Marketing and Social Media Apprentice

Bolton Council; Bolton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrifice schemes

Flexible working options

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Bolton Council is offering a Marketing and Social Media Apprentice role to launch your career while helping showcase Bolton's work with partner services. You will create engaging content, support campaigns, promote concerts and events, capture photos and videos, and grow the council's online presence.

You'll undertake a Level 3 Marketing/Social Media apprenticeship and develop your skills in a creative, supportive environment where your ideas are valued and encouraged.

Qualifications

• Creativity and enthusiasm with an interest in music, arts, culture or youth work.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail.
• Willingness to learn and develop skills in a supportive team.

Responsibilities

• Create engaging content, support campaigns, promote events, and grow Bolton Council's online presence.
• Capture photos and videos to showcase the work and activities.
• Undertake a Level 3 Marketing/Social Media apprenticeship while contributing to the team.

Job description

Grade B SCP 4 - £21,753.65 (Apprentice)

Grade C SCP 5 - £22,097.32 - SCP 6 - £22,445.51 (substantive, qualified)
Contract: permanent
Hours: 37 per week, Term-Time Only
Interview date: 15 October 2026
For further information about this role, contact: [e-mail]

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role

Love social media, content creation and telling stories that inspire people?
This is an exciting opportunity to launch your career in marketing while making a real difference to the lives of children and young people. As our Marketing and Social Media Apprentice, you'll help showcase the incredible work of Bolton with Blackburn with Darwen Music Service and the Greater Manchester Music Hub. You'll create engaging content, support campaigns, promote concerts and events, capture photos and videos, and help grow our online presence. Alongside gaining hands‑on experience, you'll work towards a recognised apprenticeship qualification in a creative, supportive environment where your ideas are valued and encouraged.

About You

We're looking for someone who is creative, enthusiastic and always full of ideas. You might already enjoy creating content, managing social media accounts, making videos, designing graphics or spotting the latest online trends. You're someone who takes the initiative, sees opportunities, and gets stuck in, while also enjoying working as part of a positive and supportive team. You'll have strong communication skills, good attention to detail, and a genuine interest in music, arts, culture or working with young people. Most importantly, you'll bring energy, curiosity and a willingness to learn, grow and develop your skills while helping us inspire the next generation of musicians.
The successful applicant will be required to undertake a level 3 Marketing/Social Media apprenticeship . Applicants must therefore not already hold an apprenticeship or qualification in Marketing/Social Media (or a similar subject area) at level 3 or above

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council’s policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact [e-mail]

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