This role offers a competitive salary, hybrid working (London, two days a week - usually Tuesday and Thursdays), 28 days holiday a year plus Bank Holidays and a fantastic pension scheme offering 6% in year one and 11% after this.
The role includes regular paid out of hours rota - approx 1 weekday evening or 1 weekend shift per week.
Which? is the UK's consumer champion, here to make life simpler, fairer and safer for everyone. Our research gets to the heart of consumer issues, our advice is impartial, and our rigorous product tests lead to expert recommendations. We're the independent consumer voice that influences politicians and lawmakers, investigates, holds businesses to account and makes change happen. As an organisation we're not for profit and all for making consumers more powerful.
We are an extremely fast-paced and busy team and consider our press office to be the best there is. We regularly make national newspaper front pages and reach millions of people on TV, radio and online.
As our Press Officer you'll strive to make sure that our advocacy work is seen and heard across the UK.
You'll be working broadly across our many advocacy areas to find and create stories that deliver high impact coverage of the great work we do. You'll work closely with stakeholders across the business to understand what's going on in their areas and how we can build a narrative and plan media outreach.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Press Officer to work across industries and issues to build on your experience. We focus on quality over quantity, and get a real buzz when we see our work on the front pages or leading the news agenda. If you bring the passion and the talent, we'll bring one of the most rewarding Press Officer roles you'll ever have.
Key responsibilities include:
- Support the Head of News in the development of media plans
- Generate positive, regular press coverage in a fast-moving news environment with the objective of raising brand awareness among consumers and key opinion formers
- Establish and maintain relationships with media organisations
- Ensure high standards of rigour/accuracy in all our press activities/releases
- Monitor and assess the media coverage of the organisation's core products and campaigns
- Deliver well-rounded media plans reflecting corporate priorities.
About you:
We're looking for someone with previous press office or media experience, which can include print or broadcast journalism. We are open to people from different sectors as long as you have exceptional writing skills, enthusiasm and the desire to excel in our busy team. You will also need to be flexible and able to take part in our out of hours rota.
This role has a wide reach and you will be confident to work with senior stakeholders and leaders across our business.
To do well you'll need to push yourself to juggle your multiple stories and deadlines. Most importantly, you need to be able to plan strategically and tailor your communications, across all mediums, to ensure our stories reach the right audience.
The interview process for this role involves:- (There are two stages)
- First stage - An informal half an hour chat around your cv,
- Second stage - formal interview that includes a task (1 hour).
We also have these benefits for you to consider:
- 35 hour working week
- Generous 28 days holiday a year plus Bank Holidays & Option to buy additional days
- Excellent pension scheme – when you pay in 3%, Which? pays in 6% (rising to 11% after one year of service)
- Discount site Sodexo which offers large %% off every day shopping and holidays
- Annual Award (depending on employee and company performance)
- Healthcare insurance & Private medical insurance and opportunity to participate in Vitality rewards programme (at 6 months)
- A discretionary death in service benefit provision equivalent to six times your annual salary
- Free access to Which? member content and free access to Which? money & legal helplines
- Free wills for all Which? employees, plus, partners of employees can make their will at cost price
- Work from (almost) anywhere” for 4 weeks of the year policy.