Press Officer

3 weeks ago

Southampton, United Kingdom Department for Transport Full time

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

- 292504**Salary**:

- £31,349**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DFT - Aviation, Maritime and Security Group (AMS) - Rail Accident Investigation Branch**Type of role**:

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

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

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Aldershot, SouthamptonAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Do you have experience in PR, communications or media?_
- Are you calm in a crisis?_

**Job description**:
The Accident Investigation Branches (AIBs) are an important, specialised and highly respected part of the Department for Transport.

We have three investigation branches for Air (aviation), Rail and Marine (maritime). The AIBs are responsible for conducting independent investigations into accidents and incidents which help improve safety.

We’re looking for a confident and enthusiastic individual to help protect and enhance the reputation of the three AIBs. Working across aviation, maritime and rail transport sectors this role is varied and interesting.

There will be plenty of scope to be creative as you’ll get the chance to devise content that communicates our safety messages across multiple channels.

We believe that different perspectives and experiences improve the calibre of work we produce. Our team represents a variety of backgrounds and previous careers, and if you join us you will be supported to develop your skills and kickstart an exciting career in communications.

**Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to**:

- You will play an important role responding to media enquiries, working with our team of inspectors and senior managers to agree responses that inform our stakeholders.
- You will also work proactively, devising creative communications activity that maximises awareness of our investigation reports. You will be able to employ a range of skills and channels to deliver our messages, working with colleagues to plan and create content to communicate our findings in the most effective way.
- You will be able to produce high quality written materials (press releases, opinion pieces, blogs and social media posts) for different platforms that ensure our messages reach the audiences who need to be aware of them.
- You will play a key role monitoring and evaluating our communications activity so that we keep abreast of emerging stories and ensure that we are maximising our communications output.
- You will also have the opportunity to attend accident sites to support colleagues with media interviews or by fielding and responding to calls from media.

**For further information, please refer to the role profile attached.**

**Person specification**:
**About You**

You will have already gained some experience in PR, communications or journalism and will be looking to further develop your skills or take your experience in a different direction.

You must be able to produce high quality written material including articles, blogs and snappy social media posts. You’ll also have an eye for detail, able to spot when there are factual inaccuracies in stories and be proactive to get them corrected swiftly.

You’ll need to be calm in a crisis and able to work at pace, the nature of the AIB’s work requires us to respond to accidents or emergency situations quickly and our communications need to keep up with that.

To that end, we require:
Experience in communications, journalism or PR.

Excellent news sense and media handling skills.

Ability to spot proactive media opportunities.

Ability to offer creative solutions for communicating our safety messages.

Be an enthusiastic team player with a can-do attitude.

Able to work calmly in a crisis or pressured situation.

**Additional Information**

A minimum of 40% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.

We embrace hybrid working but you must be able to work from the AIB’s different offices in Aldershot and Southampton at least two to three days every week.

You must be able to travel to each of the Branch’s offices: RAIB are based in Derby and Aldershot, AAIB are based in Aldershot and MAIB is based in Southampton. Occasional travel to DfT offices at Great Minster House may also be required.

**Licences**:

- A current full driving licence valid in the UK.**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

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

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- GCS Competency Framework-Insight-Page 6.
- GCS Comp

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