Marketing Executive (Level 4) apprenticeship
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Tyne and Wear (NE3 3XT)
Closes in 27 days (Monday 13 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 16 September 2025
Contents
Summary
Join our charity communications team as a marketing and fundraising apprentice! You'll earn while you train, gain hands-on experience in campaigns, events and community engagement. This is a unique chance to build your skills, raise the charity's profile and make a real difference.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Marketing executive (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9-5pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Thursday 13 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
As our apprentice marketing and communications officer - fundraising, you'll support the team to raise the charity's profile and grow community support. A typical week could include:
- Assisting with fundraising campaigns, appeal and charity events
- Reaching out to local businesses, community groups and supporters to encourage donations
- Creating engaging content for social media, newsletters and promotional materials
- Support volunteers and staff with fundraising initiatives and activities
- Helping to develop new ideas to inspire giving and increase support for charity
Where you'll work
St. Nicholas Hospital
Jubilee Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE3 3XT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
GINGER NUT MEDIA LIMITED
Training course
Marketing executive (level 4)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Coordinate and maintain key marketing channels (both digital and offline)
- Plan and deliver tactical campaigns against SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound) objectives
- Manage the production and distribution of marketing materials, e.g. digital, print and video content as appropriate
- Produce a wide range of creative and effective communications, including ability to write and proofread clear and innovative copy, project briefs, and give confident presentations
- Able to engage and collaborate with a wide range of clients/stakeholders, across departments internally and with clients/suppliers externally to support marketing outcomes as required
- Use good project and time management to deliver projects/tasks/events as appropriate, effectively. Including the ability to divide time effectively between reporting, planning and delivery
- Coordinate several marketing campaigns/projects/events to agreed deadlines
- Effectively liaise with, and manage, internal and external stakeholders including suppliers to deliver required outcomes
- Monitor project budgets within their scope of work using appropriate systems and controls
- Evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns by choosing the appropriate digital and offline data sources
- Assimilate and analyse data and information from a range of sources to support marketing activities
- Evaluate data and research findings to derive insights to support improvements to future campaigns
- Effectively use appropriate business systems and software to deliver marketing outcomes efficiently, for example to analyse data, produce reports and deliver copy
- Use appropriate technologies to deliver marketing outcomes e.g. digital/web analytics, social media, CRM
Training schedule
Training will be provided by Ginger Nut Training. Ginger Nut’s delivery is based on a remote, blended model of one-to-one tutor sessions every 4 weeks, group sessions, webinars, online courses, video, and additional support where required. Apprentices are allocated a tutor to guide them through the training, conduct regular meetings and prepare for End Point Assessment. Our tutors are industry experts with relevant industry experience in addition to teaching and coaching expertise.
To support learning, we utilise online resources mapped to the apprenticeship and all learners are given access to LinkedIn Learning, and other bespoke channels designed to support their apprenticeship.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Mathematics (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
About this employer
CNTW provides a wide range of mental health, learning disability, autism and neuro-rehabilitation services to a population of 1.7 million people across North Cumbria and the North East of England as well as providing specialist services nationally. We are one of the largest mental health and disability organisations in the country. We employ over 9,000 staff, operate from over 70 sites and provide a range of services including many regional and national services. The Trust has an annual turnover of around £647 million. We support people in the communities of North Cumbria, Northumberland, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland working with a range of partners to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from community and hospital‑based premises.
https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Career progression in this field could be;
Marketing & Communications Officer, Fundraiser officer, or Events Coordinator. With experience, ypu could prgress to senior positios like Fundraising or Marketing Manager, or continue your studies with higher-level qualifications.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
GINGER NUT MEDIA LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342149.
Apply now
Closes in 27 days (Monday 13 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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