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Reference: 87531

Date Added: 27 January 2023
Closing Date: 9 February 2023

Job Title: PR & Media Officer

Working For: The UK Committee for UNICEF

Location: London

Salary: Circa £35,000 per annum

Length of Contract: Permanent

Job Details

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as PR & Media Officer, working in a fast-paced and busy press office responsible for delivering world class communications for UNICEF UK’s public fundraising and brand campaigns, as well as delivering news-focused media for humanitarian and policy-led issues.

You will manage relationships with both news and consumer-focused journalists across UK media, working with UK and global colleagues to deliver effective and well messaged multi-media coverage for UNICEF UK’s humanitarian emergencies and child’s rights issues. You will deliver media relations for high-profile communications and fundraising campaigns such as Soccer Aid for UNICEF and World Children’s Day as well as leading on key relationships with UNICEF offices around the world to develop news-led features.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• proven experience of working in a busy press office and/or PR agency.
• an excellent track record in developing, delivering, and evaluating audience centric, objectives-focused media strategies and media engagement activity.
• first class interpersonal and relationship management skills, including with journalists to aid effective media relations – with a focus on News and PR.
• strong interest in child and human rights issues, with an understanding and awareness of the broader consumer, news and digital media landscape.

Closing Date: 9 February 2023

Interview/Start Dates

Closing date: 5pm, Thursday 9 February 2023.
Interview date: Tuesday 28 February 2023 via video conferencing (MS Teams).

Application Details

Act now and visit www.unicef.org.uk/jobs to apply online.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact Supporter Care on 0300 330 5580 during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Website: http://www.unicef.org.uk

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