Assistant Press Officer

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom Royal Society Full time

Job Scope:
The Royal Society is dedicated to putting science at the heart of the UK’s cultural life and our public profile is central to our work. We have an excellent entry-level opportunity for an Assistant Press Officer to join our high-performing team.

Whether it is about climate change, funding for science or how new technologies are changing our lives, this role will present the views of the Society on the high-profile scientific issues of the day.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is interested in developing a career in PR. We will support you to develop and equip you with the wide-ranging skills you need to become a Press Officer in the future. If you think you would thrive as an important member of our busy team, we want to hear from you.

The Assistant Press Officer supports the smooth running of the Press Office, providing press office support on selected areas of the Royal Society’s activities, providing a first point of call for media enquiries, and providing administrative support to the press team.

**Reports to**:Head of Media Relations
**Line manages**: None
**Location**: Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AG
**Hours**: 35 hours per week
**Salary**: £27,500 per annum
**Pay Band**: B

**Responsibilities**:

- Being the first point of call for reactive media enquiries and helping the team as required in answering those media enquiries
- Managing the promotion of the Society’s weekly journals; including updating the e-press site, producing press releases and responding to journalist enquiries
- To take the lead on allocated PR projects and deliver them
- Ensuring the smooth operation of the press office’s administrative processes and monitoring and evaluation functions
- Ensuring that the Society’s contact database of journalists is up to date and fully operational
- Analysing coverage and compiling informative, insightful weekly news updates and project coverage reports
- Providing press office support to specified areas of the Royal Society’s work, with the guidance and direction of other members of the press office team
- Helping the team as required with writing and issuing press releases and statements
- To assist with preparations for press briefings and events
- To assist members of the press team and wider communications team with other tasks as necessary

Key Knowledge and Skills Required:
**Essential**

Educated to degree standard or equivalent - the Society will consider any background, provided you meet the other essential criteria

Awareness of and interest in science and topical science issues

Understanding of news values and interest in news media and current affairs

High level of organisational skills

Ability to undertake tasks with a ‘can-do’ attitude

Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills

Good IT skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office or equivalent

**Desirable**

Experience of working in an office environment: knowledge of office systems and procedures

Competencies:
**Self-management**
- Enthusiastic and positive attitude
- Reliable and consistent
- Output is accurate and of high quality
- Punctual and meets deadlines
- Confident of own abilities
- Knows personal values, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and limits
- Gains insight and learns from mistakes
- ‘Let’s go’ of an issue and knows when to move on
- Is open and non-defensive when faced with criticism
- Ensures actions are consistent with words and messages

**Working with others**
- Willing to cooperate and share knowledge within the team, Shares all relevant, critical and useful information
- Willing to help others in times of need
- Listens to and acts upon feedback from senior colleagues and willingly learns from others
- Able to give simple presentations to sectional colleagues
- Understands that one’s own actions and behaviours will influence how others perceive and engage with the Society
- Offers their assistance if they have the capacity, without the need to be asked.
- Actively seeks opportunities for gaining feedback from others
- Presents with confidence within own section and area of remit.
- Communicates confidently, asks questions and checks for understanding.
- Values the input of others, balances that with a sense of purpose to get the job done
- Possesses self-awareness and senses situations prior to acting or communicating

**Resource management**
- Is aware of and works within budgetary and resource constraints
- Organises own workload prioritising according to business need
- Is flexible and adapts to changing circumstances and priorities
- Looks for ways to improve quality or results
- Meets the standards of quality expected of their role
- Maintains high standards despite pressing deadlines
- Does work right first time, corrects own errors and regularly produces accurate, thorough, professional work.
- Is able to multitask and manage urgency in a calm and practical manner.
- performs a wide variety of tasks a

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