Job title: Regional Public Relations Officer - South

Region: South

Directorate: Remembrance and Marketing

Contract: Full Time

Based in Brighton, Plymouth, Southampton or Swindon

Salary: £32,214 (£29,067 plus £3,147 market supplement).

About The Royal British Legion

The Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin – ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. We’ve been here since 1921 and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

• A desire to provide a great customer service and support
• Enjoy and thrive in working in teams and with others
• Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community and honouring their contribution
• Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop
• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others

If so then we would like to hear from you ….

The Role

An exciting opportunity for an experienced public relations officer to join The Royal British Legion’s media team has become available.

The work of the Legion’s PR team extends year-round including delivering creative campaigns to tell the stories of people we help, driving awareness of our political campaigning activity, developing stories and content for use across the organisation, and engaging media at national commemorative events. Of course we also run the PR operations for one of the UK’s largest charity campaigns, the Poppy Appeal, and for the Remembrance period.

The successful candidate will have a relevant degree and equivalent work experience, and will have experience of media relations, public relations or journalism within a high-profile organisation. You will have experience in developing and delivering PR plans and campaigns and will have worked with journalists at a regional level in securing significant media coverage.

You will be able to demonstrate the ability to engage and interest journalists, to draw up creative media plans, to communicate with a range of audiences and to manage events. You will also be able to manage a heavy workload with flexibility and have a positive approach to problem solving.

In return we offer excellent career progression including in-house and industry training, the opportunity to create and manage PR campaigns from start to finish and coaching from senior members of the department.

The Legion is the nation’s largest Armed Forces charity providing services and support to all those currently serving in the British Armed Forces, veterans and their families. As the champion of Remembrance the Legion also holds a lead role in the nation’s commemorative activity.

How to Apply

Please apply clicking ‘Apply Online’

Closing date for this role is: 4^th March 2019