Citizens Advice provides free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. 

Press Officer
£30,634 plus London weight £3,520 and on-call allowance £1,500
200 Aldersgate, London
Full time
Permanent
Job Ref: 18\221

Our organisation is unique. From 2,700 locations, we directly help 2.7 million people to solve their problems each year. Through these interactions we see first-hand, and in real time, the problems faced by people across England and Wales. Our amazing data allows us to spot emerging issues quickly, making us uniquely placed to develop effective solutions and deliver impactful change. 

Citizens Advice is looking for a media relations specialist or journalist to join our fast-paced news team. As a Press Officer you will deliver high-impact media coverage on a range of consumer and social affairs issues as well as handling reactive media enquiries.

Creative and forward-thinking, you’ll be an excellent writer able to identify and shape a story, and keen to spot fresh ways of achieving our goals. You will relish the challenge of pitching to journalists and producers across all channels and platforms and have a good understanding of the media landscape. This is a great opportunity to thrive in a team working together to promote social justice.

To be considered for this opportunity, please complete the application form, stating how you meet the first 4 essential criteria from the person specification in the job pack. Essential criteria 5 and 6 will be tested at interview.

Equality

Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, as they are currently under represented in our workforce and are committed to the following actions:

1- If you wish to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme for disabled people please indicate this within your cover letter. Also let us know if you require us to make any reasonable adjustments to the shortlisting process or please provide information you wish us to take into account when considering your application.   

2- We are offering candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds the option to be considered under rules which ensure we always interview at least one BAME candidate. All candidates for interview have to meet our minimum criteria for the role, which is 60 percent of the shortlisting score across all essential criteria. To be considered under these rules please confirm if you are from a BAME background within your application form.

Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, as they are currently under represented in our workforce.

Closing Date: 19th November 2018
Interview Date: w/c 3rd December 2018