Senior Press Officer

​Central London
£28,000 - £32,000 per annum
Full time, permanent

​Organisation:
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National disability campaign

​Role:

In this role you will:
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• Work with the Campaigns and Policy team to secure consistent national and regional media coverage for the organisation’s campaigns and policy work
• Launch and deliver press for national and regional campaigns including parliamentary activity for all four UK nations, on health and care issues affecting supporters
• Use a wide variety of tactics to promote the charity’s activities, including securing comment and feature pieces, photocalls and sensitively identifying and communicating media case studies
• Develop strong contact with relevant national, regional and trade journalists to ensure messages can be delivered to multiple audiences
• Contribute to monitoring and analysing media coverage, overseeing daily and bimonthly staff updates and produce evaluations for media campaigns.

​Candidate:
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• Experience of working in a busy national press officer, ideally in the non-profit sector or as a journalist
• Experience of writing articles for publication (including case studies), setting up media interviews and planning campaigns
• Ability to produce clear and engaging audience-appropriate copy and content and within brand guide lines
• Ability to develop and implement clear and robust plans, lead people and project manage campaigns
• Ability to work effectively with volunteers and supporters and recognise the value they bring to campaigns.

To be considered for this role, please email your CV to [email protected]
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