Senior Communications Officer 

Our client is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services for victims of all forms of gender-based violence (domestic, sexual, so called ‘honour’ violence, trafficking, prostitution, forced marriage, stalking and FGM). Every day they support over 6,600 women and children in their national network of services. These include Independent Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Advocacy services (IDVAs / ISVAs and IGVAs), community outreach, specialist refuge accommodation, sanctuary services and culturally-specific services and the Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline (run in partnership between our client and another charity). They advise Government and lobby hard to keep violence against women and girls high on the public agenda. They run award-winning prevention and public education campaigns, managing a busy press office and website, and they are an accredited training provider. They give a voice to the voiceless. 

Position: Senior Communications Officer 
Location: Head Office 
Job type: Full Time, Permanent 
Hours: 37.5 hours per week 
Salary: circa £35,000 per annum 
Benefits: 28 days annual leave, Peoples Pension 

Closing date: 16 July 2019 

About the role: 

ur client’s small communications team covers a wide-ranging remit of work spanning reactive and proactive national and regional press, integrated campaigns, internal communications, the website, social media, newsletters and service literature. This is a great chance to join this busy team in a new role and make a real impact in reaching out to women and children who experience abuse and bringing about change to end violence against women and girls. 

They are looking for an experienced Senior Communications Officer (Press) with excellent writing skills, news judgement and story-telling aptitude. Overseeing a busy press office function, this post will respond to reactive requests, spot tactical opportunities, whilst developing and rolling out a proactive programme of work across national and regional media. 

Responsibilities: 

The post-holder will work with a wide variety of media to broaden our client’s exposure both nationally and regionally, as well as increase the profile of local services. The role will ensure the voices of survivors are at the heart of all their communications work and that the organisation is positioned as a long-standing expert and the country’s largest single provider of services in the VAWG field. 

They work in an exciting and fast-paced environment, collaborating closely with the Policy, Fundraising and Operations teams to identify stories, case studies and sector trends, and develop these into media pitches and campaigns. 

About you: 

The successful applicant will have a minimum of 5 years’ experience working within communications and undertaking high-profile media relations with proven results. You will have the ability to strategically prioritise requests and manage a complex workload with competing demands. The role will involve the production of content for newsletters, social media and the website, ideally including audio-visual materials and graphics. 

This is a wide and varied role. No two days are the same with our client, but the work of the communications team is interesting and rewarding. 

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality, which underpin all of their work 

Other information: 

Our client is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. They are an accredited training provider; they offer the first Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) accredited qualification for their profession. Other benefits include 28 days holiday, pension scheme, an employee assistance programme and a savings / bonus portal. 

A basic Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role. 

Our client is committed to quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post however is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. 

No agencies please - as a charity they work hard to keep their costs down. 

You may have experience of the following: Senior Communications Officer, Communications Officer, Communications Manager, Communications Coordinator, Communications Executive, Internal Communications, PR Assistant, PR Officer, PR Advisor, PR Executives, Marketing Manager, Marketing Assistant, Marketing Executive, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.