Cma1991 - Lead Media Relations Officer - London, United Kingdom - Competition & Markets Authority

Competition & Markets Authority

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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- £53,365 - £61,187

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:
Grade 7
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
Strategy, Communications and Advocacy
Type of role:
Communications / Marketing
Press Relations
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime
Number of jobs available:
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Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, ManchesterAbout the job

Job summary:

Are you interested in shaping national news agendas? Working on high profile cases that make a difference to people and that journalists want to write about? How about taking on our increasing portfolio across tech and major mergers?

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Media Relations Professional to play a leading role in the day-to-day running of the Competition and Market Authority's (CMA) press office.

Join us at this exciting time, as we assume new responsibilities in the tech sector overseeing the most powerful digital firms.

Our work makes headlines, and you'll play an important part in ensuring that our role is clearly represented and understood in the media.

About the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
We help people, businesses, and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. Our work is wide ranging, ambitious and often new and challenging.

The role
Ideally, we are looking for someone with some experience of the tech sector and/or mergers.

At the very least you must have a strong interest in the regulation of the most powerful tech firms and in the way the CMA enforces merger rules.

Crucially you must also have the ability to communicate our work on this to the wider world.

You'll be joining the CMA at an exciting time as Parliament is due to pass legislation that will give the CMA new responsibilities including establishing the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) - a new regulatory regime overseeing the most powerful digital firms.

The CMA will be responsible for promoting greater competition and innovation in these markets and protecting consumers and businesses from unfair practices.

The CMA already uses its current enforcement powers to promote competition in the tech sector, launching a review of AI foundation models and a market investigation into public cloud infrastructure.

We have successfully secured improvements in the way Amazon and Meta treat their customers on their retail platforms and Google has agreed to remedy our concerns around third-party cookies in Chrome.

The CMA has also taken on new post Brexit responsibilities for investigating larger mergers, as illustrated by the recent Microsoft/Activison merger investigation.

As you can see, what we do makes headlines and matters to people's daily lives and you can expect to join a busy and motivated team.

In this role, you will help manage the day to day running of the CMA's press office, working closely with the Head of News, and directly managing your own team with responsibility for comms around the DMU and mergers.

You'll need experience of working in a complex environment and juggling several different works streams at a time to deliver high impact media, including planning for and delivering major announcements with national print and broadcast elements, as well as reacting to media queries and protecting the CMA's reputation.

Supporting the Deputy Head of News, you'll stand in to run the news desk and wider CMA work when necessary, as well as helping to oversee the CMA's out of hours media service, ensuring the CMA responds to issues rapidly in a 24 hour media cycle.

This is a great opportunity to work in a diverse, stimulating and rewarding environment, helping to deliver positive outcomes for people, businesses, and the UK economy.

In turn, we offer generous benefits and provide the opportunity to stretch and develop your career in a friendly and supportive team.

What you will need

Significant experience of handling national, regional and trade media in proactive, reactive and crisis situations, spotting reputational difficulties and ensuring the organisation is adequately prepared to respond to them. (Lead Criteria)
Significant experience and evidence of developing relationships with internal and external stakeholders including journalists and commentators; with the ability to provide insight and persuade on communication issues. (Lead Criteria)
Proven experience of managing and developing a team to ensure delivery of highquality results. (Lead Criteria)
Proven experience of producing high quality, engaging written work and turning complex technical information into clear and concise messaging.
Significant experience of writing and delivering proactive communication plans that help to raise the profile of an organisation and promote the benefits of its work.
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