Job description
People & Communications
Fixed Term Contract for 18 months
37 hours per week
Point 1 - £10,408 a year – initial salary for all new starters for the first 12 months of the apprenticeship.
Progression of pay after 12 months are complete as follows:
Point 2 - £14,764 a year - completed 12 months and aged 18 - 19
Point 3 - £20,066 a year - completed 12 months and aged 21 - 22
Point 4 - £20,539 a year - completed 12 months and aged 23+
We are looking for a Digital Marketing Apprentice to join our busy Marketing and Communications team at Warwick District Council.
This post offers the opportunity to study for: Apprenticeship Standard Level 3 in Digital Marketer, BCS Principles of coding Certificate, CIW - Social Media Analyst Certificate and CIW - Internet Business Associate Certificate.
No experience is necessary as full training will be provided to the successful candidate. Qualifications required are 5 GCSEs, grades A-C, including Maths and English or equivalent qualification or experience, ICT Literate including knowledge of Word and Excel.
The Training Provider for this apprenticeship is Creative Alliance.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with the team responsible for the council’s marketing, website and social media, public relations, design, advertising, and print. Its purpose is to promote the council’s services to the residents of Warwick district and to share the council’s news, decision-making and initiatives with the public.
We share our news across a number of platforms, and you’ll investigate which groups in the community like to receive their news by which channel. Using that knowledge, you will support the team to brief marketing campaigns, write news articles and promotional material, adapting your content and copywriting to reach the appropriate audience in the correct format.
You will work with different service areas to understand their aims and objectives and have the opportunity to develop and share your creative ideas for digital marketing campaigns. You will then use the available statistics and analytics to evaluate how successful the campaign has been and make recommendations for improvements.
You’ll be an out-going and friendly individual as this role brings you into contact with reporters, councillors, managers and representatives from different councils and organisations.
To be eligible:
- You must have lived in the UK for 3 years prior to the apprenticeship start date and not be undertaking another apprenticeship or other qualification at the same time.
- You must not already have 1-2 years experience or degree level training in the skills and knowledge that is covered in the contents of the apprenticeship standard.
- You must not have already worked in a similar role, or your previous learning, and/or work experience covers the contents (Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviours) of the apprenticeship standard.
- You must have obtained 5 GCSEs, grades Level 4/C or above, including Maths and English or equivalent qualification, ICT Literate including knowledge of Word and Excel.
You may not be eligible if:
- You already have all the skills and knowledge that is covered in the content of the apprenticeship standard.
- You have already worked in a similar role, or your previous learning, and/or work experience covers the contents (Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviours) of the apprenticeship standard.
- You have a degree (or equivalent) in Digital Marketing or similar.
For further information on the course or to check your eligibility please click on this link .
Please note that if your previous learning has already covered much of this content, you may not be eligible for the apprenticeship.
Office and hybrid working is available. Whilst home working is offered for this role, it is a requirement that the successful candidate be available to attend meetings at our offices within Warwick District when required. Any costs for travel from home to the office will be met by the successful candidate.
If you have any questions or wish to have an informal discussion, please contact Nicki Curwood email [email protected] or telephone 01926 456120.
Closing date: 31st July 2023
Interview date: w/c 28th August 2023
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As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the post. By ‘essential criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification. To be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS), applicants must disclose that they have a disability and would like to be considered for the scheme.
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