News Media and Relations Officer
Posted 4 days ago by Action for Children
£32,000 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The News Media and Relations Officer role at Action for Children in Glasgow involves planning and executing media relations activities to promote the organization and its initiatives related to vulnerable children and families. The position requires managing social media activities and engaging with various media outlets. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with a focus on creating impactful communication strategies. The role is integral to enhancing the visibility of Action for Children and its mission.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan and deliver proactive and reactive media relations activities.
- Manage Scottish social media across different platforms.
- Align media relations with corporate KPIs and Scotland business plans.
- Promote Action for Children’s initiatives.
- Develop relationships with national and regional media.
- Research and write media releases, statements, and articles.
- Coordinate media meetings, press conferences, and similar events.
- Function as a media spokesperson.
- Provide out-of-hours media support for reactive issue management.
Key Skills:
- Experience in press, PR, or communications office.
- Experience with national broadcast, print, and online media.
- Ability to prepare service users and colleagues for media interviews.
- Experience in multidisciplinary project/campaign work.
- Ability to plan and deliver creative media strategies.
- Experience in crisis/reputation management.
- Strong relationship-building skills with various stakeholders.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Salary (Rate): £32,000 yearly
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
News Media and Relations Officer. Salary: £32,000 per annum. Location: Glasgow, Scotland Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract, 35 hours per week. Benefits: 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave. Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities. Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages. Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover. Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.
Why Action for Children? Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
A bit about the role We are looking for an ambitious News Media and Relations Officer to join the Action for Children team based in Glasgow, Scotland on a 12-month Fixed Term contract. You will be responsible for planning, implementing, and delivering news and media relations activities in Scotland to highlight Action for Children and issues relating to vulnerable and neglected children, young people, and their families. You will also be responsible for managing the Scotland social media activity across different platforms and internal comms.
How you'll help to create brighter futures Plan and deliver a number of nation, regional and local proactive and reactive media relations. Manage the Scottish social media across different platforms. To relate national, regional, and local news and media relations to corporate KPIs and Scotland business plans. To actively promote and sell Action for Children’s initiatives. To develop key relationships and engage with national and regional media. To research and write media releases, statements, and articles. To co-ordinate and deliver media meetings, press conferences and similar events. To function as a media spokesperson. To participate in on-call out of hours media support for ad-hoc reactive issue management liaising with senior leaders and other teams.
Let's talk about you Experience of working within a press, PR, or communications office, overseeing proactive and reactive news/media. Experience of working with national broadcast, print, and online media. Experience of briefing and preparing service users and colleagues to undertake media interviews. Experience of working on projects/ campaigns within multidisciplinary teams to achieve shared objectives. Experience of planning and delivering creative news/media strategies. Experience of responding to crisis/reputation management issues. Ability to build rapport and establish, develop and maintain positive stakeholder relationships with journalists, staff, volunteers, vulnerable families, young people, and children. Excellent oral and written communication skills, with excellent diligence.
Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements. Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
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Closing Date: Tuesday 21st April 2026. Interviews: Week commencing Monday 27th April 2026.