Job Title: Marketing & Events Assistant Salary: National Living Wage Hours: Part Time – 21 hours per week Location: Heritage Centre, Winlaton Mill, Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21 About us Groundwork works across the UK helping communities find practical solutions to the challenges they face. We provide training and create jobs, reduce energy use and waste, re-connect people with nature and transform whole neighbourhoods. Step by step we’ll go on changing places and changing lives until everywhere is vibrant and green, every community is strong enough to shape its own destiny and everyone can reach their potential. About the role Are you a creative, organised, and enthusiastic individual with a passion for marketing and events? We’re looking for a Marketing & Events Assistant to join our friendly team. This exciting and varied role offers a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in marketing, events coordination, and visitor engagement across our vibrant portfolio of sites, including the Land of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre and The Greenhouse Business Centre . You will work closely with our events, operations, and retail teams to create engaging marketing content, support the delivery of memorable events, and help keep our sites looking their best. This is a supportive role where you’ll be encouraged to share ideas, develop skills, and make a real difference. About you We’re looking for someone who is: Creative and confident with social media. Organised, with strong attention to detail. Comfortable working independently while being a great team player. Willing to work flexibly, including occasional evenings or weekends for events. Familiar with Canva or similar design tools (experience is a bonus, but training can be provided). Why Join Us? Be part of a welcoming and supportive team that values your ideas. Gain valuable experience in marketing, events, and visitor engagement. Work in inspiring locations that celebrate heritage, creativity, and community. Closing date: Midnight on Friday 3rd October 2025 Please note: should we receive a high volume of applications, we may look to close the role early, therefore we recommend an early application. Interested? If you would like to find out more, please click the Apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position. Make yourself at home We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work. As a Disability Confident employer we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role. At Groundwork we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our children, young people and adults This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract. No agencies please.