Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 04 Feb 2018
Sightsavers has a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Media & PR Officer to join our team to help raise the profile of Sightsavers through excellent Media and PR support.
Reporting to the Head of Media, your responsibilities will include leading media work to raise the profile of Sightsavers and its portfolio of Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) programmes and initiatives. You will work closely with teams across the organisation, particularly the NTD team, the NTD Communications Manager, Institutional Funding, the policy and advocacy team and country offices to develop and coordinate media plans.
The successful candidate will have significant experience of developing and implementing proactive PR and editorial opportunities to captivate our existing supporters and reach new audiences. Experience of working with media outlets is desirable as you will be required to utilise these opportunities to promote our organisation, this includes establishing and maintaining these relationships with journalists and bloggers across the globe.
The ideal candidate will have excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills. You will have excellent writing and presentation skills, not just to our internal clients, but also to our external audiences. Proven experience in a similar role is an advantage, as is knowledge of NTDs, given you will be key to building on existing, as well as building new, relationships. You will also have sound knowledge of Windows based applications and be proficient in multimedia content gathering and production.
Closing Date: February 4, 2018
How to apply:
please visit: https://jobs.sightsavers.org/job/senior-media-pr-officer/