Media and PR Officer

35 hours per week

£29,793.18 per annum (London) / £26,855.58 per annum (National)

Benefits

Location Flexible, home or office based with some travel to our London offices.

The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We’re there for children, every step of the way.

[TYPE OF PERSON YOU’RE LOOKING FOR/ WHAT’S EXPECTED OF THEM]

We are currently looking for a Media and PR Officer to join our dynamic, ambitious team.

With your passion for PR and media, you will want to work a fast, agile way to deliver creative campaigns and communications. You’ll work with colleagues across the charity to produce coverage that’s challenging, arresting, and consistent. You’ll help to make sure our work reaches the right audiences, is driven by insight, attracts people, and inspires action. You’ll be part of a culture of learning and growth. In return, we’ll offer a supportive, forward thinking work environment and interesting, inspiring work that will challenge you in all the right ways.

A key part of this role will be your ability to bring:

• Some experience working on successful media campaigns and generating coverage, even better if you have experience in the charity sector
• Knowledge of how to produce and maintain communication plans and grids
• An ability to both spot and create newsworthy stories, with good knowledge of national and local media to share these stories
• A good understanding and willingness to learn more about working with people who have lived-experience (case studies) and an awareness of the associated trauma-informed, safeguarding, and GDPR requirements
• Excellent attention to detail, organisational and communication skills
• Experience of using relevant digital tools to work collaboratively and productively

[KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES]

In order to be successful in this role, you must:

• Provide an effective and professional service to the media, responding to enquiries and providing information, as a core member of the media and PR team.
• Be the lead in maintaining and ensuring the communications grid is up to date and chasing contributions from the relevant leads.
• Develop good relationships with colleagues across the organisation to devise media and communication strategies, and responses to major announcements and high-profile policy issues.
• Produce news releases and quotes, and brief/ advise our spokespeople. Ensure bold and powerful storytelling with compelling narrative across media content and campaigns.
• Elevate voices of lived-experience. Root messaging in our brand voice to deliver cut-through and raise brand profile. Make sure the people involved in our work feel safe and prepared, and capable of fulfilling the need.

[INFO ABOUT THE CHILDREN’S SOCIETY]

The Children’s Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children’s lives happier and safer.

Every day we’re changing the lives of children in this country for the better – and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on Thursday 9th March 2023. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on Thursday 23rd February.

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 6th March