Press Officer - London - 100 days - £100-£135 p/d - CTC Clearance

PRESS OFFICER - LONDON - 100 DAYS - £100-£135 P/D - CTC CLEARANCE

Candidates MUST hold or be willing to undergo CTC clearance to be considered for this role

Description

Press Officers work as part of small specialist teams in the press office. They have particular portfolios with subjects they are responsible for, offering media handling advice to Ministers, Special Advisers and officials on these areas.

Key tasks and deliverables

- Build, sustain and deliver effective day-to-day working relationships with national and international police, criminal justice and other specialist and trade press and broadcast media journalists and editors speaking with authority and persuasively on behalf of the College to explain its role within UK policing and protecting its reputation nationally and internationally.
- Write high quality press releases and press packs to promote College initiatives in the national and international media and on the College of Policing website.
- Participate in the proactive management and monitoring of Real Time engagement through the College's corporate social media channels to promote public awareness of and participation with the College and its activities, ensuring that messages are delivered in an appropriate tone and reflect accurately and consistently the College's publicly stated positions.
- Develop creative ideas and contribute to College of Policing publications and newsletters profiling innovation, standard setting and evidence-based practice across policing.
- Support the delivery of marketing and communications campaigns aimed at increasing the membership and commercial income generation opportunities for the College.

Experience

- Successful experience of delivering a broad range of press and media relations services within an organisation
- Experience of delivering crisis management communications to protect organisational reputation
- Experience of using social media and maximising benefits of social media channels
- Experience in using media databases to support effective delivery of media relations activity
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including accurate use of language and grammar
- Excellent negotiating and networking skills, able to form beneficial working relationships internally and externally
- Excellent team working skills and able to work flexibly
- Proven ability to work to deadlines and under pressure
- Experience of working in a police press office or the criminal justice system
- Ability to negotiate and influence internal customers up to senior management levels with conflicting priorities
- Strong political acumen and understanding of current affairs and political issues
- Proven creativity in developing campaigns that will engage and interest external stakeholders

If this sounds like something you could be interested in then please send your CV through for consideration to (see below) and we will be in touch ASAP

Thank you

PRESS OFFICER - LONDON - 100 DAYS - £100-£135 P/D - CTC CLEARANCE