Communications Officer

Great Ormond Street Hospital; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-known charity organization in London is seeking a Communications Officer to deliver impactful PR campaigns and engage with national media. The role involves managing media relationships and telling inspiring stories of families connected to the charity. The ideal candidate should have experience in PR campaigns, excellent time management skills, and attention to detail. This position offers a salary of £37,957 per year and operates on a hybrid working model.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced pension scheme

Life assurance

Health and wellbeing schemes

Qualifications

• Proven experience in delivering high profile and effective proactive PR campaigns.
• Experience of working with celebrities and/or influencers.
• Strong time management skills and ability to prioritise workload.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-profile, national press coverage for the charity.
• Manage media materials like press releases and statements.
• Develop and maintain a network of media contacts.

Skills

Experience in delivering high profile PR campaigns

Knowledge of PR strategy and tactics

Experience securing press coverage

Ability to manage relationships

Time management skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Communications Officer

Application Deadline: 17 November 2025

Department: Marketing & Communications

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Reporting To: Grace Matthews

Compensation: £37,957 / year

Description

Are you passionate about news and the media and looking for a fantastic communications role where you can learn and develop as part of a motivated team of experts? Are you interested in telling the inspiring stories of the children and families that come to Great Ormond Street Hospital? Are you excited at the prospect of working for a renowned, well-loved national brand? If so, this could be the role for you.

Salary

The salary for this position is £37,957 per annum and we operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office. In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.

Key Responsibilities

This is a varied role where you will:

• Deliver high-profile, national press coverage for the charity, across print, digital and broadcast channels.
• Manage and co-ordinate the research, writing and editing of media materials, such as press releases, statements, and Q&A
• Develop and maintain a robust network of media contacts, exploring new outlets and platforms to increase reach and drive buzz.
• Effectively project manage PR across a range of key fundraising campaigns and appeals across planning, execution and evaluation.
• Collaborating with the family stories team, celebrity team and social media to work on campaigns.
• Represent external comms across a variety of key projects and campaigns for the Charity, ensuring the role and value of external comms work is understood by the wider team, and providing regular updates.
• Chaperone visits to the hospital from a variety of stakeholders, ensuring that all filming, photography and infection control guidelines are followed.

This is the ideal opportunity for someone looking to continue their communications career and work across a range of high-profile campaigns across the Charity and Hospital.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You will be passionate about telling powerful stories that move people to take an action and will feel inspired by the opportunity to play a key role in publicising a range of campaigns and appeals to national media. A natural relationship builder, with a keen eye for detail and what makes a story work, you will be comfortable with interacting with a range of internal and external stakeholders, excel at pitching to journalists and supporting families when sharing their sensitive stories. You will excel in media liaison and be experience in securing impactful press coverage across a range of different media titles to help drive reach for the Charity.

Skills and experience required:

• Proven experience in delivering high profile and effective proactive PR campaigns
• In-depth knowledge of PR strategy and tactics, preferably within fundraising PR, although this is not essential
• Extensive experience in securing impactful, well-messaged press coverage across national media titles
• Demonstrable experience of responding to reactive media enquiries on a variety of different subjects
• Experience of working with celebrities and/or influencers
• Experience of interviewing people sensitively and managing the consent process
• Ability to manage relationships both internally and externally
• Attention to detail and providing high-quality and precise work, including ability to work well under pressure
• Strong time management skills and ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines
• Preferably, experience of working in a not-for-profit organisation, though this is not essential.

How to apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete.

Closing Date: 17th November 2025

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A flexible approach to working arrangements.
• Access to our enhanced pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.