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Level 3 Marketing and Media Apprentice
Location: BRIERCLIFFE NORTH (BB10 3QU)
Closing date: 15 days (Friday 23 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Summary
To support the Marketing Manager in delivering and developing HAPPA’s online presence across social media, website content, digital storytelling, and campaign activity. This role will help grow HAPPA’s profile, strengthen engagement with supporters, and showcase the charity’s life-changing work to wider audiences.
Wage: £12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Training
Course: Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday 10am-4pm. 30 hours a week
Start date: Monday 26 October 2026
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Website Content Management
- Collate news, stories, and updates from Shores Hey Farm to support the creation of engaging website content.
- Monitor, amend, and remove website content and information as required, ensuring all online information remains accurate and current.
- Monitor, update, and edit the “What’s On” calendars on both websites in a timely manner.
Social Media Administration
- Work with the Marketing Manager to create a monthly social media content plan that supports events, activities, campaigns, and key messages.
- Help keep all social media platforms fresh and engaging, including Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
- Promote current campaigns through Facebook and other relevant digital channels.
- Monitor social media platforms and help maintain a positive, welcoming, and professional online environment.
- Respond to social media messages promptly or direct enquiries to the appropriate member of staff.
- Promote and advertise events across all social media platforms.
- Support the Marketing Manager by gathering content from departments and helping to create an engaging, interactive online offering.
- Assist the Marketing Manager in capturing high-quality video and photography content across projects and campaigns.
Online Fundraising
- Maximise the use of online fundraising platforms and promote opportunities to the public through social media, e-shots, and other digital communications.
- Update, monitor, and review the organisation’s presence on online fundraising and promotional sites, ensuring content remains accurate, engaging, and up to date.
Other Responsibilities
- To proactively seek new opportunities to strengthen and enhance HAPPA’s online presence.
- To attend meetings relating to the events diary and the interactive yard experience.
- On occasion, assist with photography for events and activities.
- Assist with live streams, on-screen presenting, and sourcing interesting and insightful content through interviews and spotlights with HAPPA staff and charity supporters.
- Attend events and source compelling marketing material for social media and PR purposes.
- Any other duties deemed suitable by your Line Manager.
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Why join HAPPA?
This is an exciting opportunity to build a career in digital marketing while making a real difference to the lives of horses, ponies, and donkeys in need. As part of HAPPA’s dedicated team, the successful candidate will gain hands-on experience across social media, website content, storytelling, campaigns, events, and online fundraising, all while working towards a recognised degree qualification. This role offers the chance to be creative, develop valuable professional skills, and help share the inspiring stories behind HAPPA’s vital work with supporters, visitors, and the wider community.
Where you'll work
TAYLOR BUILDING
SHORES HEY FARM
BLACKHOUSE LANE
BRIERCLIFFE NORTH
BB10 3QU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider: BURNLEY COLLEGE
Training course: Multi-channel marketer (level 3)
What you'll learn
- Develop or interpret briefs for external or internal stakeholders and measure delivery in-line with the specification and agreed timelines
- Plan and coordinate a marketing activity using marketing tactics to acquire and retain one or more customer segments using available resources
- Contribute to the generation of innovative and creative approaches across video, images, and other formats, both online and offline, to support campaign development
- Use research/survey software to gather audience insight and/or evaluation to support the project
- Use copywriting techniques to write persuasive text/copy to meet a communications objective ensuring it is in-line with organisational brand guidelines
- Build and implement multi-channel campaigns across a variety of platforms, either offline or digital media
- Proofread marketing copy ensuring it is accurate, persuasive and is on brand
- Use software to design and create marketing assets to meet a technical specification
- Contribute to the research of external suppliers to support recommendations and procurement of marketing goods and services
- Organise offline and digital assets ensuring they are co-ordinated and legally compliant
- Use a content management system to publish text, images, and video/animated content
- Create and maintain spreadsheets to support marketing activities such as project/budget planning and organisation of marketing assets
- Use technology and software packages to support day to day activities, e.g., stakeholder communications, development of briefs, data analysis, report writing, presentations and project management
- Identify and use data and technologies to achieve marketing objectives
- Monitor and amend campaigns to meet budget requirements including time and monetary costs
- Review campaigns regularly to ensure effectiveness, to optimise the results
- Measure and evaluate campaign delivery to identify areas for improvement
- Use data analysis tools to record, interpret and analyse customer or campaign data
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Requirements
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in: Maths and English (grade A*-C/9-4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
Other requirements
Please note: Applications with AI-generated answers will not be considered for shortlisting.
About this employer
HAPPA is a UK-based charity dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming abused, neglected, and unwanted equines, giving them the care, respect, and second chance they deserve. Founded in 1937, the charity has a proud history of championing equine welfare and providing specialist care for horses, ponies, and donkeys in need. HAPPA operates out of Shores Hey Farm in Burnley, Lancashire, where it offers dedicated facilities for equine care and inspires the community through education, outreach, and engagement programmes. The charity’s life-changing work is made possible through generous donations, legacy gifts, and the support of its dedicated community. https://www.happa.org.uk/
After this apprenticeship
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BURNLEY COLLEGE Themis Team
Email: apprenticeships@themis.ac.uk
Phone: 01282 733005
Reference code: VAC2000057704
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Closes in 15 days (Friday 23 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
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