Communications & PR Officer (maternity cover)

Comotion; Ashford; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Healthcare cover

Employee Assistance Programme

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Glaucoma UK is seeking a Communications & PR Officer (maternity cover) to work with the Head of Communications and a specialist public affairs agency. Remote UK with occasional travel to Ashford, Kent. Salary £34,077 per annum.

Contract: 12 months fixed-term starting December 2026. You will help bring survey findings to life, develop stories across print, digital and broadcast, and secure national media coverage.

Qualifications

• Strong media instincts and storytelling ability.
• Experience creating content across print, digital and broadcast.
• Ability to identify opportunities for national media coverage.

Responsibilities

• Help secure media attention and inform decision-makers.
• Develop engaging content for our magazine, website, email and social media.
• Cultivate trusted relationships with people willing to share their glaucoma experiences.
• Identify opportunities for national coverage and strengthen Glaucoma UK's voice.

Job description

Communications & PR Officer (maternity cover)

Deadline: 11 Oct. 2026

Location: Remote UK

Pay: £34,000 GBP annually

Glaucoma UK is the charity for people with glaucoma. Our vision is to end preventable glaucoma sight loss. We want everyone with glaucoma to be able to live well with the condition, and to make this a reality.

More than 10,000 people took part in our National Patient Voices Survey, creating the most powerful picture yet of what it is like to live with glaucoma and receive glaucoma care across the UK.

Working closely with our Head of Communications and a specialist public affairs agency, you will help bring those findings to life, secure media attention and make decision-makers listen. Central to this will be finding and sensitively supporting people who are willing to share their experiences, cultivating trusted relationships and helping them tell their stories confidently across print, digital and broadcast media.

Alongside this landmark work, you will create engaging content across our magazine, website, email and social media channels, identify opportunities for national coverage and help strengthen and protect Glaucoma UK’s voice and reputation. This is a varied and influential role for an excellent storyteller with strong media instincts who wants their work to make a genuine difference.

Position: Communications & PR Officer (maternity cover)

Responsible to: Head of Communications

Location: Home-based with occasional travel to our head office in Ashford, Kent

Contract: 12 months fixed-term (from December 2026)

Salary: £34,077 per annum

Annual leave and benefits:

• 25 days holiday per annum (rising by one day per year to 28 days after 3 years’ service), plus Statutory Public Holidays, pro-rated for part-time employees.
• Up to 5% contributory pension
• Benenden Healthcare cover including 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme