Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£52,000 Per Annum

About the Role
We’re seeking a Senior Media and PR Manager – Policy, Campaigns and Public Health to join our talented and ambitious media and PR team. This is an exciting time to join the charity as it launches its new five-year strategy this autumn to supercharge our efforts to transform the lives of anyone affected by breast cancer. You’ll lead media and PR activity around Breast Cancer Now’s policy and campaigns, and public health activity, developing and leading delivery of ambitious annual media plans for these areas of work supporting delivery on the charity’s new overarching strategy. You’ll build profile within the media that increases our influence, engagement and support among target audiences, championing the needs of people affected by breast cancer, engaging key policy decision-makers and the NHS with our calls to action, and communicating vital early detection health information and messaging to health professionals and the public. You’ll also play a key part in supporting the day-to-day leadership of the wider media and PR team.

Experience
Strong experience of working in health communications and media/PR relations environments.

About you
Excellent at building and nurturing impactful relationships both internally and externally at all levels, you’ll be an effective negotiator with the ability to balance complex and sensitive needs across stakeholders to secure media profile that cuts through and lands critical information with key audiences. You’ll also be a sensitive communicator in your interactions with people affected by breast cancer who support our work. A natural planner with a strategic mindset, you’ll work closely with colleagues to forward plan and consider the bigger picture while ensuring tight alignment and consistency across all communications output. Your ability to prioritise multiple and complex projects and handle conflicting demands and tight deadlines will also be key to the success of your team.

Qualifications
Ability to digest and translate complex health information and policy subjects into accessible and engaging copy at pace for media, with an instinctive news sense to identify proactive and reactive media opportunities.