MA) for Schools is delighted to announce the expansion of its services through the launch of a new Recruitment & Search Service, developed in partnership with Shared Ambition, to help schools attract, recruit and retain outstanding marketing, admissions and communications professionals.
Since 2020, MA for Schools has supported schools across the UK with marketing, communications and admissions advice, alongside its Digital Empowerment Solution (DES) platform. Through this work, the team has developed a strong understanding of the challenges schools face, including the growing need to recruit ambitious and talented professionals with the right skills, experience and sector understanding.
As both independent and academy schools continue to face increasing competition and pressure on internal resources, securing the right people has never been more important.
To deliver a high-quality service from day one…
MA has partnered with Shared Ambition, an experienced executive search and recruitment consultancy with a strong track record of understanding and supporting schools and organisations in attracting skilled and talented professionals.
Together, the partnership offers a flexible recruitment service covering marketing, admissions, communications and related leadership appointments across the education sector.
The MA Director, Nick Richardson, comments:
“Over the past six years, MA for Schools has worked closely with schools across marketing, communications and admissions, giving us a strong understanding of the sector and the people that are incredibly passionate behind it helping to drive it forward. Offering a recruitment and search service is a natural next step, and by partnering we can combine our sector knowledge with proven recruitment expertise to better support schools.“
Melanie Pye with Shared Ambition comments:
“Marketing Advisers brings a solid understanding of schools, their challenges and the specialist marketing, admissions and communications knowledge needed. By combining that insight with our recruitment expertise, we have created a partnership that will help schools attract and appoint high-quality talent across the sector.”
Services can be tailored to meet individual requirements and include:
• Executive search and retained recruitment assignments
• Recruitment campaign support
• Selection and assessment processes
• Psychometric assessment and talent mapping
• Leadership coaching and development support
Supporting Better Recruitment Decisions
Alongside this new service, Marketing Advisers and Shared Ambition are inviting marketing, admissions and communications professionals to participate in a new annual Marketing, Admissions and Communications Salary Survey.
To learn more about our Recruitment & Search Service, discuss an upcoming appointment or take part in the five-minute Salary and Market Benchmark Survey, review our Recruitment page here. Alternatively, to arrange a confidential discovery coffee meeting, please reach out below.
The survey will provide valuable benchmarking data on salaries, benefits, recruitment trends and workforce challenges, helping schools make more informed recruitment and retention decisions while providing professionals with a clearer picture of the sector.
To learn more about our Recruitment & Search Service, discuss an upcoming appointment or take part in the five-minute Salary Survey, click here.
Alternatively, to arrange a confidential discovery meeting over a coffee, please do make contact.
A selection of schools using our MA services — click the logo banner below to read their DES platform feedback.
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