Modern Apprentice - Digital Marketing

Job Details

Grade: Real Living Wage

Hourly Rate: £12.00

Salary: £21,899.98 per annum

Hours: 35

Contract Duration: Temporary until 28 November 2025

Interviews: To be held 1st & 2nd August 2024

Role Purpose

An exciting opportunity has become available to join Scottish Borders Council as a Modern Apprentice (MA) to support business change and improving the way the Council works and communicates with the communities we serve.

You will work as a member of a cross department team involved in the improvement of our corporate communications, website and media channels. You should have a passion for social media, and a keen interest in technology and how content is created, managed and analysed to provide insights and useable data to support services and Council business.


Modern Apprenticeships provide an opportunity to "learn while you earn" and offer an entry point in to the employment market, with this role offering an opportunity to explore the exciting world of digital marketing within a supportive and dynamic team, which is committed to fostering talent through educational pathways.


As this is an apprentice post the job holder will be required to work in various areas and departments throughout the organisation to develop skills, knowledge and experience in all aspects of Digital Marketing. This will be via on the job training and formal training sessions to establish knowledge and understanding.

As part of the apprenticeship you will be required to engage with a training provider to obtain the desired qualification of a SCQF 6 Digital Marketing and have regular meetings with the supervisor and/or assessor.


More information on the Digital Marketing MA can be found at https://www.apprenticeships.scot/modern-apprenticeships/digital-marketing/individual/

Essential

In accordance with Scottish Borders Councils priorities, you will need to be aged 16-24 (at the point of starting the Apprenticeship) to qualify for this position.



• A good general education standard
• Core Skills required for MA Framework Qualifications relevant to the post

Informal Enquiries

Informal enquiries may be made to Naomi Sweeney at naomi.sweeney@scotborders.gov.uk.


Scottish Borders Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010. In particular from candidates who assess themselves as having a disability, under the Disability Confident Employer scheme this guarantees an interview to those individuals who meet the essential criteria of the post. All appointments will be made on merit.