About the role

  • Media & PR Executive raising the profile of DofE by supporting charity moments and ensuring youth representation in media. Join a purpose-driven press team with impactful campaigns.

Responsibilities

  • You’ll play a key role in raising the profile of the DofE
  • supporting major charity moments
  • helping ensure young people’s voices are heard across national and regional media
  • You’ll deliver daily media updates
  • monitor breaking news
  • manage journalist enquiries and coordinate interviews
  • You’ll support the creation of press materials
  • contribute to impactful campaigns
  • work closely with colleagues across Engagement, Creative Content and Digital to spot opportunities and bring stories to life
  • You’ll also help track media performance
  • maintain press contacts and support media training across the Charity

Requirements

  • Can demonstrate a junior level media or communications professional
  • Experience of working with journalists and a nose for what makes a good story
  • Understanding of GDPR and familiarity with informed consent and safeguarding best practice
  • An awareness of, and interest in, current affairs, issues affecting young people today, and press and communications trends
  • Team player with great interpersonal and communication skills
  • A confident communicator with a collaborative mindset and the ability to work well under pressure
  • You’ll be organised, collaborative and calm under pressure, with an interest in current affairs and the issues affecting young people today
  • Experience in youth brands, charities or newsroom environments is a welcome bonus

Benefits

  • We offer excellent staff benefits including a generous pension contribution
  • an employee assistance programme
  • healthcare cash plan
  • volunteer leave
  • 25 days holiday
  • plus Bank Holidays and an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and the New Year
  • Buy additional annual leave
  • benefits discount website
  • death in service benefit 4 x salary
  • incapacity benefit
  • generous family leave and sick leave

Job title

Media & PR Executive

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£25,866 - £30,455 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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