Marketing Placement Student
Salary range
£23,000 – £25,000 FTE
37.5 hours per week
Usually 9am – 5pm
Location
187 Fog Lane, Burnage
Responsible to
CEO
Interacts with
General Public, Members, Volunteers, Directors, Staff and Stakeholders
We are proud to offer this opportunity for a driven, creative, ambitious marketer to join our team and expand our marketing resource even further.
The successful applicant will work with the mentoring of the Marketing Lead on a range of marketing activities through all our marketing channels, providing an excellent opportunity to learn many marketing skills. This role also includes scope to innovate and bring fresh ideas to achieve our ambitious goals.
To apply, send your CV and covering letter to our Marketing Lead, Ryan Quinn, at ryan@smcreditunion.co.uk
We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis, and if we are inviting you to interview, we will be in touch to arrange a suitable interview date.
Position Description
- Opportunities to be responsible for tasks across a variety of marketing channels
- Creation of effective copy, content, and graphics for our website, social media, and blogs
- Analysis and application relevant data
- Contributing to the development of our marketing strategy
- Interaction with members, partners, and other stakeholders
- Working with associated brands such as our workplace savings scheme, Balance
- Improvement of current member communications
- Ideating tactics we could use to reach potential members
- Engagement with servicing members
Person Specification
- Enthusiastic, driven approach to applying marketing skills
- Solution-driven and flexible in responding to a varied workload
- Ability to work independently when suitable and focus on tasks
- Creative mindset with an eye for design
- Emotional intelligence – able to quickly adapt tone and messaging
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Confidence in abilities and an ambition to succeed
- Commitment to credit union and cooperative values
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office
- Experience with WordPress and Canva would be desirable
Main duties and responsibilities for all staff
- Fulfil role in a way which is in keeping with our Credit Union values
- Support the achievement of our Credit Union objectives
- Treat all members fairly and with respect
- Maintain a calm, professional and friendly manner
- Adhere to our Credit Union Confidentiality Pledge
- Follow our Tone of Voice Guide in all communications
- Follow our Credit Union rules, policies and procedures in all work
- Proactively contribute to continuous improvement
- Assist in investigating and correcting errors, complaints, mispostings or similar
- Take responsibility for own work
- Keep skills up to date and attend training and development opportunities
- Work alongside other staff, volunteers and directors to achieve required tasks
- Attend staff meetings
- Keep clear work flows and good team communication
- Provide cover for other Credit Union staff in their absence
- Produce statistics as required by the organisation
- Take pride in delivery of a high standard of work without unnecessary support
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job, the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.
Vision, Mission and Values
Our Vision
To run a community credit union which is a significant asset to the people and the economy of South Manchester.
Our Mission
To provide a secure and professional service which encourages savings and offers loans to members. We are different because we:
- Run the credit union ourselves for everyone in our community
- Keep local money within our local economy
- Reach out to the people who need us most
- Work with financially vulnerable people to find financial wellbeing
- Focus particularly on our young people
- Behave in a welcoming and ethical way
Our Values
Must inspire the commitment of time and energy. They are our beliefs about what is important:
- Power
- Safe
- Wellbeing
- Strength
