Administration & Social Media Apprenticeship

Summary

Seeking an apprentice to assist the Assistant County Secretary with the day to day running of the Essex Golf Union, to ensure the efficient management of the County Union’s affairs. Ensuring that events, functions, competitions and championships run both efficiently and professionally. Whilst promoting the Essex Golf Unions through all media forms.

Annual wage: £24,000 a year
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Training course: Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours: Working days and hours are generally in line with opening hours of the County office and include some evening and early morning weekend responsibilities. Office hours are generally 9am till 5pm which includes half hour for lunch.
35 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 14 October
Duration: 1 Year 6 Months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Day to day role responsibilities will include:

Managing of the EGU Website which includes the Diary pages and Match Fixtures throughout the year
Assisting in running events on the Championship Calendar where required, some weekends may be required. Where weekend work is required, days off will be offered in lieu
Ensuring all written reports and results are collected from Team Managers for County Match fixtures by utilising various platforms including Intelligent Golf, email and established WhatsApp groups where required. These reports should include images useable on the website, social media platforms and publications and must be supplied by agreed deadlines
Ensuring all written reports, which could include images and results of Championships, are available for distribution and posted within the relevant pages on the EGU website and within Social Media platforms
Managing & Developing EGU Social Media platforms
Ensuring all content is rich in detail & relevance
Monitoring and implementing the deletion of any post or involvement in third party posts that may be harmful to the profile of the EGU
Managing the production of a Quarterly Newsletter which will include reports, news and information for affiliated clubs and their members
Managing the IG County App to ensure all relevant information is available via the platform as well as renewing any request from an affiliated Golf Club
To work as Assistant to and in close liaison with the Assistant County Secretary in the general workings of the County Union and within the Job Description of the Assistant County Secretary

Where you’ll work

2D MALDON ROAD

WITHAM

CM8 2AB

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

COLCHESTER INSTITUTE

Your training course

Multi-channel marketer (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Develop or interpret briefs for external or internal stakeholders and measure delivery in-line with the specification and agreed timelines

Plan and coordinate a marketing activity using marketing tactics to acquire and retain one or more customer segments using available resources.

Contribute to the generation of innovative and creative approaches across video, images, and other formats, both online and offline, to support campaign development.

Use research/survey software to gather audience insight and/or evaluation to support the project.

Use copywriting techniques to write persuasive text/copy to meet a communications objective ensuring it is in-line with organisational brand guidelines.

Build and implement multi-channel campaigns across a variety of platforms, either offline or digital media.

Proofread marketing copy ensuring it is accurate, persuasive and is on brand.

Use software to design and create marketing assets to meet the technical specification.

Contribute to the research of external suppliers to support recommendations and procurement of marketing goods and services.

Organise offline and digital assets ensuring they are co-ordinated and legally compliant.

Use a website content management system to publish text, images, and video/animated content.

Create and maintain spreadsheets to support marketing activities such as project/budget planning and organisation of marketing assets.

Use technology and software packages to support day to day activities, e.g., stakeholder communications, development of briefs, data analysis, report writing, presentations and project management.

Identify and use data and technologies to achieve marketing objectives.

Monitor and amend campaigns to meet budget requirements including time and monetary costs.

Review campaigns regularly to ensure effectiveness, to optimise the results.

Measure and evaluate campaign delivery to identify areas for improvement.

Use data analysis tools to record, interpret and analyse customer or campaign data.

Your training plan

The apprentice will be working towards the Multi-Channel Marketer Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
All delivered within the workplace via online training and at Colchester Institute Campus

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade A*-C/9-4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Microsoft Office/365 skills
Positive attitude
Windows/iOS computer systems
Knowledge of golfing

Other requirements

Opportunity to work outside at County Golf Events / Championships. Long hours working intensely on a computer using both Windows and MAC operating systems.

About this company

The Essex Golf Union was founded in 1924 by sixteen Golf Clubs, currently the number of affiliated Clubs stands at 71 with approximately 25000 male members, and the now incorporated Essex Golf Union Limited aims to provide knowledge and expertise in a number of areas to support them all. We administer county wide golf competitions for individuals and Club teams in a wide range of age groups and standards, and through our player development programs we hope to develop the next generation of golfers to represent the County of Essex and up to national level. Our Board of Directors are representatives from our affiliated Clubs, elected at our annual AGM to serve as volunteers to provide direction to the activities we undertake. Our County Office is located in Witham, Essex, where our County Secretary runs the day to day administration activities.

https://www.essexgolfunion.org/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

NEST Pension Scheme. 25 Days holiday not including Bank Holidays.

After this apprenticeship

Board Member / County Secretary within the EGU
Golf Club Management / Operational positions

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COLCHESTER INSTITUTE

Colchester Institute - Apprenticeships Team

ci.apprenticeships@colchester.ac.uk

01206712043

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000272677.

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Closes in 14 days (Friday 4 October)

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