Senior Media Officer

The Wildlife Trust - Newark; Newark on Trent; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental charity seeks a Senior Media Officer in Newark. This role involves promoting environmental initiatives and managing media relationships to influence public opinion. The ideal candidate has strong media and PR experience within the environmental sector, excellent writing skills, and attention to detail. The position offers a hybrid work model and aims to enhance the charity's brand and community outreach.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in media and PR within the environmental sector.
• Ability to generate compelling news stories and features.
• Organized, resourceful, and detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Promote The Wildlife Trusts' activities and messages to audiences.
• Develop and manage strategic relationships with the media.
• Protect and enhance The Wildlife Trusts’ brand and reputation.

Skills

Research skills

Writing skills

Editing skills

Proof-reading skills

Ability to develop media relationships

Job description

Senior Media Officer

Salary: upto £35,280 per annum

Location: Newark - Hybrid working with regular travel to other places of work

Full time: 35 hours per week

Permanent contract

Closing date for applications: 4 January 2026

First interview: :13 January 2026

Second interview: 19 January 2026

About Us

The Wildlife Trusts are a grassroots movement of people from a wide range of backgroundsand allwalks of life, who believe that we need nature and nature needs us. We have morethan 944,000 members, over 38,000 volunteers, 3,600 staff and 600 trustees. There are46 individual Wildlife Trusts, each of which is a place-based independent charity with itsown legal identity, formed by groups of people getting together and working with others tomake a positive difference to wildlife and future generations, starting where they live andwork.

Every Wildlife Trust is part of The Wildlife Trusts federation and a corporate member of theRoyal Society of Wildlife Trusts, a registered charityin its own right foundedin 1912 and oneof the founding members of IUCN – the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.Taken together this federation of 47 charities is known as The Wildlife Trusts.

The next few years will be critical indeterminingwhat kind of world we all live in. Weneed to urgently reverse the loss of wildlife and put nature into recovery at scale if weare to prevent climate and ecological disaster. We recognise that this will require big,bold changes in the way The Wildlife Trusts work, not least in how we mobilise others andsupport them to organise within their own communities.

About You

Are you looking for a new challenge? If you have media and PR experiencewithin the environment sector and would like to work for one of the UK’sbest lovednature charities, then we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Responsibilities

The Senior Media Officer will work to promote The Wildlife Trusts and our work, activities and messages to UK audiences through the national media, with a view to influencing key stakeholders, public opinion and action for nature’s recovery. You will also develop and manage strategic relationships with the media and work to actively protect and enhance The Wildlife Trusts’ brand and reputation.

Qualifications

We are looking for an innovative and creative individual who has proven research, writing, editing, sub-editing and proof-reading skills. You will have previous experience of generating compelling news stories and features and ideally publicising campaigns, combined with the ability to sell-in stories to journalists and editors. You will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, be organised and resourceful and have great attention to detail.

Equal Opportunity and Diversity

The Wildlife Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength indiversity. Whilst we are passionate in promoting our aims, we are not judgmental and are inclusive. We particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within our sector,including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.

RSWT take our safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For applicable roles, applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks at the eligible level.

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to make our recruitment process more accessible.

RSWT are committed to increasing the diversity of its staff through its Levelling the Field recruitment pledge and will put any ethnic minority applicants that meet all the essential criteria for the post through to the next stage of recruitment.

At RSWT, we are committed to creating a safe environment where discrimination, bullying, and harassment are not tolerated. We expect everyone to uphold, respect, and support our zero-tolerance policy.

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