Senior Media Officer


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	from £34,083 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SW1P 3HZ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	22 Sept 2026
Closing date:	11 Oct 2026

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Summary

Support the delivery of the organisations media relations strategy, helping to engage journalists in a timely and targeted way. This includes by delivering both proactive and reactive media activity, such as press releases, media statements, responding to media enquiries, handling broadcast requests, drafting comment pieces, and preparing lines to take. Support horizon scanning to identify emerging issues, opportunities and potential risks and contribute to plans for media engagement that can enhance the organisations profiling and advocacy work. Prepare clear and timely media advice and briefings for senior colleagues and spokespeople, escalating risks, and issues to more senior colleagues, as required. This includes preparing briefings and other materials ahead of media interviews. Support the organisation to maintain strong relationships with journalists across national and trade media, as well as press office contacts at government departments, Arms Length Bodies, think tanks, membership organisations, and patient charities. Contribute to the development of clear and consistent external facing lines by gathering, drafting and refining media materials and working with colleagues to interpret member intelligence, data insights and policy information accurately. Support media monitoring and evaluation activity, as required. Serve as communications lead for some of the organisations key work programmes, campaigns and policy topics as part of the departments account management model. Participate in the press office on-call rota so that the organisation can provide a 24/7 service to the media, members and senior colleagues. Support the development and delivery of the organisations communications agency, HealthCommsPlus. This could include providing specialist media / communications support, client account management and other commercially oriented activities, subject to business need. Assist with administrative and operational support in the department, as required. This could include supporting the director of communications with diary management, booking travel and accommodation, processing purchase orders and invoices, formalising minutes and action logs, preparing internal papers, supporting the onboarding and induction of new starters and providing logistical support at away days and other departmental events.

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