Location: Homebased

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Contract: Maternity cover until 26 November 2025

 

Salary: £32,612

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Closing Date: 6 October 2024

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We are currently looking for a Press and Communications Officer to join our warm, friendly and supportive Communications team, on a fixed term contract until 26 November 2025.

As part of the communications team, you will play an important role in amplifying the charity’s voice in the media, by implementing a range of public relations activities and campaigns, including media engagement. With the Public Relations and Communications Manager, you will both generate proactive media output - pitching story ideas and content to identified target outlets - and respond and react to media requests. You will also work closely with the other members of the team on a range of activities, including stakeholder relationships, partnership working within the sector, a range of campaigns, always keeping in mind the need to keep the voices of our clients at the forefront of our activities.

If you are an excellent communicator, have demonstrable experience working in public relations, marketing or communications and are looking for an exciting role within a charity that is making a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

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As the Press and Communications Officer your duties would include:

• Work closely with the Public Relations and Communications Manager to implement the organisation’s public relations activities and campaigns
• Plan and pitch appropriate stories to identified media outlets
• Respond to ad hoc press enquiries by telephone and email
• Draft press releases
• Maintain press contact lists

 

• Establish good working relationships with key journalists and media outlets

• Give Migrant Help clients a voice across all communications activities

• Contribute to the implementation of Migrant Help’s communications strategies

• Increase the organisation’s visibility while protecting and enhancing its reputation and promoting its work, values and key messages

• Contribute to effective internal and external communications for Migrant Help, including media and supporter engagement

• Provide support in other areas of communications and with events as required

• Promote equality, diversity and employee rights and obligations in all actions and activities

• Demonstrate professional behaviour at all times

• Contribute to the overall success of the organisation in accordance with Migrant Help’s aims and objectives

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The experience and skills you need:

• Demonstrable experience working in public relations, marketing, journalism or communications – preferably in the charity sector

• Proven experience of success in pitching and placing stories in the media – preferably at a national level

• Ability to summarise complex information in lively and compelling ways for different channels and audiences

• Highly motivated with an interest in communications

• Ability to influence, persuade and negotiate

• Excellent at networking and making new contacts and connections (e.g., journalists, editors, other sector organisations)

 

​What else to expect:

• Our working hours are Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm.

• This is a homebased role, however on occasion you will need to attend meetings at our London or Dover office.

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About Migrant Help:

Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 60 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential. 

We place a high value on employees in relation to the work that they do and the benefits the organisation offers, with an ethos of being a Great Place to Work. 

These are some of the benefits we offer:

• Flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Additional holiday entitlements
• Perkbox benefits
• Non-contributory pension scheme. 

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At Migrant Help, we foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from, we match your skills with the needs of our organisation. As long as you share our values, vision and goals. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

 

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process.  

- This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

Therefore the applicant must:

• Be able to provide documents to show their right to work in the UK i.e. passport or other right to work documents such as work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration, naturalization as a British citizen, Biometric Residence Permit etc. 

• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment.

 

​We encourage applications from disabled people by offering them an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job

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See the job description for full person specification.

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How to apply

To apply for this role please click on this link and complete the online application form attaching a copy of your CV and cover letter.

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Selection Criteria

Your application will be assessed against the job description and person specification, which can be found via the above link, we therefore recommend you review both before you apply.

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Closing Date: 6 October 2024

As part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help’s values:
Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence.
Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.