Senior PR and Comms Officer - 12m FTC

As Senior Comms Officer, you will support the PR & Communications Manager to deliver the PR for some of our most high-profile fundraising campaigns and events. You will be a self-starter, who enjoys working independently and is always hungry for a story. You will be able to build strong relationships with journalists, agents/celebrities and case studies, and keep on top of the news agenda to spot and maximise opportunities for the charity.

Client Details

Leukaemia UK: We are a 'small but mighty' charity with one big ambition: to stop leukaemia devastating lives. Over the next 10 years we want to help save and improve the lives of more people with leukaemia through funding life-changing research and campaigning for change.

Despite progress in recent decades, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 16 minutes and for some types of leukaemia survival rates are among the worst of any cancer. And the physical and psychological impact can be lifelong.

Over the next 5 years we plan to increase our investment into ground-breaking world class research and policy development focused on improving access to kinder, more effective diagnosis, treatment and care for leukaemia and other blood cancers. To do this, we are in a period of significant growth, investing strategically to grow our income, profile, influence, engagement and impact.

Following the launch of Leukaemia UK's new brand in 2022, and at a crucial mid-way point in our strategy, we are seeking a dedicated and creative Senior Comms Officer with a passion for storytelling, to help continue to raise the profile of Leukaemia UK and communicate the need and impact of its work to key audiences.

Description

• Work with the PR team to deliver a media strategy to raise profile of the charity.
• Lead PR and Communications for fundraising campaigns and events. This charity have a busy events calendar for 2025, and you will be working with the wider events/fundraising team to deliver Communications plans to raise engagement.
• Develop and delivery Communications and Content plans for new fundraising initiatives.
• Draft various media pieces, including press releases, statements, responses, opinion pieces and articles.
• Proactively identifying new stories, developing relationships with journalists and pitching to media.
• Work alongside Digital function to ensure social media and other digital channels are supporting PR activity.
• Monitor engagement on activity, report back to wider team with suggestions of amendments.

Profile

• A background in Comms, Content and PR.
• Developed Comms plans to support fundraising initiatives and events.
• Ideally from a charity/healthcare background.
• Immediately available for a 12 month FTC, starting in Jan 2025
• Experience working in a busy press office / comms function which has raised the profile and awareness of an organisation.
• Experience working with celebrities / influencers in a PR / communications context
• Experience of communicating complex information to a range of audiences.
• Experience of working with case studies and the sensitivity that goes along with this

Job Offer

• London based role - hybrid working - twice a month in office
• Salary - £32-£37000 per annum.
• 12 FTC - new role within the charity
• Work alongside a well-established Comms Directorate.