Senior Media Officer

Base pay range

Are you a dynamic and creative PR professional with experience working in a fast-paced press office? Do you have experience of using media to campaign for change? Are you confident with spotting a great story and delivering high-impact PR campaigns across a range of media? If yes, then keep reading!

Mencap is looking for a Senior Media Officer to join our Media team on a full time (37.5 hours per week) fixed term basis (until end March 2027)

We are challenging the way the UK understands learning disability and are paving the way for even more impactful change to the way learning disability is portrayed in the media.

Take a look at our incredible campaigning work: https://www.mencap.org.uk/what-we-do/campaigning

Do you have the skills and experience to be a Senior Media Officer?

• You will have experience of working in a busy national press office
• You will have outstanding communication skills
• You will have worked on campaigning issues
• You will work well with different stakeholders and have experience of advising others on media opportunities and sensitivities

*This is not an exhaustive list of the role and its requirements, please look at the full job description for further information.

This vacancy closes on Monday 8th December, with interviews to be held soon after.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Health Care Provider
• Project Management
• Advertising

Industries

• Non-profit Organizations
• Civic and Social Organizations
• Hospitals and Health Care