Stockport Volunteer Hub Apprentice - Level 3

Sector3 / Stockport Volunteer Hub

Stockport, SK1 1PN

Closes in 9 days (Tuesday 4 March at 11:59pm)

Posted on 18 February 2025


Summary

This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience of the full marketing mix, creating and managing campaigns and content across digital and print platforms and organising events. In your role you will be marketing the Volunteer Hub as well as helping to match volunteers to local organisations.

Wage
£16,546 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

6 monthly review with opportunity for salary increase, depending on performance

Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Monday- Thursday 9am- 5pm Mainly working from the office in central Stockport with some occasional home-working Fridays- 7 hours learning with Apprentify Some evening and weekend work may be required

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 25 March

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

  • With the help of the Marketing Lead, develop a cohesive Communications Plan for the Volunteer Hub
  • Implement the Communications plan across various online and offline platforms to build the Volunteer Hub profile
  • Capture video stories and content of volunteering across Stockport to share through Volunteer Hub platforms
  • Once trained, manage and update the Volunteer Hub website
  • Create and deliver marketing campaigns to promote the Volunteer Hub, including creating promotional graphics using Canva (following training)
  • Help with volunteer enquiries online, email & telephone
  • Update and maintain the Volunteer Hub calendar
  • Work with individuals to match them with a suitable volunteering opportunity
  • Use Sector 3’s IT systems, such as our CRM, to input data and record activities on a regular basis
  • Help the Volunteer Hub Lead to collect evidence for reports measuring impact
  • Support the running of drop in sessions in community settings such as libraries
  • Attend any outreach events to promote volunteering such as running stalls at Volunteer Fairs, information sessions and our yearly volunteer celebration

Where you’ll work

Merseyway Innovation Centre

21-23 Merseyway

Stockport

SK1 1PN

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

APPRENTIFY LIMITED

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.
  • 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

Multi-channel marketer / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education 


Duration: 13 months of learning plus End Point Assessment (18 months in total).  
 
The primary role of a multi-channel marketer is to define, design, build and implement digital campaigns across a variety of online and social media platforms to drive customer acquisition, customer engagement and customer retention. A digital marketer will typically be working as part of a team, in which they will have responsibility for some of the straightforward elements of the overall marketing plan or campaign. 
 
This programme covers:

  • Social Media Marketing
  • Branding
  • Market Segmentation
  • Content Marketing  

Blended Delivery Model

  • Full Day Classroom Sessions delivered live online
  • E-Lessons and activities to embed the learning in the workplace
  • 1:1 Coaching at the employers office
  • 1:1 Three-way Progress Reviews – Coach, Apprentice and Line Manager

Requirements

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental

About this company

Sector 3 is Stockport's infrastructure organisation for Voluntary, Community & Faith based and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector. This means we support these organisations to thrive by offering advice on funding, training and resources. Sector 3 also run the Stockport Volunteer Hub - A service where individuals can find volunteering opportunities that enable them to discover new passions, explore their potential and develop valuable skills.

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

Company benefits

- Charity worker discounts membership - Health Benefits with Simply Health - Flexible working

After this apprenticeship

Following this apprenticeship, and if further funding secured, apprentices could go on to study a Level 4 Marketing Executive Apprenticeship. Or they could go straight into work in a Junior Marketing position.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Sector3 / Stockport Volunteer Hub

Laura Bowers

info@sector3sk.org

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000304676.

Apply now

Closes in 9 days (Tuesday 4 March at 11:59pm)

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