Media Officer

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Independent Office for Police Conduct Full time

**Reference number**:
182534

**Salary**:
£37,120

**Grade**:
Other

**Contract type**:
Permanent

**Type of role**:
Commercial
Communications / Marketing
Press Relations

**Working pattern**:
Flexible working, Full-time

**Number of posts**:
1

Location

Croydon, London

About the job

**Summary**:
The post holder reports to a Senior Media Officer and is responsible for providing advice on media and communications to IOPC senior managers and staff, implementing both proactive and reactive media plans. The post holder will be security cleared to at least BS level and the post is politically restricted.

**Job description**:
The media team deals with a number of high profile cases which often make the headlines so the environment can be fast paced and requires a problem-solving approach. You will have direct and frequent contact with operational, policy, oversight and stakeholder engagement teams and with the media. You will take part in the out-of-hours duty press officer rota.

**Responsibilities**:
Essential
- Considerable experience in media relations, including dealing, on a regular basis, with controversial issues and crisis management or commensurate experience as a journalist
- High level understanding of national and local media and their priorities
- Experience of working in a busy press office or news room
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and writing skills
- Proven ability to translate complex issues into clear, simple narratives
- Experience providing robust and appropriate advice to senior managers
- Ability to build strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Strong customer and audience focus
- Strong communication skills - both written and oral
- Good negotiation and influencing skills
- Positive attitude and flexibility of approach
- Good knowledge of current affairs

**Benefits**:

- 27.5 days paid annual leave (increasing with service to 32.5 days)
- options to carry over, buy or sell annual leave
- Civil Service pension
- PAM employee assistance programme
- Access to Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) membership
- staff networks focussed on each of the protected characteristics - run for staff, by staff
- flexible working options

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