About the job

Job summary

Wakehurst is looking for an enthusiastic, part-time Marketing & Communications Assistant to join the Marketing & Strategic Communications Group. You will be given support throughout and encouraged to grow your skills and confidence for an exciting career journey. With a particular focus on providing crucial support to the team, this will be an extremely varied role, covering marketing, communications and interpretation.

Job description

Your contribution to our work will include a wide range of creative elements from compiling press cuttings and preparing photoshoot briefs to creating social media posts and content. This role will be vital in helping us reach wide and diverse physical and digital audiences, to build brand awareness and entice visits to Wakehurst, Kew's wild botanic garden in Sussex.

Person specification

No previous experience is needed, though you will be required to have a positive ‘can-do’ attitude and be open to learning new skills. Being organised and working well as part of team will also be a great start.

Benefits

Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

To apply for this role, please submit your application through the Kew Gardens website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.