Senior Media Relations Officer

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom House of Commons Full time

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

- 197678**Salary**:

- £30,985**Grade**:

- Other**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 2 years with a possibility of an extension or permanency**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of posts**:

- 1***:
Location
- House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London, SW1A 0AAAbout the job

**Summary**:

- An exciting job opportunity to join as a Senior Media Relations Officer in the Communications Office (Media Relations Team) is available on a 2-year fixed term contract with a possibility of an extension or permanency.
- If you enjoy the fast-paced world of media, where no two days are the same and looking to develop or enhance your experience in this field, this may be the ideal career path for you**Job description**:

- The post-holder will work alongside two other Senior Media Relations Officer and within a small but busy team at the frontline for the House of Commons’ contact with journalists.
- It will be your job to engage them on corporate affairs and parliamentary procedures, both through reactive reputational media work and proactive external communications. As well as answering incoming media enquiries, you will ensure enquiry logging systems are up to date, prepare briefing materials, and be part of a small team that produce daily internal news briefings and weekly business bulletins for journalists. You will also take part in the duty media relations rota to provide a 24/7 response service to journalists, which attracts overtime payments.**Responsibilities**:

- You will have good awareness of the media landscape, experience of news handling and/or responding to media enquiries, providing outstanding customer service.
- You will have the ability to remain focused under pressure, organise priorities and tackle complex tasks and issues, with determination in a busy environment.**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension

Things you need to know

**Security**:
- See our vetting charter.- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Selection process details**:
- We may ask you to complete a test, presentation or other assessment as a part of the interview process.
- All criteria will be assessed at interview stage.
- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Nationality requirements**:

- Open to UK nationals only.**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:

- The Resourcing Team
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