Employee Communications and Marketing Assistant

Closing date: 23/11/2025

Reference: REQ106341

14.8 hours / Fixed-Term

28, ,518 *

Aberystwyth

*All salary values are pro-rata.

About the role

Are you a creative communicator with a flair for detail, design and an interest in HR? We're looking for a motivated and creative communicator to join our Employee Engagement team as an Employee Communications and Marketing Assistant on a part-time, fixed-term basis.

This is a great opportunity to join a friendly team that's passionate about engaging our workforce, attracting great people, and sharing the stories that make Team Ceredigion a great place to work.

In this varied and rewarding role, you'll help us bring our employer brand to life, promote our job opportunities, and share great stories about the work we do and the people who make it happen.

What you'll do

You'll play a key role in supporting our recruitment and internal communications activity, including:

• Creating and posting job adverts on our careers website and external job boards
• Promoting opportunities and our employer brand across social media channels
• Editing and enhancing internal news and updates for our intranet and employee newsletters

About you

We're looking for someone who:

• Has strong attention to detail and a creative approach to producing high-quality content
• Can design and create engaging materials such as social media posts, videos and infographics
• Demonstrates excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
• Confidence communicating clearly and positively in both Welsh and English
• Learns quickly and can use a range of ICT systems and digital tools effectively
• Brings a flexible, can-do attitude and is keen to learn and grow within a supportive team

Working pattern

This is a job-share position working 14.8 hours per week. It's envisaged that the successful post holder will work the hours across 2 days (Wednesday and Thursday), though this can be negotiated for the right candidate.

Secondment

This could be an excellent secondment opportunity for someone wishing to gain experience in recruitment, marketing and internal communications. If you wish to apply on a secondment basis, please ensure you have your line manager's approval before applying so you can return to your substantive post once the secondment ends.

What we offer

In exchange for your skills and expertise you will receive:

• Hybrid Working: As a team, we primarily work from home. This role is based in Canolfan Rheidol, Aberystwyth therefore the successful post holder can choose to work from there or can apply to have 'hybrid working status'
• Flexi-Scheme: Our extremely popular flexi scheme allows you to flex your contractual working hours between the hours of 7:30 am and 7pm. Additional hours accrued can be taken as additional leave
• Generous Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days plus 8 public holidays, increasing with your length of service to a maximum of 34 days plus 8 public holidays within 10 years of local government service.
• Local Government Pension (with 14.6% employer contribution) with options for additional contributions
• Range of additional paid and unpaid leave options: From carer leave to paid leave to attend appointments – we have a range of additional leave options available to you
• Vivup Benefits Scheme: Access a range of perks, including discounts on shopping, gym memberships, car leasing, cycle to work scheme, health and wellbeing support, and financial advice and more

Job Description and Person Specification

Interested?

If you'd like to find out more about the role, please contact Angharad Rees on or for an informal chat.

Interviews:

Interviews will be held remotely – date TBC.

Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.

What we offer

Work-life balance

Lifestyle savings scheme

Generous employer pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Learning and development

Where you'll work

People and Organisation

We support the organisation in attracting, developing and retaining a workforce that will deliver services of the highest quality to the citizens of Ceredigion. Our key responsibilities include:

• Human Resources Advice and Administration: Contracts, Absence; Appraisals; Contracts; Disciplinaries; Grievance; Job evaluation; Managing change; Recruitment and onboarding.
• Health, Safety and Wellbeing: Advice; Compliance; Risk assessments.
• Learning and Development: E-learning; Events; Qualifications panel; Training.
• Engagement and Wellbeing: Ceri+; Internal Communications; Recruitment Marketing.
• Pay and Benefits: Payroll; Pensions; Timesheets.
• Systems: Ceri System and Development; Data and Reporting.

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