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Advanced Multi-Channel Marketer Apprentice (Communications & Engagement)
| Posting date: | 16 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | £12,347 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Please see the advert for salary details |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 September 2024 |
| Location: | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Buckinghamshire Council |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | BUC12248 |
Summary
Overview
We’re looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic apprentice to join our Communications Team, sitting within our Deputy Chief Executive directorate. You’ll combine work-based training along with achieving a Level 3 qualification as a Multi-Channel Marketer.
Working for one of the largest employers in the County, you will gain a wealth of skills including planning, content creation (including video and podcast), copywriting, evaluation and stakeholder engagement, as well as experience of campaign delivery and event management. Setting you up for a career in communications and engagement.
About us
Our apprenticeships are designed to give you the hands-on experience needed in a real job that brings out the best in you, with real responsibilities, real challenges, real projects and scope to grow your career.
Click here for an insight on what it’s like to be an apprentice with us.
We are a dynamic and creative corporate communications and engagement team that provides professional communications advice and support to internal and external stakeholders, using a range of disciplines including public relations, media relations, social media, campaigns and internal communications.
About the role
In this role you’ll report into the Strategic Internal Communications Lead and contribute to the work across all disciplines of the communications team while studying to achieve the Level 3 Multi Channel Marketer apprenticeship throughout the duration of your time with us. We’ll ensure you have the support and time during your working week for study and assessments- which means no evening or weekend study is required!
You will work towards being able to undertake the range of duties listed below:
-Support the communications team with the planning and delivery of communication plans and campaigns, including researching, developing and implementing creative ideas and solutions
-Assist with the evaluation and reporting of communication activities, using various tools and methods to measure and demonstrate impact and effectiveness
-Create high-quality written, visual and audio content for various communication channels, ensuring it is creative, accurate, accessible, consistent and aligned with the council's brand and tone of voice
-Build and maintain positive relationships with internal stakeholders
-Offer administration support
About you
Skills required:
-Creative thinker
-Able to analyse and evaluate engagement to identify what works wells
-Able to multi-task, organise own work and achieve deadlines
Microsoft Office skills (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook)
-Good IT skills and the ability to use online software with training and support
-Able to communicate well verbally and in writing
-Able to use initiative and work independent
-Good attention to detail
-Good standard of written work with accurate spelling and grammar
Personal Qualities:
-Real ambition to develop your skills and experience
-You think outside the box and enjoy creative problem solving
-Comfortable working as part of a team and playing an active role
-Able to get on well with a range of people
-Enthusiastic, dynamic and forward thinking
-Willingness to learn and to undertake a range of different tasks as required
Eligibility Criteria:
Qualified to Level 2 or above in Literacy and Numeracy (GCSE grades A* - C/9-4 or equivalent), or Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship Qualification.
Please note: You will not be eligible for this post if you have a degree in the same subject as this apprenticeship, or other qualifications in the same subject at an equivalent level.
Other information
Location: The Gateway, Aylesbury
Advert closing date: midnight 5th September
Possible Starting date: September/October
Duration of Apprenticeship: 20 months
Salary
Your initial apprentice salary will be £12,347 per annum for your first year and will go up to National Minimum Wage if you are 19+ when you start the 2nd year of your apprenticeship. All your training will be funded by us. As well as the salary, our apprentices are eligible to:
Paid holiday package
Join our generous Pension scheme
Receive a range of restaurant, shop & gym discounts through our Employee Benefits scheme
Apply for a TOTEM Card (formerly called the NUS Extra card)
Reality Check:
This is a full-time position working a 37-hour week Monday to Friday.
Our apprenticeship roles are on a fixed term contract for the duration of the apprenticeship. This particular Level 3 apprenticeship will last about 20 months.
You will be required to work from the office two days per week, so you will need access to transport to be able to commute as required.
Future Prospects
We cannot guarantee a permanent position following completion of the apprenticeship. However, this is a great opportunity for someone looking to start a career within communications and engagement, gaining a recognised qualification, valuable experience and transferable skills to support their next career move.
This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
-All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions
For further information on how long it takes for cautions and convictions cautions to become spent, please refer to our guide on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (updated 2023) | Nacro
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
We’re looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic apprentice to join our Communications Team, sitting within our Deputy Chief Executive directorate. You’ll combine work-based training along with achieving a Level 3 qualification as a Multi-Channel Marketer.
Working for one of the largest employers in the County, you will gain a wealth of skills including planning, content creation (including video and podcast), copywriting, evaluation and stakeholder engagement, as well as experience of campaign delivery and event management. Setting you up for a career in communications and engagement.
About us
Our apprenticeships are designed to give you the hands-on experience needed in a real job that brings out the best in you, with real responsibilities, real challenges, real projects and scope to grow your career.
Click here for an insight on what it’s like to be an apprentice with us.
We are a dynamic and creative corporate communications and engagement team that provides professional communications advice and support to internal and external stakeholders, using a range of disciplines including public relations, media relations, social media, campaigns and internal communications.
About the role
In this role you’ll report into the Strategic Internal Communications Lead and contribute to the work across all disciplines of the communications team while studying to achieve the Level 3 Multi Channel Marketer apprenticeship throughout the duration of your time with us. We’ll ensure you have the support and time during your working week for study and assessments- which means no evening or weekend study is required!
You will work towards being able to undertake the range of duties listed below:
-Support the communications team with the planning and delivery of communication plans and campaigns, including researching, developing and implementing creative ideas and solutions
-Assist with the evaluation and reporting of communication activities, using various tools and methods to measure and demonstrate impact and effectiveness
-Create high-quality written, visual and audio content for various communication channels, ensuring it is creative, accurate, accessible, consistent and aligned with the council's brand and tone of voice
-Build and maintain positive relationships with internal stakeholders
-Offer administration support
About you
Skills required:
-Creative thinker
-Able to analyse and evaluate engagement to identify what works wells
-Able to multi-task, organise own work and achieve deadlines
Microsoft Office skills (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook)
-Good IT skills and the ability to use online software with training and support
-Able to communicate well verbally and in writing
-Able to use initiative and work independent
-Good attention to detail
-Good standard of written work with accurate spelling and grammar
Personal Qualities:
-Real ambition to develop your skills and experience
-You think outside the box and enjoy creative problem solving
-Comfortable working as part of a team and playing an active role
-Able to get on well with a range of people
-Enthusiastic, dynamic and forward thinking
-Willingness to learn and to undertake a range of different tasks as required
Eligibility Criteria:
Qualified to Level 2 or above in Literacy and Numeracy (GCSE grades A* - C/9-4 or equivalent), or Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship Qualification.
Please note: You will not be eligible for this post if you have a degree in the same subject as this apprenticeship, or other qualifications in the same subject at an equivalent level.
Other information
Location: The Gateway, Aylesbury
Advert closing date: midnight 5th September
Possible Starting date: September/October
Duration of Apprenticeship: 20 months
Salary
Your initial apprentice salary will be £12,347 per annum for your first year and will go up to National Minimum Wage if you are 19+ when you start the 2nd year of your apprenticeship. All your training will be funded by us. As well as the salary, our apprentices are eligible to:
Paid holiday package
Join our generous Pension scheme
Receive a range of restaurant, shop & gym discounts through our Employee Benefits scheme
Apply for a TOTEM Card (formerly called the NUS Extra card)
Reality Check:
This is a full-time position working a 37-hour week Monday to Friday.
Our apprenticeship roles are on a fixed term contract for the duration of the apprenticeship. This particular Level 3 apprenticeship will last about 20 months.
You will be required to work from the office two days per week, so you will need access to transport to be able to commute as required.
Future Prospects
We cannot guarantee a permanent position following completion of the apprenticeship. However, this is a great opportunity for someone looking to start a career within communications and engagement, gaining a recognised qualification, valuable experience and transferable skills to support their next career move.
This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
-All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions
For further information on how long it takes for cautions and convictions cautions to become spent, please refer to our guide on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (updated 2023) | Nacro
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
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