Media Officer - City of London, United Kingdom - TPP Recruitment

TPP Recruitment

Verified Company

City of London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you an aspiring
media professional who would love to work for a leading global children's charity committed to the best start in life for children and young people by ending the education crisis and unleashing the potential of the nextgeneration?

Would you love to work for a modern, flexible organisation who will be trialling the 4-day working week from 2023?

If you've answered yes to the above, then read on

The charity are looking for a
Media Officer with a minimum of 1-2 years of media experience who feels passionate about using their experience engaging with and pitching stories to the national print and broadcast media for a greater purpose.

The key objective of the
Media Officer is to support the Head of Media to raise the profile of our campaigns, advocacy work projects and senior spokespeople The post will cover a broad range of press, media and communications skills

This is a great opportunity for someone that truly cares about issues like climate change, gender equality, inclusion, helping refugees and wants to ensure the voices of young people are represented at all levels of decision-making and believe thateducation is the key to unlocking big change in these areas.

Main responsibilities will include:

The
Media Officer will be tasked in engaging proactively with the international, national

- regional and trade media, including pitching stories and briefing journalists

Confident at developing and selling in reactive and proactive news stories, op

- eds and features to national and regional media

Writing newsworthy press releases, reactive statements and short stories for their website and newsletter
Tracking news and identifying media opportunities for the organisation and their spokespeople
Reacting in a timely fashion to incoming press enquiries
Ensuring the organisational projects and reports receive coverage in target media

- liaising with our policy, research and project staff to identify and deliver communications opportunities from their activities

Ensuring the organisation is a credible source and cited in third party articles
Proofing and copyediting reports and research papers and overseeing the printing process
Raising the profile of their leadership through opeds, speaking, panel and conference opportunities

Your experience will include:

As
Media Officer, you will demonstrable interest in global issues
Excellent written English and verbal skills.
Ability to communicate complex ideas simply
Strong news sense and ability to identify and craft stories for media
Experience of working with national and regional media. Experience of

- international media would be a plus but not essential

Experience of pitching stories to media and understanding of what makes a good

- story for journalists

Gravitas to confidently engage with a variety of media and pitch in stories
Determined, enthusiastic and proactive 'can do' attitude
Excellent time management skills and ability to juggle multiple tasks

- simultaneously

Ability to work to tight deadlines
Ability to get on with people at all levels and from all backgrounds
Resilient, a selfstarter and a team player

What to do next

If you're interested in the position of
Media Officer, please submit an up-to-date CV and a member of our team will be in touch to discuss the next steps.

The organisation is aiming to appoint in March 2023 and are operating a rolling-recruitment drive.

This will mean that they can be flexible with interviews, so we encourage you to send your CV as soon as possible.