Media Officer

5 months ago

London, United Kingdom Independent Office for Police Conduct Full time

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

- 344947**Salary**:

- £40,075- £40,075 plus London Weighting £4,731 per annum- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Other**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Press Relations**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- Croydon, LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Could you thrive in a fast-paced environment and act calm under pressure, while providing expert communications advice to senior colleagues? Do you have a proven track record of dealing with high-profile matters that make news headlines? As a Media Officer you will lead the communications response on a wide range of matters, while driving our organisational objectives, in an exciting and challenging role where no two days are the same.

**Job description**:
**Main Responsibilities**:

- To provide a high quality proactive and reactive media relations service on IOPC investigations, including writing and distributing press releases, monitoring national and specialist media, taking the initiative to rebut inaccuracies and leading on relevant statements and briefings.
- To arrange interviews, press conferences and briefings, often at short notice
- To write and implement media handling plans for the publication of IOPC investigation and corporate reports.
- To liaise with Stakeholder Engagement colleagues to develop and implement communications and engagement plans for controversial or significant issues as outlined in our communications and engagement strategy.
- To provide a media relations service on investigations and corporate issues, working closely with senior managers and other colleagues to support our work, including on national policy areas such as firearms, custody, stop and search.
- To contribute to the strategic diary and forward planning for the communications team
- To be a committed member of the national media team and support colleagues working in other regions
- To liaise with colleagues across regions and nationally to ensure accurate, consistent and coordinated messages are disseminated to IOPC staff, stakeholders and to the public
- To contribute to the IOPC’s social media strategy by making day to day use of social media platforms to engage new and existing audiences
- To take part in the national out-of-hours duty press office rota

**Person specification**:
As a Media Officer, you will be welcomed into a dynamic and inclusive Communications and Media team dealing with a number of high profile cases which often make the headlines so the environment can be fast paced and requires a quick-thinking, problem-solving approach.

Reporting into the Senior Media Officer, no day will be the same and you will geographically cover London and SE regions. You will be responsible for providing advice on media and communications to IOPC senior managers and staff, implementing both proactive and reactive media plans. The post holder will be security cleared to at least BS level and the post is politically restricted.

You will have direct and frequent contact with operational, policy, stakeholder engagement teams and senior management, and with the media and various police force press offices.

You will take part in the out-of-hours duty press officer rota. This currently entails monitoring the media inbox 1 week (including weekends) out of 7/8 weeks. Please kindly note that the frequency may change. You are entitled to a financial reward for this.

**Essential Experience**:

- Considerable experience in media relations, including dealing, on a regular basis, with controversial issues and crisis management or commensurate experience as a journalist
- High level understanding of national and local media and their priorities
- Experience of working in a busy press office or news room
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and writing skills
- Proven ability to translate complex issues into clear, simple narratives
- Experience providing robust and appropriate advice to senior managers
- Good knowledge of current affairs

**The post holder will be security cleared to at least BS level and the post is politically restricted.**

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £40,075, Independent Office for Police Conduct contributes £10,820 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 with an average employer contribution of 27%
- 27.5 days paid annual leave (increasing with service to 32.5 days)
- Options to carry over, buy or sell annual leave
- Civil Service maternity leave package
- PAM employee assistance programme
- Access to Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) membership
- C

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