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Marketing Assistant

  • Public sector
  • London
  • 18/04/2024
  • £27,000.00 - £32,863.00 /yearly
  • Full Time & Permanent
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Job Overview

Location

London

Job Type

Full Time & Permanent

Salary

£27,000 - £32,863 yearly

Date Posted:

18/04/2024

Expiration date:

01/05/2024

Additional Detail

Job ID

5902

Work Location

Remote and/or Onsite

Job Description

London, London (region), TW9 4DU

Job summary

Working as part of the Marketing team, your role will be to help deliver marketing campaigns and activity through a number of channels, including printed materials, digital marketing, social media, filming / video production and events.

You will support in the planning of campaigns and the management of our brand strategy, including the production for a wide-range of marketing materials to promote the work, business and commercial services of The National Archives. This will involve writing copy, designing high-quality marketing materials, working with colleagues from across The National Archives and external partners.

You will also support the wider Marketing and Communications team in delivering their projects and campaigns through administrative work including managing inboxes, supporting events and some financial administration such as the raising and receipting of purchase orders and managing the tracking of team spending.

This is a full-time post. However, requests for part-time working, flexible working and job share will be considered.

A combination of onsite and home working is available and applicants should be able to regularly travel to our Kew site for a minimum of 60% of their work time.

We would particularly like to encourage applicants from backgrounds currently underrepresented in archives, including those who identify as Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT+), from Black, Asian and minority ethnic cultural backgrounds, those who are neurodivergent, and those with hidden or visible disabilities.

Job description

Full job description attached (see below).

Person specification

How to apply:

If you are an internal applicant: please do not use the link on this page. Please apply via your employee Workday account.

If you are an external applicant: to submit your application please click the 'Apply at advertiser's site' button on this page.

You will be asked to provide details of your work experience and write a personal statement. In your personal statement please explain, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria given below. You may draw on knowledge, skills, abilities, experience gained from paid work, domestic responsibilities, education, leisure interests and voluntary activities. Please note selection for interview will largely be based on the information you provide in this section.

Essential criteria:

  • Proven copywriting and copyediting skills
  • Good attention to detail, together with strong proof-reading skills
  • Ability to manage time effectively, using your own initiative and keeping to tight deadlines
  • Excellent organisation and project management skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and team working skills and willingness to work flexibly across all levels of the organisation
  • Experience of using Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and/or Adobe InDesign)
  • Experience of using social media in a business context

Desirable criteria:

  • Experience of using email marketing platforms
  • Experience of video-editing
Alongside your salary of £27,000, The National Archives contributes £7,290 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Generous benefits package, including pension, sports and social club facilities, onsite gym, discounted rates at our on-site cafe and opportunities for training and development.

Any move to The National Archives from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk;

Selection process details

Reasonable adjustments:

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

  • Contact The National Archives via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
  • Complete the Assistance required section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional


Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Recruitment team

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact The National Archives via email: [email protected] If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/

 
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