Press Officer

4 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade Full time

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

- 351948**Salary**:

- £32,858 - £38,272- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent
- Secondment**Length of employment**:

- Up to 2 years**Business area**:

- DBT - DG COO - Communications & Marketing**Type of role**:

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

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

- 1Contents

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**Benefits**:
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- Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London or SalfordAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Do you want to work in one of the most interesting, varied and fast-paced departments in Whitehall, advising Ministers and writing tomorrow’s news headlines?

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is looking for a Press Officer to join its mission to bring together business experts and world-class trade negotiators to support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country.

The role is challenging and wide-ranging, from crafting punchy press products, to supporting ministerial visits and interviews, or briefing journalists on breaking news stories as they happen.

You will be part of a busy and enthusiastic press office team who work closely with Special Advisers, Private Office and policy officials on reactive and proactive media.

As a member of DBT’s Press Office team, you will play an active role in building support and raising awareness of the governments work with businesses. This will focus on small and medium businesses, for who the Prime Minister has recently announced further support, to help grow the economy, unlock innovation and aspiration and break down barriers for increased exports.

You will also be required to spot opportunities for positive features, and human-interest stories from across the UK to land positive stories in consumer media and regional titles, including in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland media.

This is a chance to join a department breaking new ground as it tackles issues and takes opportunities all around the world.

**Job description**:

- Be part of a team who plan and deliver communications that cut through both at home and abroad on Ministerial events such as domestic and overseas visits, speaking engagements and interview opportunities.
- Handle reactive enquiries and rebuttals effectively, including briefing senior political and economic journalists on the phone to shape tomorrow’s news.
- Craft first-class content for social media platforms for the Department’s ministers and corporate channels.
- Support on high-profile announcements and general work of Press Office - including participating in an out-of-hours duty rota, for which you will be paid overtime.
- Monitor and evaluate coverage to ensure objectives are being met and DBT's key messages are landing well with our key audiences.

**Person specification**:
**Essential criteria**
- Proven news sense, excellent judgement, political nous and outstanding internal and external communication skills.
- Superb written English and experience of delivering high-class media products to short deadlines on modern media platforms from newspapers to Twitter (X).
- Experience of working in a fast-paced media team, with highly effective proactive and reactive media handling skills.

**Desirable criteria**
- Experience of delivering high-profile media moments in the UK or international markets.
- Experience of running social media channels for individuals or organisations.

**Personal attributes & skills**
- You will be creative and confident in sharing your ideas and creating engaging content for social media.
- You will be a team player who is keen to work with others to communicate the UK’s business agenda home and abroad.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together

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

- Communication Framework Competency - Ideas (Core)

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £32,858, Department for Business and Trade contributes £8,871 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**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-pe

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