Senior Press Officer – Fundraising

Are you PR savvy enough to help inspire more people to support the nation’s biggest heart charity? Do you have experience of leading and delivering successful media campaigns?

If so, you could be the Senior Press Officer we are looking for!

About the Role

In this role, you will support the Charity’s Fundraising arm, helping to deliver media campaigns that will emotionally and creatively communicate the need for more people and organisations to donate to the BHF and help fund our lifesaving research.

You’ll play an important role by leading priority fundraising campaigns and events, writing engaging and exciting content to encourage people to donate to the BHF or sign up to one of our successful challenge events.

Working closely with the wider Marketing, Fundraising and Engagement directorate, you’ll build effective working relationships that will help maximise our opportunities and help generate income. You’ll also assist the PR team in our work with corporate partners, including big national brands, to help creatively communicate the exciting ways they help fund our research.

The role will also support the BHF’s busy press office, where you will spot opportunities, respond to daily media enquiries, and participate in our out of hour’s service on a rotational shift basis.

Working arrangements 

This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office. 
 
At BHF we believe in the power of working together. On a blended contract, you can expect to spend some time in the office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of office spaces is driven in part by your role and the work you will do with other teams.  This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause. 
 
Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about the flexibility offer available at the application or interview stage.  

About you 
 
Already working in a PR environment, you will be a self-starter and bring enthusiasm, drive and creativity to develop stand-out campaigns that land in the national press.

You'll have a good working knowledge of the media landscape and an understanding of what works well in press to achieve coverage. You’ll also be an exceptional communicator, able to deliver accurate and engaging communications.

With previous experience assisting in the delivery of integrated PR campaigns, you'll have excellent organisational and problem-solving skills and be confident managing a range of tasks and projects with competing deadlines. You’ll have confidence in working with people at all levels, enjoy pitching in to help your team, building relationships and have an understanding of the BHF’s cause and objectives.

You will preferably have strong experience working as a Press Officer, be passionate about the charity sector, and have experience of writing and selling press releases to national media and assisting on campaigns.

About us 

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we’ve helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We’re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.

We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day. 

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

Benefits 

To find out more about benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of this page.

Interview process

Interviews will be held via microsoft teams.