Press Officer

Greater London Authority, one of our largest public sector clients based in London are looking to recruit a Press Officer to join their team on an initial 3-month contract (with possibilities of further extensions). The role is full time, Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week, 3 days in office and 2 days’ work from home. The office is based at City Hall which is near Canning Town on the Jubilee line or Royal Victoria on the DLR.  

Pay rate:£20.69 per hour PAYE or £26.28 per hour Umbrella

Job Purpose:

To work as part of the London Assembly Labour Group press team and to support the Members in all matters relating to the press, but with a specialism in digital communications. Key to this role will be to raise the online profile of the Members to promote their work.

Principal accountabilities

• To contribute to, and implement, an online media strategy for the London Assembly Labour Group Members. To set up and manage Twitter, Facebook, blogs and other social media outlets for Members and to work with members on online campaigns.
• To seek and exploit opportunities to raise the profile of Labour Members online to promote their work and support them in their roles as an Assembly Member.
• To provide wide-ranging media support to Assembly Members, the Press Team and Group Manager as necessary. This will include drafting press releases, letters and policy and constituency reports to publication standard and keeping an audit of coverage.
• To act as the first point of contact for the allocated Assembly Member(s) for all people within and without the organisation, representing the views and interests of the Member(s) in an effective and professional manner, and dealing with a wide range of internal and external people and organisations. This includes acting as a primary contact for members of the media.
• To assist with the development and production of newsletters and other written communications for Members as directed by the Group Manager and Stakeholder and Communications Officer.
• To keep up to date with developments in current affairs to provide proactive public affairs support to the London Assembly Labour Group Members, including working with colleagues to identify questions for Mayor’s Question Time arising from, and leading to, online and social media campaigns.
• To act and manage resources allocated to the job in accordance with the Authority’s policies and Code of Ethics and Standards; to realise the benefits of London’s diversity by promoting and enabling equality of opportunities and promoting the diverse needs and aspirations of London’s communities; to realise the benefits of a flexible approach to work in undertaking the duties and responsibilities of this job, participating in multi-discipline cross departmental and organisational groups and task teams.

Due to the nature of the role, applicants with press and digital social media experience is essential to be able to carry out the role. If you have the required experience and skill set apply now by forwarding your CV across in a MS Word format.