Media relations officer - united kingdom, essex

we have an exciting opportunity for a media relations officer to join our team based in gilwell park, chingford, london (with remote working). you will join us on a fixed-term until may (with possible extension for 24 months), and we will offer you a competitive salary inclusive of outer london weighting and excellent benefits. we're scouts and everyone's welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. right across the uk, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world. we help them speak up, play their part and shine bright. the media relations officer role: you'll play a key role in a busy team. this is an exciting role, central to increasing the public's awareness and understanding of scouts. you will be spotting opportunities, create and source content and liaising with media on a wide range of campaigns and events. you are calm under pressure and able to meet deadlines, with a desire to succeed. you will be joining a team that is passionate, creative and loves what we do. we are always looking for inspirational stories and new ways to showcase them. we pride ourselves in providing excellent training, mentoring and support to match your career aspirations, making this a perfect environment to learn and grow your pr and press office skills key responsibilities as our media relations officer: deliver media relations campaigns that develop the scout brand and reflect our values provide responses to media enquiries ensuring journalists receive timely and accurate information pitch positive news stories and secure coverage that communicates key messages in local media outlets research case studies and analyse data to generate storylines that can raise the profile of the scouts in the media develop assets such as press releases and social media content to support campaigns create and maintain media lists and manage press release distribution build and grow working relationships with media contacts across print, broadcast and online, consumer and charity media. maintain an understanding of the evolving media landscape liaise with colleagues, volunteers and partners to produce pitches and content as directed by the media relations manager monitor and evaluate coverage, including audience, key messages and data analysis to inform planning and future campaigns what we are looking for in our media relations officer: we are looking for an experienced media relations officer able to monitor the daily news agenda for opportunities to proactively place stories about scouting's work with young people and adults organised and motivated individual with good communication and collaboration skills experience working with media outlets and volunteers involves working out of office hours and flexibility is essential for this role clear writing and editing skills, with a strong grasp of spelling and grammar confident verbal communicator able to pitch ideas and negotiate experience creating content for social media, with an understanding of content formats and how audiences use different platforms, and a commitment to staying current what we can offer you as our junior relations officer: 25 days holiday and going up to 28 days after 2 years' service and 32 days after 5 years' service additional holidays between christmas & new year life assurance simply health scheme generous pension scheme free car parking we are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer up to four personal days paid leave a year maternity/paternity leave childcare vouchers flexible working hours store discount at our scout store + other online benefits study and volunteer leave closing date: monday 7 november 2022 at 23:59 don't miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! click 'apply' now! the scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds. strictly no agencies.

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