Media Engagement Officer

2 months ago

London, United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 323673**Salary**:

- £34,500-
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- Communications Directorate**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing
- Press Relations**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 3Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The FCDO pursues our national interests and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK's security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners.
- You will be an integral part of the FCDO’s work to shape and respond to news around the world. You will be responsible for providing high quality communications handling for the department and Ministers, crafting reactive lines to emerging news issues, supporting with media briefing and media logistics for the Foreign Secretary.
- It’s a busy patch: you’ll thrive on a fast pace, being able to keep a cool head under pressure and be a team player. You will be supported to develop and grow in the role, surrounded by motivated colleagues.
- You will have strong written and verbal communication skills, able to build coherent, concise and compelling arguments at pace and to tight deadlines.
- The nature of the work means many of the issues we deal with are high-profile, some are sensitive - and many involve a wide range of interested parties across UK government. You will need a strong news sense, an interest in foreign affairs and ability to work with others at speed.

**Job description**:
In this role you will also be responsible for:

- Identifying and responding effectively to breaking news stories to promote and defend the department
- Liaising with geographic and thematic teams to pitch proactive news stories
- Developing reactive media handling and lines to take on emerging FCDO stories
- Providing regular news updates to the division and senior staff on the latest breaking stories
- Providing briefing to senior leaders ahead of media engagement and interviews
- Handling logistics for media engagement and interviews, including in some cases internationally
- Working with other government departments, including No10, and the FCDO’s international network

**Person specification**:
We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is proactive and takes pride in delivering high quality work. The News Team culture is inclusive and friendly, where we have high standards and support wellbeing and development. You will need to be a team player.

**Essential Skills**
- Professional Communication Skills

**Desirable Skills**
- Demonstrable experience of working in a press office or media environment
- Experience working with journalists
- Experience preparing briefing for media engagements
- Experience handling media logistics for interviews or events

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £34,500, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office contributes £9,315 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.**Application Stage**

You will be asked to upload the following on Civil service jobs:

- Your personal details. These will not be seen by sift panels.
- Your online CV
- A 500-word personal statement setting out your experience against the job purpose and roles and responsibilities and minimum criteria.

**Assessment**

If selected for interview this will be arranged directly with the hiring manager. Interviews and additional assessment activities will be assessed against the criteria outlined in the Job Profile.

**Interview process**

Interviews may be held over Microsoft Teams

The Civil Service Behaviours you will be assessed on during the interview are as follows:

- **Communicating and Influencing**:

- **Delivering at Pace**:

- **Making Effective Decisions**

You will also be asked about your motivation at the interview.

In addition to the above there will be a short written task which you will be given on the day of the interview.

**After interviews**

**Security Clearance**

Circumstances that may impact on obtaining security clearance:
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.*

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