Associate Director of Internal Communications as part of the Corporate Group
Salary: £35,000 - £38,000
Location: Central London
Our Client is a leading health based charity that, considering its medium size achieves outstanding media and PR profile. With campaigns that are far reaching and are gaining huge political, social and behaviour change impact they are looking to continue this success by recruiting a new Press and Campaigns Manager.
Reporting into a newly appointed Head of Communications the Press and Campaigns Manager will:
- Line Manage and develop a Press and Campaigns team of three staff
- Create and strategically implement media and PR Campaigns that effectively reach out to a regional, trade and national audience. You will devise the strategy of these campaigns and ensure that they achieve your proposed objectives.
- Manage the team to effectively manage a large number of reactive press enquiries. You must ensure that the charity continues to be the primary voice of its campaigning subject within the media.
- Manage and train an established network of grass roots campaigners and associated medical practitioners to effectively deal with local, trade and national media.
- Act as a spokesperson for the charity to national print and broadcast media
To qualify for the role of Press and Campaigns Manager you must have
- Previous experience of leadership and management of PR agencies and/or staff.
- Demonstrable experience of developing effective and impactful campaigns strategies that have reached out to national and local media.
- An ability to work effectively with internal stakeholders, specifically of using your experience of PR campaigns to compliment public affairs, marketing and fundraising activities.
- Experience of working in a busy press and campaigns environment.
- It is considered desirable but by no means essential for you to have a working knowledge of the healthcare sector. Above all your experience of running effective far reaching PR campaigns is absolutely essential.
To apply for the opportunity of Press and Campaigns Manager please email your CV to tom@ellwoodandatfield.com or contact Tom Ewen on 020 7340 6480. Please quote TE/PRAC on your application.
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