Apprentice Digital Marketing and Communication Assistant - 98441 - City REDI - College of Social Sciences

Position Details

City-REDI, Business School, College of Social Sciences

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary of £14,882. per annum. With progression once in post for 12 months to £18,602 a year..

Apprentice Band 300

Full time

Fixed term contract for 2 years. 

Closing date: 25th October 2021 

Our offer to you

People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university.  We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential.  With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate.  We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working.  In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site.  On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham  

Apprenticeship summary

We are looking for an Apprentice – Digital Marketing and Communication Assistant at the City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI). The team is an innovative hybrid approach of academic, policy research and support staff delivering relevant and impactful research with local, national and international partners. Three professors with expertise in international business, local and regional economic development, innovation and entrepreneurship, skills and labour markets lead an inter-disciplinary team focused on a place-based approach to city region growth. All embedded within a Triple A rated Business School and Russell Group university.

City-REDI has won significant funding from Research England (UKRI) and has established the West Midlands Regional Economic Development Institute (WMREDI). The successful applicant will contribute to the smooth running of the institute, supporting the Centre Manager (Communications) to help deliver digital marketing and communications for the centre. 

During this apprenticeship you will learn the following:

•    Website and intranet editing using a Content Management System (CMS)
•    Delivering social media activity for the centre. 
•    Developing content and media assets for City-REDI / WMREDI. 
•    Ensure brand consistency and undertake formatting of publications such as working papers and reports. 
•    Helping to make documents accessible. 
•    Liaising with marketing / Creative Media regarding production of publications / promotional materials. 
•    Updating and maintaining mailing lists. 
•    Providing event support. 
•    Supporting senior management staff, including the Administrative Director and other team members on activities associated with City-REDI / WMREDI. 
•    General office support. 

This apprenticeship would suit:

•    This role would be suitable for someone who enjoys working in a varied position where no two days are the same.  
•    The role will require the individual to multi-task and self-manage a wide range of tasks set for them and therefore this individual would need to be organised, motivated and hardworking to achieve all of the tasks asked of them.  
•    The individual would be working with a wide range of people across a range of levels and therefore would need to be a confident communicator.  
•    We would be looking for someone who is keen to learn and enjoys a busy but rewarding role.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience 

•    Computer literate on Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.  Design software skills would also be desirable but not essential. 
•    To have strong attention to detail and able to carefully proof-read materials.
•    Experience of using social media (particularly Twitter)
•    Good verbal and written communications skills
•    Good organisational skills

Our values and behaviours  

Valuing excellence, sustaining investment
We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working.

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