UUK is the collective voice for 142 universities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. As world leaders in research, teaching and innovation, our universities have a fantastic story to tell and will continue to be vital in the government’s growth and opportunity missions. Working with its members, Universities UK is undertaking a major programme of work to shift the dial on perceptions of higher education over the next four years. We’re looking for a Media Relations Manager to help us in this work by ensuring we make a big impression across print, online and broadcast media.

The media relations manager is a senior role in the team, overseeing the day-to-day function of the press office and leading on story creation, media relationship building and managing emerging issues. In a fast-paced, busy role, the post-holder will manage the Press Officer, together dealing with national and sector media on a daily basis, meaning they will need to be a confident self-starter with a proven track record of managing news media and should be able to find creative, impactful ways to tell a story. The ability to remain calm under pressure, to prioritise effectively, and excellent news judgement will be important.

The post holder will be part of a busy and fast-paced team, which primarily works Monday – Friday office hours, but with a requirement to take part in an out-of-hours on-call rota, for which there is an additional payment.