Press Officer

Sellick Partnership; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Sellick Partnership is recruiting an experienced Press Officer for a 6-month interim assignment based in Bristol or London. The role is full-time with hybrid working, requiring a minimum of three days in the office.

You will draft media content, manage media relations and brief senior leaders for interviews across England, including crisis communications support and social media management. Applicants should have prior press experience and strong organisational skills.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Experience preparing briefings, reports, or communications for senior audiences.
• Strong organisational and project coordination skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams and functions.

Responsibilities

• Draft press releases, articles, letters and other media content to tight deadlines.
• Handle high-profile media queries with judgement and autonomy.
• Produce press materials for official statistics with pre-release access.
• Organise press conferences and media briefings.
• Brief senior leaders for media interviews in London and other locations.
• Plan communications campaigns with colleagues across external relations.
• Deliver crisis communications as necessary.
• Support strategic communications for projects and campaigns.
• Manage all social media content for the organisation (LinkedIn and Instagram).

Skills

Communication skills

Media relations

Organisation skills

Stakeholder influence

Crisis comms

Job description

Role

Press Officer

Sector

Public Sector

Duration

Interim 6 months

Location

Bristol or London

Salary

£23.50 PAYE per hour

Sellick Partnership is currently recruiting for an experienced Press Officer to join our client based in Bristol or London. This role is offered on a full time, hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days a week in the office.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring press releases, articles, letters and other media content are drafted as required to tight deadlines
• Ensuring high profile and complex queries from the media are accurately and speedily handled, using judgement and autonomy as appropriate
• Using your judgement and skills in order to produce effective press releases and other associated media materials for the production of official statistics where they will often be the only member of the directorate with pre-release access
• Ensuring press conferences and media briefings are organised
• Ensuring senior leaders are effectively briefed and accompanied to media interviews - in London and other locations within England as required
• Ensuring communications campaigns are planned effectively and well evaluated in collaboration with colleagues across the external relations directorate
• Contribution to crisis communications are delivered as necessary.
• Strategic communications for specific organisation projects and campaigns are supported.
• Handling all social media content for the organisations including LinkedIn and Instagram

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role
• Experience preparing briefings, reports, correspondence or communications for senior audiences.
• Strong organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams and functions

The Press Officer will need to have excellent communication skills and effectively be able to communicate to stakeholders of all levels. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have an impeccable eye for detail and accuracy to ensure all workload is carried out effectively and efficiently. They will also need to be able to prioritise their workload and be efficient and effective to meet unpredictable deadlines and deal with conflicting demands, whilst working in a high-pressured environment.

Our client is hoping to have the Press Officer in the role as soon as possible.

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