CORPORATE TRAINEE - SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEB CONTENT

CORPORATE TRAINEE - SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEB CONTENT

Our Community Wellbeing Strategy Team is looking to employ a Corporate Trainee Social Media and Web Assistant based at Libraries Stacks and Stock Support, Unit 1B/1C, Dominions Way, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 1RF to contribute to our Service helping us to deliver engaging and informative content to share across the Dementia Friendly Cardiff, Age Friendly Cardiff, Neurodivergent Friendly Cardiff and Care'Diff (unpaid carers) programmes.

Cardiff Council delivers over 700 different services to residents of Cardiff, visitors, and businesses across the city. As a local government organisation, our customers depend on us to deliver our essential services, every day. Whether employed in a customer facing, technical, trade or support role, our employees help us to make a difference to our communities. As it is important to us that our workforce better reflects the communities we serve, and that we support our residents to overcome barriers to employment, you must live within the boundaries of Cardiff to be eligible to apply for this Corporate Trainee role. Check your postcode here:

About the job

In this Corporate Trainee role, you will learn to:

• Update websites
• Work across Council departments - including Bilingual Cardiff, the Web Team, Corporate Communications etc
• Work with a huge variety of partner organisations including Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff and Vale Local Public Health Team, Alzheimer's Society, South Wales Police, Vale of Glamorgan Council etc.
• Support the delivery of events

To support your development, you will receive on the job training and supervision to help you deliver an efficient and effective service in a positive and customer focussed manner. You will also be supported by your manager and a named mentor to who will encourage you to develop a range of transferrable skills to support your career progression.

This role does not include weekend working.

If after reading the job description, you have any questions about the role please contact Rob Sadler,

What We Are Looking For From You

Our customers depend on us to keep delivering services even in the most challenging of times. We are looking for individuals who are keen to learn in the role, are interested in our work, and in helping us to make a difference to our customers by delivering exceptional public services in Cardiff.

As a Corporate Trainee, you will gain valuable experience working for Cardiff - the largest Council in Wales. Although we cannot guarantee that you will go on to secure a further role at the end of the initial contract, you will be supported and encouraged to take advantage of the many opportunities available within our organisation to help progress your career.

Graduates are eligible to apply provided they live in Cardiff. If you do not live in Cardiff, you may be eligible to apply for our other advertised roles. Please check our other vacancies at

Additional information

This post is not suitable for post share.

This post is temporary for 6 months if worked full time, or longer if worked part time. Most roles are based on a 37-hour week though many roles can be worked on a part time basis.

To be considered for shortlist and interview you must provide examples on your application of how you meet all Essential Criteria. You should also include examples to evidence your match to as many of the Desirable Criteria as possible, as we may also use these to shortlist where we receive a large volume of applications from candidates meeting all of the Essential Criteria. Include your examples in the relevant Supporting Information sections of the online application form. Do not upload a CV as this is unlikely to meet shortlisting requirements.

Please read the guidance on how to apply. We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.

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Job Category Apprentice / Trainee

Department Housing & Communities

Working Pattern/Contract Type Full Time Temporary