Press Officer
24 hours ago
Are you an experienced Press Officer looking for an exciting new role?
Sovereign is an ambitious business with a strong social purpose - we're making huge differences to people's lives. Not simply providing affordable homes, we're shaping places where people want to live now and in the future.
We've got a fantastic opportunity for a **Press Officer**to join our Corporate Affairs team at Sovereign. You'll be based from our head office in Basingstoke, withflexibility for some remote working for part of the week too.
**What you'll be doing**
In this key role, you'll take ownership of and leadSovereign'spress office. Working closely with the Head of Communications, you'll build Sovereign'sreputation by building high-profile relationships and telling great stories, creating content for national,local and social media to help Sovereign achieve its business and social objectives.
Main responsibilities include:
- Developing and delivering a proactive media plan, securing positive coverage in priority trade, national and regional media/online/broadcast, building Sovereign'sreputation and supportingour strategic objectives
- Identifyingopportunities to raise the profile of the chief executive and senior leaders in the business in trade press and nationalmedia
- Protecting Sovereign'sreputation by handling reactive media enquiries, managing and mitigating risk (including reputational risk register) and owning the Major Incident Plan, regularly reviewing and testing our response
- Proactively developing and maintaining effective relationshipswith journalists across ourprioritynational, trade and regional and media as well as other communication contacts within the sector
- Writing compelling press releases, editorial pieces, stories, blogs, newsletters, online content for media, websites and social channels and other content as required, which promote Sovereign's work with customers in ourcommunities and as a leading housingassociation
- Producing creative and engaging corporate content, including core promotional and regulatory documents such as the Annual Report, as well as other corporate content
- Providing an out-of-hours media service to respond to or escalate queries as part of a rota with the wider Corporate Affairs team
**What we need from you**
You'll have demonstrable experience in a similar role with a track record of managing a press office within, or on behalf of a customer-facingorganisation. We're also looking for:
- Proven success in developingmedia plans, securing positive coverage across a variety of national and regional media, including online sources
- Hands on experience prioritising and responding to reactive media enquiries
- Ability to provide senior counsel and media strategy to colleagues at all levels
- Excellent media relations knowledge and contacts
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written in a variety of formats and tones of voice
- A creative thinker with very strong people skills and a customer centric approach
- The ability to work well under pressure and prioritise to tight deadlines
**What you'll receive from us**
- £450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
- Company pension scheme matched up to 12%, life cover at 4x your salary
- Flexible working - we're committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
- Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover
It is a really exciting time to be joining Sovereign. If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you
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