Press Officer, Judicial Office

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Ministry of Justice Full time

**Press Officer, Judicial Office - 78291**
**£37,174 - £40,403**
**London**:
**Overview**

The Judicial Office press office is looking for a Press Officer (HEO) to add to an enthusiastic and trusted communications team based at the Royal Courts of Justice.

**The Judicial Office**

The Judicial Office is an arm’s length body of the Ministry of Justice. We are a unique branch of the civil service, dedicated to supporting the judiciary and promoting judicial independence, to maintain confidence in the rule of law. We help the Lord Chief Justice (LCJ) and the Senior President of Tribunals fulfil their responsibilities to the judiciary, in an ever-evolving justice system. We provide operational support, policy, legal and handling advice through a number of specialist teams.

The Judicial Office was established following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, to support the Lord Chief Justice as Head of the Judiciary in his statutory and other leadership and administrative functions. It delivers a wide range of functions for the senior judiciary and to more than 20,000 judicial office holders including legal and policy advice, communications, international, training (through the Judicial College), human resources, welfare, library and information services. Through the independent Judicial Conduct Investigations Office, we deal with complaints about the conduct of judicial office holders. The Judicial Office also provides support to the Chief Coroner and to the Judge Advocate General and supports the Lord Chancellor on certain of his judiciary-related functions.

**The Job**

Reporting to a Senior Press Officer, you will work with four other press officers to assist with media relations and related communications activity. The Press team are responsible for providing support to the Lord Chief Justice, heads of division, judges and magistrates. You will be expected to provide specialist support for particular areas, such as civil, family or criminal law, which will be confirmed at a later stage.

You will have direct and frequent contact with judges and with the media and take part in the out-of-hours duty press officer rota. (These out of hours duties are much less onerous than for a Government press office and a small allowance is paid). The press team deal with high-profile cases which often make the headlines and the environment can be fast-paced and require a calm approach.
- Work closely with senior press officers on specific jurisdictions or issues, developing expertise in this area and providing support, advice and drafting communications.
- Develop good working relationships with Judicial Office staff, particularly in Private Offices of the LCJ and the Heads of Division
- Manage regular uploads of judgments, media summaries and sentencing remarks to the Judiciary website
- Support the team and judges at all levels with advice on media handling including statements, rebuttals, preparation for interviews, and preparation of draft responses or statements both pre-empting and reacting to media questions
- Build relationships with key and relevant national and trade journalists and discover new media opportunities for judicial office holders across all channels including podcasts
- Support the wider communications team on planning functions, including contributing to forward look schedules, termly media plans and projects across different jurisdictions
- Work effectively with the wider press office team and with communications colleagues so that press handling plans are joined up with wider communications strategies.
- Facilitate accurate and timely coverage of courts and tribunals judgments and decisions and publish written versions where appropriate.
- Respond professionally and promptly to breaking stories generated by judges or court cases during office hours and when on duty; alerting and consulting senior press officers, judges and officials as appropriate, and writing accurate, authoritative and concise copy.
- Lead on producing monthly summary reports including evaluation statistics on press office activity and highlighting high profile cases and relevant issues.

**Skills & Qualifications**

**Required**
- Have at least one years’ experience as a press officer, working in a media newsroom or a similar communications role
- Have a sharp news sense, excellent judgement, strong political savvy and outstanding media skills gained from working in a communications environment.
- Confident communicator with strong written and verbal skills.
- Be adept at simplifying complex material while retaining the meaning.
- Confident speaking to journalists and ability to develop relationships with senior judicial office holders.

**Desirable**

Experience of working in the field of justice

**Behaviours**

Delivering at pace

Seeing the Big Picture

Communicating and Influencing

Further details on the Civil Service Success Profiles can be found here - Success Profiles - Civil Service Behaviours (publishing.service

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