Senior Press Officer - Health

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Are you able to spot a compelling news angle? Do you have an excellent knowledge of the health landscape, and a proven track record of delivering high profile media campaigns?

If so, you could be the Senior Media Officer (Health) we are looking for!

Then this role might be perfect for you

About the Role

As our Senior Media Officer, you will play a vital part in our busy media team by delivering dynamic and creative campaigns to influence Government and NHS policy as well as supporting the team's Press Office function, capitalising on PR opportunities, improving stakeholder buy-in, and reducing reputational risk.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the development and delivery of the health communications yearly plan, aiming to raise awareness of heart and circulatory diseases through the media.
• Work with Medical and Marketing teams to propose, develop, and deliver ambitious and influential communications campaigns.
• Deliver PR activity that supports the BHF's priority health and influencing campaigns, including reporting on improving survival rates from cardiac arrest through our Revivr and The Circuit programmes, reducing risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and influencing around NHS healthcare.
• Create engaging content and press releases aimed at a range of different audiences to position the BHF as a leading voice in media narratives around health and policy and promoting the BHF's information and support services to patients.

No two days will be the same as you play a key part in responding quickly to breaking news and bringing the human impact of our research to life, you will foster productive partnerships with diverse stakeholders, ensuring people with heart and circulatory diseases receive accurate information through the media.

Working arrangements

This is a blended role, where your work will be dually located between your home and our London office.

As the role supports the BHF's busy press office, you will participate in our out of hour's service on a rotational shift basis

At BHF we believe in the power of working together. On a blended contract, you can expect to spend some time in the office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of office spaces is driven in part by your role and the work you will do with other teams. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.

Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about the flexibility offer available at the application or interview stage.

About you

With a strong news sense, especially across the medical landscape, you will have the ability to react responsibly to external opportunities using your extensive creative expertise alongside your experience of strong media campaigns.

You can quickly to pick up on new and often complex scientific material, then condensing it into context that will connect to audiences of all levels will be essential to the role. You'll also be able to demonstrate a proven track record of delivering media campaigns. You'll use your outstanding communication skills to manage large networks of both internal and external stakeholders. Alongside this you will participate in patient case study interviews, managing their stores in a sensitive manner and pitching them to the press as appropriate.

Our ideal candidate would be a positive media professional, who has extensive press office experience and the ability to juggle tasks in a sometimes-pressurised environment whilst still delivery a high level of service within the charity. Assisting colleagues from all across the wider organisation to provide high quality information as required.

About us

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we've helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We're investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.

We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change , along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

Benefits

To find out more about benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of this page.

How to apply

It's quick and easy to apply for a role at BHF. Just click on the apply button below. All you'll need is an up to date CV and a supporting statement, outlining your interest in the role and how you meet the role's criteria.

As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, the BHF will use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us

Please note internally this role is known as 'Senior Media Officer - Health'.

Please note that we are unlikely to be able to sponsor applicants in respect of this role due to the role not meeting the minimum salary criteria to be eligible for sponsorship.