Senior Media Relations Officer (Proactive) – 12 month FTC

We’re looking for a talented communications professional, based in either London or Manchester, to join our media team. You’ll use your experience of communications, public relations and dealing with the media to tell our story.

The Senior Media Relations Officer (Proactive) will focus on our proactive media activity. The ability to find newsworthy angles and interesting stories, and to successfully pitch them to national media, is essential. Working with a variety of national and trade media on high-profile issues, you’ll raise our profile, improve engagement and manage and enhance our reputation by:

• Developing and delivering media activity to promote and safeguard the reputation of the GMC’s core statutory responsibilities, as well as for specific projects and campaigns.
• Identifying and exploiting proactive opportunities to promote the role of the GMC in the media.
• Supporting Media Relations Officer(s) in their work, including providing guidance and direction where necessary.
• Advising colleagues, including senior managers, on media handling issues.

This is a hybrid role between home working and office working, you’ll work a minimum of one day a week in the office.

You can find more detail on the tasks you will undertake, and the essential skills required for the role, in the job description.

How to apply for the role

Please provide a CV and covering letter. The covering letter should clearly set out how you meet the essential skills for the role, which are listed in the job description. You should also include a paragraph outlining your reasons for applying for the role.

We recommend no more than two sides of A4 for the covering letter, but it can be more if required.

We will assess the information you provide against the skills required for the role and let you know whether you will progress to the next stage of the recruitment process.

If you do not provide all the above, we will not be able to progress your application and your application could be withdrawn.

GMC Benefits – Why work for us

We work with doctors, physician associates (PAs), anaesthesia associates (AAs), those they care for and other stakeholders to support good, safe patient care across the UK. We set the standards doctors, PAs, AAs and their educators need to meet, and help them achieve them. If there are concerns these standards may not be met or that public confidence in doctors, PAs, or AAs may be at risk, we can investigate, and take action if needed.

You’ll benefit from being part of an organisation that is genuinely committed to its people with several excellent benefits including:

• 30 days holiday with the option to buy and sell more
• A generous employer pension contribution of 15%
• Access to a range of learning and development opportunities designed to support your ongoing progression
• Flexible working patterns
• Attractive salary that’s reviewed annually
• Discounts at 100s of high street and online stores
• Discounted gym membership
• Private medical insurance
• Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme for those wanting a greener commute
• Bike lockers and shower facilities

We are happy to consider a range of flexible working options. Flexible working requests will be considered in line with the policy.

The GMC values diversity and has made a public commitment to processes and procedures that are fair, objective, transparent and free from discrimination. We are also committed to the Disability Confident employer scheme and support the requirements of the Disability Confident interview scheme. If you have a disability and meet the cut-off mark for the essential criteria for this role as outlined in the person specification document, you will be offered an interview.

The GMC is a charity registered in England and Wales (1089278) and Scotland (SC037750)