Senior Media Advisor

Salary: Grade B: £39,390 (National Framework) or £44,792 (London Framework if you are London office-based or home-based and live within the boundary of the M25) there is also an additional homeworking allowance of £553 per annum for those working from home. For part time roles please note, this will be pro rata.

Senior Media Advisers receive an on-call allowance of £3,250 per annum as they are required to be available for on-call duties with the media.

Contracted Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed Term, secondment opportunity for 23 months

Location: Home-based, flexible location or office-based within either our London or Newcastle offices

Closing Date: Thursday 16th June 2024 at 11.59pm

About Us

Were the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and we work to improve health and adult social care in England.

Through the dedication of our expert team, we monitor health and social care services to provide England with a safe and compassionate care system, recognising when services perform well as well as encouraging improvements and taking action over poorer care, where necessary.

One of our main commitments is to become a truly inclusive organisation and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To do so, we work with a variety of networks, including the Disability Equality Network, Race Equality Network and LGBT+ Equality Network.

The Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation (MNSI) Programme is part of a national strategy to improve maternity across the NHS in England and was moved to be hosted by the CQC on the 1st of October 2023.

The programme is part of the overall national ambition to improve maternity safety and reduce harm by 50% by 2025. The programme was fully rolled out across England in April 2019 and, in 2022, a commitment was made to continue the programme for a further five years and there are currently three years of this term remaining.

We are now looking for a Senior Media Advisor to join the MNSI team on a full-time basis for a 23-month secondment opportunity.

The Benefits

- 27 days annual leave (pro rata), plus 8 Bank Holidays

- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution

- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day

- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars

- Discounted gym vouchers

- Cycle to work scheme

- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!

- Equipment for homeworking

Why this could be a great role for you

This is the perfect opportunity for a media relations professional with experience of working in a national press office to take their next step with the MNSI programme.

You will discover a rewarding role, where you will have the chance to make a positive impact on the MNSI programme, whilst developing your professional skillset and growing your portfolio of experience.

So, if youre ready to step into a vital role, read on and apply.

What you will bring€¦

To be considered as a Senior Media Advisor, you will need:

- Experience of working in a national press office

- Experience of leading on projects within a press office environment and as part of team

- Experience of planning and delivering high-profile national stories

- Experience of working on multiple projects simultaneously

- Experience in crisis management

- Experience in advising senior staff on media relations tactics, opportunities, and issues

- Experience of utilising media evaluation metrics

- Experience of using multimedia platforms, including social media, in a professional capacity

- Excellent writing, proofreading, and editing skills

What youll be doing

As a Senior Media Advisor, you will deliver robust and effective media relations advice.

Working in our fast-paced national press office, you will lead on high profile national stories and respond to time-critical issues, focusing on our work with the MNSI programme.

You will deliver national media relations to support the programme and provide advice to senior members of staff.

Contributing to other communications projects, you will ensure that media work to support the MNSI programme is aligned with our wider media strategy.

Additionally, you will:

- Build and maintain relationships with journalists, media outlets and key stakeholders

- Provide calm and measured responses to time-critical situations

- Prepare well-written materials and communications

- Respond flexibly and proactively to time-critical changes in priorities

- Keep up to date with the changing external context in which we work

Next steps

If you require any support or assistance with the recruitment process, please get in touch with our team or include a note in your application.

We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

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