Communications and Marketing Assistant (12 months student placement)

For more information or an informal discussion about the role please contact: Callum Pollard - Fundraising Manager callum.pollard@nhs.net 07858 817 852

About The Role

This is a 12-month student placement opportunity within MY Hospitals Charity, that will be an asset to the charity, whilst also providing valuable hands-on experience in marketing, communications, and fundraising support for the individual. The role will involve developing and distributing engaging content, assisting with social media management, supporting events and campaigns, and contributing to the charity’s wider marketing and communications activities. The successful candidate will also provide administrative support to ensure the efficient daily running of the charity team.

Main duties

• Create, schedule, and publish engaging content across MY Hospitals Charity’s social media platforms (Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn).
• Monitor and respond to social media interactions and messages
• Track social media engagement and produce monthly performance reports with insights and recommendations.
• Source, capture, and edit images and videos for use across digital channels.
• Stay up to date with social media trends and suggest new ideas to improve engagement and reach
• Assist with updating the charity’s website content, including news stories, events, appeals, and donor acknowledgements
• Support the creation and distribution of digital newsletters and email marketing campaigns using approved tools
• Support the planning, delivery, and promotion of fundraising appeals, charity events, and awareness campaigns
• Produce marketing materials such as posters, flyers, donor packs, event signage, and digital graphics
• Provide a friendly and professional welcome to visitors, donors, and beneficiaries contacting the charity

Key Requirements

We are looking for someone who can meet the following criteria, but are conscious that this is a student placement and that previous experience in a work environment will be limited:

• The individual MUST be currently studying a university degree (Marketing, Communications, PR, Business or related subject)
• Friendly, approachable, and professional manner
• Enthusiastic, adaptable, and reliable
• Good general education to include GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths
• Experience of creating social media content
• Experience of good customer or public service care
• Excellent working knowledge of IT systems (e.g. Microsoft Office)
• Awareness and understanding of the role of marketing and communications in a charity setting
• Strong written, verbal, and telephone communication skills

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application Guidance

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our Benefits

Access to the NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service

Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services

Extensive benefits and support, including:

• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support
• Skilled worker sponsorship

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