The Opportunity

The Communications Team is a fast-growing part of Social Finance given significant investment into our communications efforts over the next couple of years. To support and enable this, we are looking for a dedicated Marketing & Events Apprentice. As part of the Comms Team, you will have the resources you need to successfully further our ambitions while developing your skills and experience.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build your career in Communications and Marketing, working in a dynamic and fast-growing social impact business. You will work closely with the Marketing & Events manager with support from the Digital & Content Manager and Communications Director.

Responsibilities

You will be based within our Central Services team and will focus on providing Marketing & Events support. The role will be varied and challenging; much of your time will be spent supporting the Marketing & Events Manager with a variety of tasks.

General Marketing & Events administration:

• Assisting with the implementation of communications plans and events for the various teams and projects at Social Finance

• Supporting with marketing and communications materials for the different teams

• Working with the Comms team and Communication Leads to chase content and update the content calendar

• Supporting with all event logistics – from venue sourcing to production

• Assisting with the planning and execution of quarterly organisational offsites and other company-wide events throughout the year such as the Board dinner, Christmas party, summer fun day and Alumni events

• Maintaining our external events calendar and researching speaking opportunities at conferences, student/job fairs and sector events to promote Social Finance

• Review and report on new marketing and industry trends and innovations

• Working with teams to research and maintain a list of possible awards for Social Finance

Internal communications administration:

• Supporting the execution of an Internal Comms Strategy

• Helping manage the schedule for Monday Morning Meetings & Presentation Brown Bag Lunches

• Support with collating impact stories / data from the teams to feed into our Impact Report

Digital & content administration:

• Working with the Digital & Content Manager on the social media plan

• Sourcing content from the teams for social media

• Review and report on new social media and content ideas / trends

• Supporting the Digital & Content manager with creating content for social media platforms, such as Social Finance’s Twitter & LinkedIn accounts, website and blog

• Any other duties as requested

About You

You will be a pro-active learner with an interest in Marketing & Events and a strong ability to get on with people. You will have excellent written, verbal communication and planning skills with a high attention to detail. You will be passionate and motivated by social impact and the role of communications in delivering lasting change.

Working at Social Finance

The fixed salary for this position is £21,000 per annum. We offer a generous holiday allowance plus bank holidays and corporate leave between Christmas and New Year when the office is closed. We also offer a contributory stakeholder pension scheme, season ticket loans, bike to work schemes and Give as you Earn via salary sacrifice. Working for a mission driven organisation is more than just what we pay though, it’s about our culture, our approach and what else we offer. Read more about working at Social Finance here.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

We actively encourage applications from under-represented and minoritised groups, including those with lived experience of the social issues we are working to address. We are an equal opportunities employer.

We support a range of flexible working options and welcome UK based applications from outside of London/the Southeast so far as they can meet the in-person meeting requirements for the role. We can also accommodate secondments and part-time working. Read more about our approach to equity, diversity and inclusion here.

We work on some projects where our clients may require different levels of DBS checking for our employees. Candidates deemed suitable for a role after interview will be asked to declare any unspent convictions to ensure that we are able to resource them to projects appropriately.

How to Apply

We use Applied, an application platform developed by the Behavioural Insights Team, to record your application. Applied uses behavioural and data science to improve hiring decisions and minimise unconscious bias in the recruitment process.

You will be asked to respond to situational based questions which will allow you to express your ability. Your answer to each question will be viewed in isolation. Please therefore ensure there is enough detail in that single response, without any references to your other responses.

NB: While we are asking for your CV, please note that we will not be viewing your CV during the initial sift process. The selection panel will not have access to your CV, so it is therefore essential that you respond to each question fully.

First stage interviews will be taking place week commencing 12 June 2023. Second stage interviews will be taking place week commencing 19 June 2023.