Press Officer

1 month ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Full time

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

- 342395**Salary**:

- £32,178-
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Bristol, London, WolverhamptonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
From the building the homes the country needs, unlocking opportunities for levelling up and regeneration across the UK, delivering a fairer deal for renters, landlords and leaseholders, to continuing our mission to end rough sleeping - DLUHC leads on high-profile government policies that dominate the national conversation. We need to communicate these complex policies to the media and the public - that is why we are recruiting press officers who can work at the same fast pace as our journalists to promote our announcements, to generate interesting news stories, react to breaking stories and defend our record of delivery.

We are a close knit, supportive press office team that works alongside digital and visits teams to create big media moments, as well as working very closely with campaigns teams, internal communications and ministerial offices. This role can be based at a number of regional offices but frequent travel to our London office will be required given this is a Ministerial facing role.** Out of hours working is a key feature of this role and you will be included on a duty rota for weekday evenings and weekends.**

**Out of hours working is a key feature of this role and you will be included on a duty rota for weekday evenings and weekends. If you work hours in excess of your conditioned hours, overtime can be authorised in line with the department's policy.**

**Job description**:

- Build strong relationships with journalists, confidently briefing them on DLUHC policies.
- Manage breaking stories on behalf of the Department and Ministers, providing a timely, accurate and professional service to journalists.
- Know how to use a range of media channels to reach audiences, working with campaigns colleagues and incorporating digital media into all communications plans.
- Produce high quality written work including proactive press releases and op-eds.
- Provide media handling advice to Ministers and Special Advisers on a range of reactive and proactive activity.
- Contribute creative ideas to communicate and promote the department’s policies.

**Person specification**:

- Sound judgement and a solid understanding of how the news cycle works, including knowledge of different media channels, including digital and consumer.
- Exceptional writing skills and the creativity to generate interesting media stories.
- Experience of planning and working on stories and media opportunities, for example as a journalist or having worked in PR.
- Very comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and reacting quickly and confidently to breaking issues.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, and experience of nurturing excellent relationships with internal colleagues and external contacts as part of your work.
- Comfortable working on visits and events, managing media facilities on location.

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £32,178, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities contributes £8,688 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%

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**Selection process details**:
**Selection Process Details**

**We are for everyone**

**We would strongly recommend that applicants get in touch with the vacancy manager to find out more information about this role.**

As part of our pre-employment checking process we will be using your CV to confirm your job history. Please note that by providing us with your CV you are consenting to us using the information enclosed as part of the checking process.

We are for everyone

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Your covering letter should be no more than 1 page referencing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description.

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