Media relations officer

University of the West of England; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent university in the UK seeks an enthusiastic individual for a Media Relations role in Bristol. This full-time and permanent position involves finding compelling news stories, supporting the communications strategy, and responding to press enquiries effectively. Candidates should possess strong communication and writing skills, as well as the ability to work under tight deadlines. The role is campus-based with the opportunity to work from home occasionally, offering a supportive environment and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Career development opportunities

Onsite nursery

Retail savings offers

Qualifications

• Proven experience working with media to secure impactful coverage.
• Skills in monitoring and evaluating media coverage.
• Must be able to produce reports for senior colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Find compelling news stories to support the communications strategy.
• Respond to press enquiries efficiently.
• Monitor news and spot opportunities for comment from academics.

Skills

Excellent communication

Writing skills

Organisational skills

Ability to meet short deadlines

Job description

About You

You’re an excellent communicator, with experience working with media.

You’re an organised individual and can balance multiple pieces of activity at once, taking responsibility for important duties that support the day-to-day function of the Media Relations team.

As an enthusiastic individual, you’ll be keen to find compelling news stories that support the university’s communications strategy. You’ll bring excellent writing skills, with proven experience working with media to secure impactful coverage.

You’re skilled at working reactively to short deadlines, to support the team in responding to press enquiries, while staying on top of the news agenda to spot comment opportunities for UWE Bristol academics.

You’ll monitor and evaluate the university’s media coverage, producing reports for the media team to share with senior colleagues across the university.

Where is this role based?

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in vibrant Bristol, our ambitions are to make a positive difference to our planet, transforming futures through actions and solving real world challenges.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, very generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

Add your individuality to ours

UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.

We are proud to be part of a dynamic, multicultural city that celebrates diversity; we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision‑making and problem‑solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our stimulating and supportive community where we’ll help you thrive.

We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under‑represented in this area, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

Further information

If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact Bethan Jones on 117 328 1906 or email: [e-mail].

We hope to hold interviews at our Frenchay campus during w/c 9 Feb.

This is a full time, permanent post working 37 hours per week.

UWE Bristol is a campus‑based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based for a minimum of two days per week with the opportunity to work from home on the remaining days.

To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University’s salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.

Right to Work in the UK

The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of this right, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.

Advice to applicants

We’d love to hear from you - if you are excited about this opportunity please complete our application form as soon as possible.

Tell us how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of this role by describing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the Job Description, and include specific examples wherever possible.

Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.