Marketing Assistant Apprentice

PENDLESIDE HOSPICE

BURNLEY (BB10 2LW)

Closes in 16 days (Friday 26 June 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 10 June 2026

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Summary

Supporting our Communications & Marketing Manager, you’ll play a key role in developing Pendleside’s marketing activity - sharing powerful stories, boosting our online presence, and helping drive support for our services and fundraising events that make our care possible.

Wage

£17,550 a year

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Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm with 30 minutes for lunch.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

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

Communications & Marketing Support:

  • Assist with planning and delivering marketing activities and campaigns across digital and print channels
  • Support the promotion of fundraising events, retail activities, Hospice services, and organisational campaigns to increase awareness and income generation
  • Create engaging content for social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok
  • Assist with developing and scheduling social media posts, advertisements, and digital campaigns
  • Monitor and update website content to ensure information is accurate, engaging, and up to date
  • Support the creation of marketing materials including newsletters, posters, leaflets, presentations, and promotional resources
  • Assist with photography and design work for internal and external communications
  • Help collate and write stories, articles, and press content to promote Hospice services, events, and community impact
  • Work with external suppliers such as printers, designers, and media contacts to support campaign delivery
  • Assist with data analytics, campaign reporting, and measuring marketing performance and engagement
  • Support the development of internal communications and staff engagement through platforms such as Viva Engage
  • Contribute to the development and delivery of the Hospice marketing and communications plan
  • Attend and contribute to Communications & Marketing Huddles and team meetings

Learning and Development:

  • Complete all apprenticeship training, assignments, and assessments on time
  • Actively seek feedback and support from line managers and tutors
  • Apply learning from training into day-to-day work

What You Will Learn:

Through your apprenticeship, you will develop skills in:

  • Marketing principles and brand awareness
  • Social media management and digital marketing
  • Content creation, copywriting, and storytelling
  • Communication across different audiences and channels
  • Design, photography, and promotional content development
  • Campaign planning and performance analysis
  • Website content management and digital engagement
  • Time management, organisation, and teamwork
  • Budget awareness and campaign administration

Where you'll work

COLNE ROAD
REEDLEY
BURNLEY
BB10 2LW

Training

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

Training provider

BURNLEY COLLEGE

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 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 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.

Training schedule

  • Multi-channel Marketer Level 3
  • The apprentice will attend day-release at Burnley College one day per week

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (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
  • Creative

Other requirements

DBS: Appointment is subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring check.

About this employer

Pendleside exists to promote and enhance quality of life for people with life-limiting illnesses, their families and carers; by delivering specialist and holistic palliative care, which addresses their individually assessed physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs.

Our care is planned and continually monitored to ensure appropriateness as needs may change. Effective communication with our service users, their families and their carers is fundamental to our relationship with them. Their confidentiality, privacy, dignity and choice are respected at all times.

Our multi-disciplinary approach facilitates integrated support in our inpatient, day service and outpatients and community services; in collaboration with other local care providers.

Care is underpinned by relevant research, best practice guidance and professional codes of practice.

Our care is free of charge to those we serve.

https://www.pendleside.org.uk/about-us-menu (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Potential progression into further fundraising or business roles subject to performance and vacancies.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BURNLEY COLLEGE

Themis

Themis@burnley.ac.uk

01282 733005

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000035739.

Apply now

Closes in 16 days (Friday 26 June 2026 at 11:59pm)