Responsibilities

• Help develop and implement Migrant Help’s communications strategies that will increase the reach and impact of the charity’s work
• Lead on both proactive and reactive media engagement
• Cultivate relationships with influential print, digital and broadcast journalists or thought leaders within our sector
• Write or approve media releases and other press materials, be first point of contact for media enquiries, brief spokespeople within the organisation as required
• Work closely with external PR agency on all public relations activities and awareness raising campaigns
• Support the charity’s fundraising activities
• Undertake the necessary monitoring and evaluation to determine the success or otherwise of communications and public relations activities
• Support and develop a team of communication officers to deliver high quality and timely work
• Develop and promote Migrant Help’s brand voice and act as a ‘brand guardian’ ensuring consistency across all internal and external communications
• Write or approve digital content for our website and social media outlets in collaboration with the Senior Digital Marketing Officer

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience of working within communications and public relations on managerial level
• Creative approach to developing, implementing and evaluating organisational communication activities
• Knowledge and understanding of ethical storytelling principles and working in equal partnership with people with lived experience
• Excellent writing and editing skills and the ability to write compelling copy for a wide range of channels and audiences
• Excellent communication and editorial skills, with outstanding proofreading ability and attention to detail
• This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check therefore applicants must
• Be able to provide documents to show their right to work in the UK (such as Passport, work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration, naturalisation 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

Benefits

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.