Do you have an interest in marketing and communications and are looking for a fantastic company in which to start your career?
Do you want to work for the UK’s leading charity-owned textile collector that passionately cares about its colleagues, stakeholders and the planet, whilst offering some amazing benefits such as a virtual GP service, fantastic pension scheme and a starting holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays?
If you do, then read on!
We have an exciting opportunity for an aspiring and forward-thinking Marketing Assistant to join our friendly and experienced team who will support you in learning every aspect of marketing.
The role is varied, with a primary focus on assisting the Head of Communications, but also working with other colleagues, both within the immediate team, and with other colleagues from departments such as our in-house audio-visual team and our warehouse team.
The successful candidate will oversee a wide range of marketing activities including blog posts and document uploads to our internal platform re:connect, coordinating with retail teams to provide marketing materials for shops and donation centres, helping to create presentations for a variety of audiences as well as assisting in reporting on data from various platforms.
This role is based at our marketing office in Wellingborough, with a maximum of two days working from home (after a successful probation period).
For eligible candidates, a Level 3 Marketing Apprenticeship is available, supported by our training partner Cambridge Marketing College.
All key responsibilities and desirable skills can be found in the Job Description. This can be accessed when you go to ‘apply now’.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors.
Please be aware that this advert may close sooner than the closing date in extreme circumstances.
If you:
- Enjoy building collaborative relationships
- Are forward-thinking and creative with the ability to prioritise
- Have a good attention to detail
- Are self-motivated
- Are a good communicator, determined and able to challenge in a positive way
- Are resilient, supportive, caring, hands on and enthusiastic
- Take pride in everything that you do in order to maintain the high standards that we promise to our colleagues, stakeholders and ourselves
- Have an engaging personality, the desire to succeed and be the best you can be
- Have relevant media or marketing training or experience – this would be an advantage
THEN SALVATION ARMY TRADING COMPANY LTD (SATCoL) WANTS YOU!
See what some of our colleagues say about us:
“I’ve been really enjoying my time at SATCoL due to the opportunities I’ve been given and the amazing colleagues I’ve been working with on various projects. Although my job is very demanding as I liaise with multiple stakeholders, it is also extremely rewarding. Knowing that my work helps the mission of The Salvation Army is what drives me to always try my best, and SATCoL also celebrates the efforts of the employees. Working with various different people, I noticed how important mental health and general wellbeing is to every single person at SATCoL and the lengths that the company goes to in order to ensure employees are well looked after are evident. The marketing department I’m part of in particular is simply amazing. We call ourselves the ‘dream team’ because we are there for one another both on a professional level and on a camaraderie level. I 100% recommend working for SATCoL.” – MT, Marketing Co-ordinator
“I feel extremely lucky to work for a company that truly cares about all of its colleagues and constantly go over and above to demonstrate that. SATCoL has a strong culture, with our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Equality truly embedded and evidenced in every day of our working lives.” ST – Head of HR & Training
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