Trade & Campaigns Executive

Hybrid 

Full Time/Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 11th January 2026

Our offer to you 

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive: 

• Competitive salary and pension scheme
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years
• Hybrid, Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping 

 
About Us 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,400 employees and over 28,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning.  As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.  

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through our workplace training and supplies offer, developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, and Young Responders programmes). 

Job Summary 

The Trade & Campaigns Executive will support the Trade & Campaigns Planning Manager in implementing trade marketing strategies that align with St John Ambulance's commercial goals for training and product sales. This role plays an important part in coordinating cross-functional campaigns, maintaining the trade calendar, and assisting in planning and delivery of promotional activity across internal teams and external partners.

The ideal candidate will be organised, proactive, and eager to learn, with a strong grasp of trade marketing and digital channels. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to develop experience in a hands-on, fast-paced marketing environment.

While focused on driving St John Ambulance’s commercial growth, the role also supports our wider charitable mission of putting the power of first aid in everyone’s hands.

About You 

You will be educated to GCSE level or equivalent (Grade C / 4) including Maths & English. You will have a proven experience in supporting retail or B2B trade marketing activity, familiarity with eCommerce, CRM, and social media marketing and interest in developing engaging campaign ideas. 

About the Role 

• Trade Calendar Management: Help maintain the cross-functional trade calendar used by eCommerce, CRM, Social Media, Category Management and others, to plan and align promotional activity.
• Promotion Coordination: Work with teams across the organisation to coordinate product-focused trade marketing campaigns, ensuring consistent messaging and tracking performance.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Build relationships with teams across the Enterprise network such as CRM, eCommerce, PR and Social Media, supporting the Trade & Campaigns Planning Manager with timely communications to teams relating to marketing strategies.

• Campaign Reporting: Assist in producing campaign performance summaries, tracking key KPIs and helping share results with internal stakeholders.

   

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply) 

If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here 

For all other candidates, or St John Ambulance volunteers wishing to apply: please apply below 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.   At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups.  We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.    

St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre-employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role'. 

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.