Press officer

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Hachette UK Full time

Closing date: 12pm, Wednesday 8th May 2024

Salary: £60,268 per annum including London Weighting

Location: Congress House, London (expectation is 50% of time in-office)

Do you have a great eye for a story and are keen to win for working people?

The TUC is looking for a press officer to join one of the busiest press teams in the country. We support trade unions to grow and thrive, and we stand up for everyone who works for a living. Every day, we campaign for more and better jobs, and a more equal, more prosperous country.

This is a senior position in the TUC, with significant responsibility, and would suit someone who brings a wealth of experience of media relations.

You’ll be joining a campaigns department that runs numerous high-profile campaigns every year, secures extensive media coverage and supports our General Secretary Paul Nowak to demand change for working people.

In this general election year, unions will be out there fighting for jobs and for a New Deal for Working People. Join us.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deliver media plans across print, digital and broadcast
  • Answer queries, produce press releases, quotes and operational notes, and sellin TUC stories
  • Write opinion pieces and blogs in the name of TUC senior staff
  • Work closely with the TUC’s social team to amplify the TUC’s priorities on our social channels
  • Build relationships with policy staff to develop campaign executions illustrating the TUC’s priorities
  • Develop their professional understanding of the UK media and build relationships with journalists
  • Evaluate TUC media coverage, and use that to improve how we work
  • Ensure the TUC General Secretary and other leading figures have a high and positive media profile
  • Advise and coach TUC spokespeople and produce spokesperson briefs
  • Source, interview, write-up and brief case studies in support of campaigns
  • Participate in cross-departmental project teams to deliver campaigns
  • Perform any other reasonable tasks as determined by the head of CCD

Knowledge, skills and experience

  • You’ll be able to spot a news angle and respond within minutes to breaking events
  • You’ll have great judgement and be able to take the initiative
  • You’ll share our trade union and antiracist values

We welcome applications from any candidate but are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, who are underrepresented at this grade in the TUC.

The employer reserves the right to close the listing and stop accepting applications sooner than the original deadline. Therefore we strongly recommend applying at the earliest opportunity.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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