Government Communication Service Apprentice
| Posting date: | 08 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £21,000 to £28,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £21,000 - £28,000 per annum - Exact salary details to be confirmed by the hiring department, based on London and national salary bands. Applicants who are new to the Civil Service will start on the lowest salary band for their department and location. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 April 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 393588/8 |
Summary
By joining a communications team, you will become a member of Government Communications, a profession of around 6000 communicators working in a variety of government departments, agencies and arm’s length bodies. You’ll benefit from continuous professional development from our new learning and development curriculum, a network of skilled communicators sharing best practice, mentoring opportunities, and more!
For more information on how becoming a part of the Communications Profession can support your career and development please visit our careers page.
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About the Government Communications Apprenticeship
During this apprenticeship, you will spend 18 months working in one or more exciting communications teams within Government Communications. You will be placed within a government department, while studying for a Level 4 Public Relations and Communications Assistant qualification. You can find out more about the programme by visiting our GCS website.
You'll have the opportunity to work across various communications disciplines and contribute to delivering cutting-edge work for the UK Government that reaches millions of citizens across the UK and abroad. For example, by:
- Developing innovative communication plans across multiple digital platforms, beyond traditional print and broadcast media
- Working collaboratively with colleagues across GCS organisations and sectors, using AI, digital and social media channels to reach different audiences
- Working on creative government campaigns to build public trust and encourage community participation
- Researching and analysing the needs of a variety of audiences through data & insight, or
- Organising key events and visits for stakeholders across the country and abroad.
You will gain valuable experience across media, internal communications, digital, data & insight, external affairs, marketing or strategic communications. See more information on the Communications disciplines here.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and determined to ensure that the profession is representative of the audiences we are communicating with. We recognise that greater diversity enhances our work and we welcome applications from the widest range of people of different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences as well as those who have caring responsibilities.
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