Senior Media and Communications Officer
Senior Media and Communications Officer (1 Year fixed term contract, part time)
0.8 FTE with options for flexible working (we are always willing to consider a range of working patterns to enable you to manage your work life balance)
Responsible to NPE Executive Director / NPUK Communications Director
Location – Home (remote) with occasional travel to English National Park Authorities and to London
Salary – £35,000 per annum pro rata. (Actual salary for 0.8 FTE £28,000pa)
This is a one year fixed term contract with possibility of extension subject to funding
About the role:
England’s National Parks represent our finest landscapes, famed for their spectacular beauty, varied wildlife and rich cultural heritage. National Parks are critical to supporting local communities, providing access to green spaces for the nation, and helping to tackle the dual challenges of climate change and declining biodiversity.
National Parks England’s purpose is to be the collective voice for English National Park Authorities, helping us to achieve our purposes through influencing policy. We are a small team, working with a much wider team of colleagues across National Park Authorities.
As Senior Media and Communications Officer within NPE you will support a range of the policy and influencing work of National Park Authorities for a range of campaigns and projects including our work on Generation Green and the Protected Landscapes Partnership.
You will work alongside the wider team to ensure effective communication through the media to influence public opinion and political change. As well as high quality media relations, the post will support delivery of public relations activities, and support wider public affairs and stakeholder relations.
The successful candidate will have excellent media, public relations and integrated communications skills gained within a policy and influencing environment and will be confident to play both lead and supporting roles on a wide range of projects. They will have excellent writing and editing skills, an understanding of what makes media worthy content, and experience of building relationships with journalists. The post holder should also have experience of as supporting stakeholder engagement with those in and around government and in working with a range of project partners.
Selection process
You can apply for this job by submitting your application here. Please make sure you read the job pack before applying.
Please submit
A CV (2 pages)
A cover letter (up to 3 pages)
In your cover letter, please give evidence of how your experience and skills make you suitable for this role and in particular why working with National Parks is of interest to you.
Closing date: 5pm Tuesday 14th May 2024
First stage interviews will take place online on Tuesday 21 or Wed 22 May 2024.
Questions?
We are a small team with really limited resources, so in the first instance we are offering 3 sessions where we will present about both roles and there will be opportunities to ask questions
You can sign up for these here.
Other enquiries regarding these roles can be made via email.
We request no agency contact about these roles.
