Press & Media Officer

 (Ref SUS2882)

£27,255 annum

37.5 hours per week – based in central Bristol

Sustrans has a vision of a world in which people choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and our environment. This role will play a key part in helping us to achieve that by pitching winning ideas to national media and securing a high volume of positive media coverage about our work. Your ability to spot and sell-in a good story and to deliver successful media and communications campaigns across all platforms will help us achieve our strategic aims and raise our profile.

We’re looking for someone who is highly motivated with excellent communication skills, strong writing skills, experience in B2C PR and a proven ability to influence internally.  Educated to degree level or equivalent, you will have an excellent understanding of how the media works, a strong news sense and experience of using creative PR techniques. With a proven track record of building relationships with journalists, commentators and bloggers and producing inspiring copy, media statements, opinion pieces and blogs, you will generate great coverage for us in print, broadcast and digital media.  You will also be committed to the promotion of sustainable transport

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Friday 27 March 2020.  Interviews will take place in Bristol on Friday 3 April 2020.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.  We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

I am currently working on an exciting Communications Officer role based in Surrey, for an animal cruelty protection charity. This is a fantastic opportunity to own your own projects whilst learning from a wider team. You will get the opportunity to talk to national newspapers and quickly progress your career.

The charity is looking for an energetic, animal passionate, individual with proven experience of working within public relations to plan and deliver communications activities, with support from more senior staff.

You will be responsible for:

* Managing incoming media enquiries and acting as a press officer.
* Drafting and disseminating of press releases, as well as maintaining press lists and media coverage files.
* Preparing and contributing to case studies, speeches, articles and report.

The ideal candidate will:

* Have experience of working within public relations.
* Demonstrate creative writing skills to draft press releases, statements and blogs, website copy and social media messaging.
* Show genuine empathy and compassion for animals and support the charities objectives and purposes.
* Display excellent interpersonal skills.

Salary: £25,000- £28,000 (depending on experience)
Location: Godalming, Surrey (30 mins from Waterloo)

Please get in touch for more details, by e-mailing your CV to [email protected]

The firm closing date for applications is Friday 27th March 2020, so please get in touch now, to avoid disappointment.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

We are looking for a PR Officer to join our head office Press and PR Team at an exciting time for St Mungo’s as we grow our reach and influence and work towards our aim to end homelessness and help people rebuild their lives.

About the role

You will work closely with colleagues in our fundraising, campaigning and services teams to amplify their work through expert public relations activity, including liaising with the media, raising our profile through digital platforms and within in our local communities.

You’ll work on proactively pitching stories to the media and have a nose for a good story. A clear and confident communicator, you’ll work well in teams and with senior colleagues, with the ability to respond positively to change and work effectively under pressure.

What we’re looking for

To be successful in this post you will have demonstrable experience of setting and achieving PR and media coverage targets which promote strategic messages to key audiences, either in-house or agency.

If you are a self-starter, capable of working both independently and collaboratively within a fast paced and ambitious environment we want to hear from you!

What we offer

• Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities

St Mungo’s employees are encouraged to consider opportunities to develop new skills or progress including; secondments, internal transfers, application to new roles in the organisation or just to get involved in various projects happening within the organisation.

As a result last year 35% of our vacancies were filled by promotions. In 2019 we achieved We Invest in People Gold level accreditation and are one of just 3% of housing associations to achieve this standard; 82% of staff who took part in the IIP survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work.

• A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place

At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 7 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves. Our Networks include: BAME, Carer’s and Parent’s, Lived Experience, LGBTQIA+, Disability Awareness, Irish and Women’s Action.

• Flexible Working and Other Benefits

We operate a very popular Flexi Time scheme to support your work life balance by providing flexibility around your office hours and allowing you to accrue overtime to supplement your annual leave! Employees receive 25 days annual leave increasing to 28 days after 5 years. 

St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.

What we do

At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 we supported nearly 30,000 people who were either homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.

How to apply

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the document available tab at the top of the advert page on our website.

Closing date: 10am on Wednesday 15 April 2020

Interview and assessments on: Monday 27 or Tuesday 28 April 2020

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

Bring your passion and experience for community development to work alongside residents in one of the most dynamic, diverse, and exciting parts of London. Somers Town has a heritage of radical social and community development, and the residents of Somers Town Big Local are looking for someone to support them to continue and expand that heritage.  This is particularly pressing in the current lockdown, as we seek to make connections using virtual and online tools that will create a legacy of closer relationships between neighbours across this community. 

We’re looking for someone with the creative flair to think differently and who’s not afraid to push the boundaries with old and new communication channels.

The post holder will be responsible for helping to promote cystic fibrosis and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland across all audiences, channels and platforms, acting as deputy to the Senior Communications Manager. 

Working across the wider Marketing & Communications team, the role will be responsible for developing relationships with key media outlets, nationally and regionally to help further our reach and engagement with the cystic fibrosis community, raise awareness of CF, the Trust, and the issues people with CF are facing.

With a collaborative and approachable attitude, you’ll work with colleagues across the Marketing & Communications team to ensure the stories and experiences of people with cystic fibrosis are at the centre of everything that we do.

Acting as the primary support to the Senior Communications Manager, you’ll use your experience to help ensure the smooth operation of the busy press office, and you’ll feel at home when proactively pitching news stories to journalists and responding to reactive media inquiries.

If you can build and maintain strong relationships internally and externally, and are an excellent communicator, we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits include 30 days annual leave, flexible working and opportunities for learning and development.

Closing date: 20 April, interviews w/c 27 April

TPP is currently working with an excellent equality and inclusion campaigning charity. They are seeking to hire a Media & Communications Officer to join the organisation for a 4 month fixed term contract.

You will be responsible for assisting our client in shaping their public reputation and support the delivery of their communications strategy.

Your duties and responsibilities will include :

• Drafting clear and compelling press releases, web and social media copy.

• To deal with journalist enquiries and liaising and facilitating with media interviews (very reactive)

• To contribute to statements, comment pieces and written documents under the guidance of the CEO.

• To lead on the day-to-day running of our client's social media platforms.

Your experience would include :

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Experience of dealing with media (print, broadcast, online).

• Experience of using all types of social media to effectively communicate key organisational messages.

• Experience of liaising with, and briefing, journalists.

• Experience of using all MS products.

• Broad experience of media handling and devising communications strategies and campaign management

• Strong modern and traditional media skills

• Good grasp of social media platforms and how to use them effectively in campaigning setting

This is an urgent requirement with our client looking for the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.

Harris Hill are recruiting a Campaigns Officer on behalf of of a national charity working with children cross the UK to improve literacy skills. This important role is responsible for supporting the delivery of a communications and behaviour change campaign in regional hubs working with partners to raise the profile of events and activities.

Based in London this role is responsible for

- Work with the Campaigns Manager and Hub Managers to understand Hub goals and target audiences
- Support Campaigns Manager to develop campaign strategy and key messaging
- Deliver campaign plan to time and budget
- Work with local partners including schools, libraries, early years settings, business, cultural and sporting partners and key local figures relevant to target audiences
- Build partnerships with local media (including broadcast, online, press and parenting) in Hub areas
- Work with Campaigns Manager to develop a social media plan to reach target audiences in Hub areas
- Draft social media posts to share with partners for key campaign events and activities

Experience and skills required
- Recent experience working as a campaigns officer or in a communications role with campaigning responsibilities
- Planning, implementing and evaluating campaigns
- Developing key messages aimed at changing consumer behaviours
- Working with journalists to secure positive national and regional media coverage
- Behaviour change campaigning
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Strong IT skills including using Microsoft Office, working with images and uploading content online
- Strong relationship building skills

Do you want to work for a charity to help shape and improve health and social care services across Hertfordshire? Do you like being part of a team that is dedicated and supportive? Do you have a flair for writing and a passion for communications?

If so, we are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and creative individual to join us.  We want you to develop engaging communications and targeted messages to support and promote projects, campaigns and events for audiences across Hertfordshire.  You will possess excellent writing skills and have a proven track record for preparing good quality content for a range of channels including social media, the web and print.

We have an exciting and varied workload and this job is key to the organisation.  Above all, we are looking for an effective team player with enthusiasm and commitment to the role.

If you are interested and want to help us make a difference, we would like to hear from you.

Wycliffe Hall, a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford, wishes to appoint a Communications Officer. A coherent communications approach to key stakeholders both within the Hall and externally, using a variety of printed and digital media is of critical importance to the effectiveness of the Hall’s mission and its ability to continue to attract high quality students and to receive significant development funding. The role of the Communications Officer is to work with the Senior Management Team to develop the Hall’s communications strategy and then to implement it across channels and stakeholders, working with colleagues across all aspects of the Hall’s activities.

Senior Communications Officer

University Alliance are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic communications professional to join our core team as a Senior Communications Officer.

Working closely with the Head of Communications and Public Affairs, this role will support in the day-to-day delivery of the comms and influencing strategy, working on a variety of proactive and reactive workstreams to maximise the awareness and reach of University Alliance and our members’ profile, reputation, campaigns, programmes and policy work.

The Role

As the Senior Communications Officer, you will sit within the core University Alliance team and will primarily work with the Head of Communications and Public Affairs, but will work closely with all members of the organisation including the CEO and Chair.

• Produce content to engage and influence key decision-makers
• Maintain a communications planning grid and support the delivery of communications plans
• Monitor and evaluate UA’s social, digital and media activity
• Responsible for media relations
• Strengthen our online presence
• Contribute to the development and delivery of campaign activity
• Provide content and logistical support for a varied events programme
• Support a programme of Parliamentary and stakeholder engagement and monitoring Undertake a wider range of tasks, as required within a small team, to deliver UA’s communications strategy, and contribute to the broader objectives and influencing and advocacy work of the organisation. A full job description is on our website.

Why Work Here?

• Forward thinking and socially aware organisation
• Fantastic work/life balance with flexi-time and work from home options
• Generous holiday allowance and enhanced pension scheme
• Fantastic location – Liverpool Street
• £28,000-£31,000 (full-time salary)

Requirements:

• A self-starter, who is highly motivated
• Creative and proactive.
• Work with energy, confidence and be buzzing with ideas
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Highly organised and like to work as part of a team
• Work at pace and be able to spot opportunities to communicate compellingly about our work

If you are a self-starter, who is highly motivated and experienced in a press /media handling/ PR or related role with excellent administrative skills and a meticulous attention to detail, please do apply.

1. An up-to-date curriculum vitae including two references: your current or most recent employer; and a former line manager who could be contacted during the process
2. A cover letter of no more than two sides of A4 addressing why you are interested in working for University Alliance and how your knowledge, skills and experience meets the requirements of the role.

Do you want to be part of a team proactively driving positive change in public policy and practice within childcare and early years provision? Do you have excellent creative skills and the ability to write compelling content across a range of media and as part of a wide range of organisational projects? Do you have the drive to promote our views and communicate key messages through policy, targeted campaigns, the media and our key stakeholders? Then this position could be for you.

The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) are looking for a Campaign and Communications officer to join our small and collaboration team in the Bromley office.

With around 25,000 members who work in the early years sector, made up of childminders, nannies and nursery workers, we support them to deliver high quality care and early learning through online training, practical help, expert advice and peer support.

The full job description and person specificiation has been attached.

Key responsibilities for the role include –

• Ensuring PACEY is informed of policy, research and regulatory developments (including government and parliamentary activity in England) in the field of childcare and early years and able to react swiftly if necessary.
• Confidently writing concise, impactful briefs and summaries on specific policy and legislative documents and other sources of information, identifying how key issues might interact with and affect PACEY’s work.
• Ensuring all proactive and reactive media work including press releases and quotes accurately reflects PACEY’s policy positions and are delivered effectively to secure coverage, so increasing PACEY profile.
• Supporting the preparation of media comments and writing of press releases. 
• Monitoring and nurturing PACEY’s press relationships and contacts and activity relevant to the sector, ensuring PACEY is seen as a source of evidence and comment including toiled out of hours social media activity if needed.
• Creating compelling and innovative content, for example blogs and articles for PACEY’s print, online and social channels using networks. Writing articles, case studies, emails, blogs and other content to identify and take advantage of relevant external opportunities to promote best practice in the sector and raise awareness of PACEY’s positions through different communication channels.
• Along with the Policy Advisor and Communications team, this role will be able to devise and deliver creative public campaigns with SMART objectives, to achieve positive change for childcare and early years.
• Coordinating PACEY’s response with the Policy Advisor to government policy consultations relevant to childcare and the early years, fully drafting responses depending on complexity and delivering any partnership working that is required.
• Researching and analysing the implications of policy and regulatory developments relevant to PACEY and communicate these to members, early years practitioners and other stakeholders.

Please do make sure you read the full job description before applying.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability, experience and interest for the role by 25th March 2020. Interviews will be held on 7th April 2020.

FoodCycle are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate marketing professional to raise awareness of our weekly, community dining meals for those that are hungry and lonely, as well as helping to recruit new volunteers and provide support to our incredible team of existing volunteers.

For the last 10 years, FoodCycle has been taking surplus food and turning it in to three-course meals for those that are most vulnerable (homeless, elderly and low income families).  It is an exciting time to join the charity as we expand in to new regions, save more food, develop new corporate partnerships and ultimately build stronger communities across the country.

You'll be working as part of a small but extremely passionate team.  You'll need to be a self-starter and comfortable with a wide range of responsibilities including, social media, design, writing enewsletters, CRM management (Salesforce), supporting fundraising campaigns, website updates, supporting volunteers, writing up case studies.

Key responsibilities:

• Supporting the Head of Marketing with the execution of the marketing and communications strategy
• Creating and scheduling content for national and regional social media channels
• Recruiting, training and managing a national team of social media/communications volunteers
• Creating leaflets, posters and graphics for Projects, fundraising campaigns or any other marketing activity
• Writing and creating content for monthly newsletters for supporters, volunteers and donors
• Write monthly blog posts in line with the content plan, targeting FoodCycle’s various audiences
• Using our CRM system (Salesforce) to create and send out volunteer emails, generate reports and dashboards and put together project plans
• Managing the quarterly volunteer reward scheme
• Support the fundraising team with campaigns and corporate communications 
• Creating monthly reports
• Keeping the website up to date
• Supporting the Head of Marketing with national and regional press opportunities
• Visiting Projects to sensitively invite guests and volunteers to share their stories

Flexible working: We love flexible working! You will be on a flexible working contract, which means that you get to plan your starting and finishing times

Team working: We are a small but great team – super supportive and always willing to help each other out.

Download the Job Description for more detailed information.

Campaigns Officer – Fixed-Term Contract 
London, SW8

About Us

The National Literacy Trust is a national charity dedicated to raising literacy levels in the UK. One person in six has poor literacy skills that impact on every area of their life. A child without good literacy skills will struggle to succeed at school, and, as an adult, they could be locked out of the job market. Poverty doubles the likelihood that, by the age of five, a child’s literacy skills will be below average.

The National Literacy Trust is dedicated to improving the reading, writing, speaking and listening skills of children who need it most, giving them the best possible chance of success in school, work and life.

We run Literacy Hubs and campaigns in communities where low levels of literacy and social mobility are seriously impacting people’s lives. We support schools and early years settings to deliver outstanding literacy provision, and we campaign to make literacy a priority for politicians, businesses and parents.

Our research and analysis makes us the leading authority on literacy and drives our interventions. Literacy is a vital element of action against poverty and our work changes children’s life stories.

We are now looking for a Campaigns Officer to join our Marketing and Communications Team on a one year, fixed-term contract, to deliver the call to action that will lead to higher literacy rates and reduced poverty levels.

The Benefits 

- Salary of £27,000 per annum 
- Pension (8% employer contribution)
- Generous annual leave allowance totalling 39 days (including Bank Holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year)
- Season ticket loans 
- Employee assistance programme 
- Cycle to work scheme

If you are a campaigns or communications professional with diverse experience of developing and implementing campaigns, this is a fantastic opportunity to make an amazing difference to families’ futures. 

You will have the chance to use your creativity and innovative ideas to deliver campaigns that will change the relationship whole communities have with reading, providing them with the skills they need to reach their potential.

So, if you want to join a friendly team and increase the number of children and families that we help, we want to hear from you. 

The Role 

As a Campaigns Officer, you will deliver communications and behaviour change campaigns in National Literacy Trust Hubs and other target areas.

Using case studies to identify barriers to literacy access, you will work across a range of channels, local partners and the media to produce and promote engaging campaigns.

Reporting to the Campaigns Manager, your role will involve:

- Supporting Hub activities, working alongside the Communities and Programmes teams
- Preparing copy for our newsletters, websites and social media
- Supporting copywriting, social media planning and internal communications
- Creating press releases, media pitches, articles and quotes for the media
- Planning and co-ordinating engaging public events
- Monitoring budget spend for campaign activity and providing budget breakdowns

About You

To join us as a Campaigns Officer, you will need experience of:
 
- Working as a campaigns officer or in a communications role with campaigning responsibilities (for at least three years)
- Planning, implementing and evaluating campaigns
- Developing key messages aimed at changing consumer behaviour
- Working with journalists to secure positive national and regional media coverage
- Working with beneficiaries to create case studies, share their story and secure media coverage of their experiences
- Managing digital and social media accounts
- Using content management systems
- Writing for different audiences and/or contexts

Other organisations may call this role Communications Campaign Officer, Behavioural Change Campaign Officer, Charity Marketing Officer, Marketing Officer, Charity Campaign Officer, Marketing Communications Officer, Communications Officer, Comms Officer, or Marcoms Officer.

The closing date for this role is the 30th March 2020. 

The National Literacy Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and aims to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, ethnicity or religion.

So, if you’re looking to create a positive change as a Campaigns Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Working hours: 35 hours per week

THE BRENT CENTRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE:

The Brent Centre for Young People (BCYP) exists to improve young people’s lives so they can manage their challenges now and become happy and healthy adults. Our trained therapists are specialists in the provision of effective mental health treatment of young people who need it most.

Currently, the BCYP is the leading mental health charity for young people in North West London, supporting over 700 young people a year with a wide range of issues. We offer specialised treatment in the areas of suicide prevention, tackling self-harm, eating disorders, exam anxiety and more.

Set up over 50 years ago with focus on preventing suicide amongst adolescents, and working in the heart of the community, we expanded into schools in the 1990s, and work closely with the NHS and CAMHS. The Brent Centre is also an important Research Centre on Adolescent Breakdown and Psychotherapy.

Last year the Centre initiated an exciting process to prepare the next stages of growth. We are now searching for an outstanding Communications and Media Officer to develop the communications function, working together with the new management team. You will work with programme leads and teams to establish our voice amongst different partners, and support the Centre build its reputation.

Contract: Permanent, Full time.

Part time (4 days a week will be considered for the right candidate)

Location: Brondesbury Park, London NW6

Salary: £28,000-30,000 (dependant on experience)

Reporting to: Head of Development and Communications

Overall role

The ideal candidate will have an excellent track record of communication’s skills (strategy development, writing and storytelling skills), media relations and experience supporting the Leadership team and Board of Trustees. We are essentially seeking someone who has a flair for pursuing potential opportunities and who has a proactive and solutions focussed approach.

1. Content and materials development ​- produce high-quality, engaging materials, resources and content that is in line with agreed branding and messaging; and effectively support the organisation’s communications strategy and activities (including content for website, press and social media)
2. Events​ - plan, manage and deliver the communications activities around key events and global moments (for example World Mental Health Day, Marathon events, local community events).
3. Stakeholder and partner relationships​ - manage relevant internal and external relationships with key partners
4. Support the Head of Communications to build the Centre’s reputation with different stakeholders by creating targeted communication elements that speak to their values and ensure the BCYP is a relevant partner in the national and international debate about young people’s mental health.
5. Develop a storytelling strategy to help our team engage with different audiences – funders, partner organizations and our community.

About you

The candidate should possess at least a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 years’ experience of working in Communications at a respected social impact, government or international development organisation.

You are a creative and determined individual who can effectively utilise your genuine interest and demonstrable experience in communications. You are able to communicate effectively to a range of audiences in a variety of media. You are passionate about mental health in young people in the UK and would like to make a contribution to sharing knowledge about effective long-term treatment.

Deadline for applications: 5th April  2020

First round of interviews: Week commencing on April 20th 2020

Second round of interviews: Week of April 27th 2020