Marketing and Communications Apprentice

2024 is a landmark year for Stockport, we have an ambitious £1bn development and regeneration programme that is transforming the town centre and Stockport has been recognised by the Times as the best place to live in the North West. We have big ambitions for our Borough and our people, and we always put people at the heart of what we do. There's no better time to join us! This newly created role will, amongst other things:

• Support senior communications officers with delivering internal and external communications projects
• Support senior management with communicating to the workforce via newsletters, intranet and emails
• Working closely with HR and Organisational Development to support delivering workforce engagement programmes e.g. all colleague briefings
• Writing for different audiences and for a variety of different internal and external communications media (intranet, email, teams, print, social media, newsletters etc)
• Provide a customer friendly 'account handling' role on communications and marketing projects
  
  We're looking for an apprentice to join our ambitious Communications Team to help to deliver the council's priorities and initiatives to colleagues, residents, businesses and partners. This is an exciting opportunity to work across a mix of specialisms such as campaigns, news and media relations, and content for a range of audiences.
  
  At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We're keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions., Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce. We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.