Marketing Communications Assistant

Do you want to develop your marketing skills in a busy and supportive environment, whilst helping people to create warmer homes, reduce their energy bills, and lower their carbon footprint?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Marketing Assistant to join our team. You’ll provide digital and traditional marketing support, including content creation and administrative support - focusing on the delivery of the Home Energy Scotland programme; Scotland’s leading free and impartial energy advice service. As part of Energy Saving Trust’s wider marketing and communications team, you’ll work with marketing professionals and energy experts to deliver your role at what is a crucial time for householders.

Energy Saving Trust is an independent organisation working to address the climate emergency.

Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.

At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs - we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.

As well as investing in our mission, we invest in our people and culture. We’re committed to creating an engaging, supportive and inclusive workplace for all and providing opportunities for development, training and growth. We also provide a range of benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme and a wellbeing allowance. Please see our careers page for more information on why Energy Saving Trust is a great place to work.

Aurene Fernandes, Marketing and Communications Assistant said: 'As a marketing assistant, I was exposed to so many different aspects of the job. From social media, and website content to working on strategic reporting, you’re always working on something exciting. No two days are the same. Moreover, working with Energy Saving Trust’s marketing team is always a joy. There’s always someone to support you throughout. If you’re enthusiastic, creative, organised and love working within a dynamic team then this could be the role for you!’

The team

• The Home Energy Scotland Marketing Team is based in Edinburgh and sits within the wider Marketing Communications directorate. It’s responsible for delivering tactical and strategic marketing and communications activities to support the Home Energy Scotland programme to achieve its KPIs.
• We are responsive - we handle a high volume of incoming requests from our internal stakeholders as well as the Scottish Government, and we also identify ways we can work across other programme teams to help support each other’s activities.
• We are collaborative - we work very closely with colleagues in different Energy Saving Trust departments, suppliers, agencies and funders.
• We are expert - we’re responsible for advising colleagues on our specialist area.
• We are supportive - we work closely as a team, helping make sure we achieve the best we can together.

What you’ll do

• You’ll support the marketing team to implement annual Marketing Communications plans and assist with day-to-day tactical marketing activity
• You’ll create content for and monitor our social media channels
• You’ll assist with creating and editing website content such as news stories, blog posts and case studies
• You’ll create, schedule, and help optimise email campaigns
• You’ll support with collateral development, events and general administrative tasks

What you’ll bring

• Excellent attention to detail, organisational and communication skills
• Writing and editing experience for social media, with the ability to turn complex issues into succinct, compelling content
• An ability to work using your own initiative and manage and prioritise a busy workload
• It would be desirable (but not essential) to have digital marketing experience and knowledge, including experience of using website content management systems, social media monitoring platforms, email marketing software and experience in using design and basic video editing tools such as InDesign, Canva and Biteable.

This is a 12-month fixed term position. Our standard weekly hours are 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday.

This is a full-time role. As standard we offer all contracts on blended (home and office-based) working but as a team we aim to meet in the office at least once a week. We will be happy to discuss this and our blended working model at the interview stage with you.

Please apply on our website via the apply button. We will ask you for your personal details, work history, diversity monitoring information and a supporting statement. In your supporting statement please explain how you meet the essential areas in the job description. Applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Applications close 23:59 on 1 February 2024. Interviews are intended to be held w/c 5 February.

If you think you may need additional support or adjustments made to any part of the application or recruitment process, please get in touch with us.

Please note that we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

Our commitment to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace
To address the urgent challenges posed by the climate emergency, we need a diversity of people, experiences and ideas. We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust. If there is anything we can do to support you in applying, please get in touch with us. Please note that we will always ensure that a fair recruitment process is followed for all candidates and appointments will be made based on merit.