Media & PR Executive

Are you up for a challenge working in a fast-paced environment with colleagues as passionate about championing young people as you are? Are you keen to gain experience in a busy, multi-discipline communications team and develop your media relations skills? From supporting your team on breaking news to coordinating proactive news stories covering what young people care about, the role of the Media & PR Executive will be varied and exciting.

The Media & PR Executive at The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) will play a role in supporting the charity to deliver our brand and Youth Without Limits strategy. You’ll be a confident communicator with excellent organisational skills and a passion for making a difference to young people’s lives from the moment you start.

**What we’re looking for**:
A budding Media & PR talent keen to develop their skills working in a busy press team. You’ll have a great eye for detail, work well under pressure and be full of creative media ideas. You’ll help deliver daily media updates and support a wide range of media activities including timely statements, ground-breaking research, key policy and advocacy moments, fundraising activities and UK events.

**Key accountabilities**:
Provide support for a busy press office, including producing daily media updates, updating colleagues on relevant breaking news, and managing journalist enquiries.

Support the Senior Media & PR Officer and the Senior Social Media Officer to plan in activity, spot opportunities and optimise how news is delivered across media channels.

Help coordinate the day-to-day media calendar working closely with colleagues across the charity - from media and marketing to external affairs, fundraising and operations.

Support the Senior Media and PR Officer to create briefing notes, media releases, comments and other media materials.

Contribute to crisis communications plans and help spot and manage risk.

Help translate media stories into compelling social content across channels to grow audience understanding of the charity and consideration to support.

Support with the planning and coordination of media events, such as filmings and interviews.

Build strong relationships across teams and when working with our ambassadors, celebrities, influencers and content creators, including the young people we work with, to support media activities.

Support our storytelling approach for media, working with story producers to present young people’s stories and supporting them to speak to media.

Support the press office with a range of administrative and other tasks, such as developing contact lists, carrying out media-related research, and helping coordinate training.

Help the charity to deliver the brand narrative and tone of voice across activities.

Support the Media team with monthly media reporting, benchmarking data and taking meaningful action from findings.

Support colleagues across the DofE, including Country and Region teams, with their media relations needs.

Support the Creative Content team to populate and sustain the media library.

Support media preparation or production of charity communications that generate news interest, including annual statistics and reports.

In return, you’ll work with friendly and supportive colleagues. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, contribute and develop your skills at a leading charity.

We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary, generous pension contribution, flexible working, Volunteering days, Healthcare cash plan and an employee assistance programme.

Successful applicants will be required to undergo a basic criminal record check (e.g. DBS/PVG or similar).

Applications will close 29th August - Midnight

Interview dates WC 5th September (to be held virtually).