Media Officer

Cambridge County Council; Alconbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in England is seeking a Media Officer to manage media inquiries and produce content for various communication platforms. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in media relations, strong writing skills, and the ability to work effectively under pressure. Responsibilities include developing impactful reports and responding to inquiries. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellbeing package

Additional annual leave through salary sacrifice

Flexible bank holidays

Development opportunities and coaching

Paid volunteering hours

Peer Support Groups

Employee Recognition Awards

Discounts through Our Cambs Rewards

Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Qualifications

• Experience working in a busy press office environment is essential.
• Strong writing skills and the ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to spot good story ideas and convey them compellingly.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for media enquiries.
• Support the dissemination of news through various channels.
• Develop updates and impact reports for councillors and officers.
• Respond to media requests and arrange interviews for spokespeople.

Skills

Experience in a busy press office environment

Strong writing skills

Ability to convey messages concisely

Familiarity with media content management

Proficient in social media platforms

Ability to manage multiple activities

Tools

Media and web content management systems

Image editing software

Job description

Thrive on deadlines? Come and be our Media Officer.

As a Media Officer, you'll be the primary point of contact for most of our daily media enquiries. You'll support the team in disseminating news and media coverage about CCC via all key communications channels. Working within our highly regarded PR and Media team, you will produce external-facing content for media, our news website, as well as various other platforms (e.g. blogs and social media). You will be responsible for developing updates and impact reports on news issues for councillors and officers, and responding to requests from local, regional, national and trade media, as well as arranging interviews and media training for CCC spokespeople.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage.

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About you

To do this job you'll need experience of working in a busy press office environment, both in normal working hours and out of hours. You'll understand the workings of external media (print, broadcast, online and social) and working to deadlines. You'll have experience of using media and web content management systems, social media platforms, as well as using image editing software. You'll need the ability to spot good story, convey a subject matter concisely and in a compelling way to a wide range of audiences. This will include strong writing skills, and the ability to communicate appropriately and effectively in person. You'll be able to establish priorities and manage multiple activities to meet organisational priorities.

For further information or discussion about this role please contact Jonathan Kitley, Communications Manager Media on 01223 699281 or email [e-mail]

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best in your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers