Communications and Marketing - Apprentice
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South Wales Police brings together thousands of people with the same aim – to keep South Wales safe.
We want to be the best at understanding and responding to our community’s needs. To do this we need the very best candidates from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to become part of our policing family.
We are looking for someone to #JoinUs. Could you be who we are looking for?
About the team/department you will be joining:
You will be joining our busy Communications & Media Team, based at our HQ in Bridgend which is responsible all internal and external communications.
Depending on your skills, you could play a part in helping us engage and communicate with over 6,000 police officers, police staff and volunteers or create engaging digital content for our 1 million+ social media followers.
We also want someone to support our 24/7 media-handling work, assist investigations with timely appeals and updates and tell the story of South Wales Police through use of social and traditional media, and help our campaigns team to reassure and keep the communities of South Wales safe
About the role and your key responsibilities:
Your main responsibility will be to support our Communications & Media Team in delivering a first class communications service to the communities of South Wales as well as our own internal audience made up of officers, police staff and volunteers.
One of the apprenticeship roles will be based within our Digital & Content Team which creates content for our range of social media channels which include the South Wales Police website, Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, Whatsapp and Youtube, as well as our internal audience.
The second role will be to support our Internal Communications Team in reaching and engaging our 6,000+ police officers, staff and volunteers based across the force area through the use of new and established communications channels.
The third opportunity is to work across our Communications & Media Team, enabling the successful candidate to develop their skills and knowledge of a range of communications disciplines, including news, campaigns, digital and content, internal communications and our heritage centre.
What skills and experience do we need you to bring to the role:
You’ll need to be well organised and creative with some existing knowledge and an interest in developing existing skills in areas such as social media, content creation, design, digital media, video editing, copy writing, website publishing, online and print media.
Qualification Criteria
You must have a good standard of education to at least GCSE A-C Level, including Maths and English, or be able to demonstrate equivalent skills and abilities.
You must be eligible to register for a Level 3 or above apprenticeship in a relevant subject. (Subject list can be found under ‘Qualifications’ on the relevant role profile.)
There are numerous benefits to working for South Wales Police, from learning and development opportunities to schemes which aim to improve your lifestyle and wellbeing, as well as generous Local Government Pension Scheme / Police Pension Schemes, paid annual leave, flexible working and family friendly policies and many more, click here for more information.
If you would like any more information about any of the roles, please contact Paul Fisher paul.fisher@south-wales.police.uk
Shortlisting for this vacancy will take place on week commencing 31st March.
Interviews for this vacancy will take place on either week commencing 28th April or week commencing 5th May.
We anticipate a large volume of applications for this internship as such we reserve the right to close the vacancy when a sufficient number of applications are received.
First time applying for a role with South Wales Police? Be sure to read our application guidance for some hints and tips around the application form and what to expect, click here for more information. Please note the successful candidate must be willing to undergo vetting to the required level.