Wind Farm Community Investment Apprentice

Summary

Support the Community Investment Manager and Communications Officer at the Wind Farm. Help deliver the Community Fund, focused on STEM, scholarships, and school engagement in South Tyneside. Assist with promotion through social media, internal communications, press, and events.

Wage

£21,000 a year

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Training course

Multi-channel marketer (level 3)

Hours

Monday- Friday 9.00am- 5.00pm With 30 minutes lunch

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 4 August 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

You will be supported to develop skills and confidence in all the areas below, and also have mentors with specialist knowledge in community investment and digital marketing.

Supporting delivery of the Community Fund programme, including promotion of projects, evaluation and exploring new relationships
Coordinating the Operator Fund, our annual £80k small grants programme
Organising community action opportunities for the wind farm staff
Delivering presentations and workshops to engage schoolchildren and students with engineering and renewables
Developing resources for community investment for our website
Assist in the development and implementation of marketing strategies to promote the Wind Farm to various stakeholders
Support the content creation team by drafting, editing, and proofreading marketing materials such as brochures, press releases and blog posts
Conduct market research to identify trends, competitor activities, and new opportunities for engagement and outreach within the sector
Update the company's social media platforms, ensuring consistent messaging and engagement with the online community
Monitor and report on the effectiveness of marketing campaigns using analytics tools, offering insights and recommendations for improvement
Assist in the planning and execution of events, such as conferences, exhibitions, and community outreach programmes

Where you'll work

Dogger Bank East Side Equinor UK Ltd Port of Tyne Ltd
Enterprise Way
South Shields
NE33 5SW

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

GATESHEAD COLLEGE

Your training course

Multi-channel marketer (level 3)

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What you'll learn

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

You will work towards the Level 3 multi channel marketer apprenticeship standard with Gateshead College

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade A*-C/4-9)
Maths (grade A*-C/4-9)

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
Organisation skills
Presentation skills
Good writing skills
Willingness to learn
Volunteering experience
Commitment to learning

Other requirements

Successful candidate will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in the UK

About this company

Set to be the world’s largest offshore wind farm once complete, it is situated over 130km from the Yorkshire coast and will produce enough renewable energy to supply electricity to six million homes in the UK annually. The wind farm, a joint venture between SSE Renewables, Equinor, and Vårgrønn, produced first power in October 2023. This role is with Equinor, the partner that is running the operational phase of the wind farm. Equinor is an international energy company based in Norway. Our purpose is to turn natural resources into energy for people and progress for society. Equinor’s portfolio of projects encompasses oil and gas, renewables and low-carbon solutions, with an ambition of becoming a net-zero energy company by 2050. The joint venture runs a large Community Fund to support the communities where it has built assets – South Tyneside, Redcar & Cleveland and East Riding. This will provide £25 million of support to coastal communities across the North and North East of England over its planned 35-year operational lifespan.

Company benefits

Competitive benefits are offered including 26 days holiday + public holidays

After this apprenticeship

Possible progression to full time employment

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