Public Relations Officer - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Community Pharmacy Scotland

Description

Public Relations Officer

Full time, hybrid home/office/field.

Occasional travel and work outside of office hours.

Salary £24k-£26k depending on experience

As the PR Officer you will play an active role in the planning and delivery of Community Pharmacy Scotland's (CPS) PR strategy.

The Public Relations Officer leads the delivery of projects, shapes CPS's PR activity and manages key relationships.


About the role

Working as a part of the wider CPS team you will support and deliver on areas of work which are led by the Policy and Development team.

The focus for this role is on developing and implementing plans to raise the profile of both the organisation and thecommunity pharmacy network, which will require you to influence a range of different stakeholders using a mixed methods approach.

Other duties include to:

• Work with other members of the team to develop and deliver a communications strategy and specific plans aligned with organisational priorities, including appropriate stakeholder mapping and tracking.
• Lead on raising the profile of the community pharmacy network and its functions amongst the public and key interest groups, ensuring that its reputation is protected and enhanced.
• Deliver internal public affairs support within the organisation including drafting materials for the website, briefing materials for PR work/campaigns, and delivering lobbying activities. This will involve extensive engagement with stakeholders and activerelationship management as well as the sharing of expertise with other members of the team.
• Support our members with proactive lobbying strategies and support for local engagement opportunities.
• Work with policy colleagues to keep the organisation informed of political and policy developments relevant to CPS.
• Aid in identifying and responding to external consultations relevant to CPS and our members.
• Liaise and build relations with established media organisations, supporting both proactive and reactive engagement.

About You

To meet the challenges of this role you will need to have excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills, a highly developed writing ability and understand & deliver briefings / presentations on complex policy topics.

Critical thinking and problem-solvingskills are key requirements as well as the ability to work to deadlines under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail.

You will be open to travelling within Scotland upon request.

More on what we are looking for is below:

• Ability to research and keep up to date with relevant community pharmacy developments
• First rate writer
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Ability to map stakeholders and track contact programmes
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft office 365 suite of programmes

What we offer you

• Noncontributory pension scheme
• Life insurance scheme
• 28 days annual leave plus 5 days public holidays
• Flexible working environment
• Hybrid working
• Great focus on personal development
• Supportive and friendly team
• A focus on health and wellbeing for all the team
• Access to the Queen Street Private Gardens in central Edinburgh

Where are we

Our offices are based on Queen Street in Edinburgh's city centre which has great transport links and plenty of amenities.

We do work as part of a hybrid home / office working scenario, but you will be asked to travel across Scotland to meet with variousstakeholders on occasion.

Who we are
CPS is the organisation which represents community pharmacy owners and their teams throughout Scotland.

We act as the single voice of these vital healthcare professionals as they deliver pharmaceutical care services to the people of Scotland on behalf ofNHS Scotland.

We aim to continually develop and secure a contractual framework for the provision of pharmaceutical services, supported by a sustainable funding model which encourages investment in the network.

We do this by negotiating with the Scottish Government onbehalf of our members on all terms of service under the NHS.

**Interested?