Head of Media Relations

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This is a great opportunity to join UNICEF UK as Head of Media. Join our team at UNICEF UK as the Head of Media, where you will spearhead public relations, news, emergencies, corporate and partnership communications efforts. Your role will involve crafting and executing powerful media campaigns aligned with our priorities to drive income generation, impact and influence for children in need.

You will be a forward-thinking leader with a proven track record in managing diverse senior internal and external stakeholders and teams, leveraging media channels to influence key decision-makers and the general public. Your experience in motivating and leading high-performing teams and an agile and responsive press office will be crucial. In this role, you will lead all crisis communication planning and strategies in order to navigate challenges effectively and uphold our organisation's reputation.

Please bear in mind that when you write your response to our application questions, you demonstrate your knowledge, skills, and understanding of the role requirements and how well UNICEF UK's values and mission align with yours. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT to generate your answers will automatically exclude your application from our recruitment process.

Company

In the UK, UNICEF UK works with the hospitals where children are born, the schools where children learn and grow, and the services that shape their lives, to make sure that every child has the same chance to shine.

All over the world, including here in the UK, UNICEF promotes and protects the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF works with partners and supporters to:

• Advocate for and create change for children

Work with us to create a world safe for every child

At UNICEF UK, we're united by our belief in a better world for children. By working here, you can help us change children's lives for the better everywhere.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. It doesn't matter who you are or where you're from. If you share our values and are ambitious, talented, and motivated to make a difference for children, you've come to the right place.

Our values

We put children first in everything that we do.

We believe in our mission and have collective, clearly-defined goals based on our mandate to give children an equitable chance in life. We prioritise our goals according to the positive impact on children, with people and resources all aligned behind these priorities. We act honestly and ethically and to the highest standards with our supporters, partners and suppliers.

Our work culture and environment

We believe in being able to choose the working environment that allows us and our colleagues to do our best work. That's why we have a flexible working policy that allows for staggered and compressed hours, working from home and more.

We understand that everyone has a life and responsibilities that work has to fit around. So we support our colleagues to manage a healthy work-life balance, to promote better wellbeing and professional effectiveness.

Our bright, open-plan office in Stratford, East London has quiet, collaborative and agile working spaces, and technology that supports us to do the best work for children.

Investing in you

We invest in our colleagues' personal and professional development and will offer you a range of paths on your learning journey. As a new employee, you'll learn more about UNICEF's work in the UK and abroad, and how different teams contribute to achieving our ambitious goals for children.

Our salaries are competitive and are benchmarked externally each year. You'll receive 25 days of annual leave from your start date, rising to 30 days with service. You'll receive access to a full range of benefits including Interest-free Cyclescheme, Season Ticket and Learning Loans, generous pension benefits, childcare vouchers and discounts on big brands.

At UNICEF UK, you'll have access to learning workshops, e-learning, mentoring and our Leadership Development Programme.