Apprentice E-commerce Assistant - REF 14964
HOUSING UNITS LIMITED
Chadderton Oldham (OL9 7HU)
Closes on Tuesday 13 October 2026
Posted on 10 September 2026
Contents
Summary
Housing Units in Chadderton are recruiting for an Apprentice E-commerce Assistant. The successful applicant will complete a Level 3 Multi Channel Marketing apprenticeship over the duration of 18-months.
- Wage
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£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
- £300 per week
- Training course
- Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm, 30-minutes break (unpaid)
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 20 October 2026
- 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
- Plan, co-ordinate and administer the product catalogue within an Ecommerce platform
- Work with web technologies and produce relevant copy and text for a wide range of products
- Ensure all on-site advertising, promotions and product merchandising is aligned with marketing campaigns
- Merchandise products to enhance customer experience and increase conversions
- Monitor where product images are missing, incorrect or lacking optimisation
- Identify ways to assist in improving conversion rates through persuasive content
- Support the buying and merchandising team on new online product creates, promotions and quarterly sales
- Support the E-Commerce Manager with ad hoc on-site projects and web developments
- Ensure work is completed in a timely manner, within deadlines, and to an excellent quality, through high attention to detail
- Checking the customer journey on the website and raising any issues such as broken links or pages
Where you'll work
Distribution And Administration
Centre
Tweedale Way
Chadderton Oldham
OL9 7HU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP C.I.C.
Training course
Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
- Level 3 Multi Channel Marketer
- Functional skills
- Work based learning
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Creative
- Initiative
- Punctual
- Flexible around change
About this employer
This is a great opportunity for a commercially focused E-Commerce Assistant to join a successful 79-year brand at a time of expansion.
As a member of a small content team and enjoying a varied role, you will have the opportunity to help shape the future of the department in- line with business strategy of growth in a multi-channel environment.
Housing Units is the home department store. We’re here for people who really want to make a statement with their home.
Based in Manchester, we’ve got absolutely everything you could imagine under one roof. From sofas and beds, to dining and garden, high-end design to great value ranges, each with a specialist team on-hand to help.
Our range of styles take inspiration from trends around the globe, ready to be made a reality in any home. Our expert teams know the surprising story each piece of furniture has to tell – from reclaimed charm, to sustainable magic, to expert craftsmanship.
We’re a family business with 79 years' experience behind us, and cherish our reputation for outstanding personable customer service at every point our customers connect with us.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Progression onto full-time employment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP C.I.C.
Recruitment
recruitment@nltg.co.uk
01254395355
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039290.
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Closes on Tuesday 13 October 2026
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