Communications Manager

We are looking for a highly organised, pro-active and confident Communications Manager to manage
our press office, running it to the highest standard. You'll have an eye for a strong story and will be
confident in pitching stories to press and drafting press releases. You will be responsible for raising
the profile of endometriosis in the media and ensuring Endometriosis UK is the go-to voice on
menstrual health and endometriosis issues.

You'll enjoy working as part of a small but driven communications and campaigns team, who are
passionate about raising awareness and driving change for those with endometriosis.

This is an exciting opportunity to help drive Endometriosis UK's work forward and play a key role in
raising awareness of endometriosis and driving change for those affected by the disease. We look
forward to receiving your application., This will be a busy, varied and important role working closely with the Head of Campaigns and
Communications to raise awareness and increase the visibility of endometriosis and Endometriosis
UK, and supporting campaigns that really make a difference across the UK. You will be working as
part of a passionate team with a strong commitment to achieving change to help those with living
with endometriosis.

You'll be creative, resourceful and be able to create media opportunities that drive awareness and
change for those with endometriosis. This is an exciting opportunity to help drive forward
Endometriosis UK's new strategy and boost our impact for the benefit of everyone affected by
endometriosis, Your key responsibilities in this role will be:

Press:
1. Managing the Endometriosis UK Press Office; acting as the first point of contact for media
requests
2. Responsible for the coordination and drafting of press releases, statements and media enquiry
responses
3. Monitor daily media coverage relevant to the organisation and providing daily morning media
reports, highlighting opportunities for Endometriosis UK to respond and react as necessary
across media and digital platforms
4. Secure opportunities for proactive media pieces including features and comments
5. Regularly pitching stories and spokespeople across regional and national press on relevant
topics
6. Building positive engagement and relationships with journalists and maintaining media lists
7. Produce evaluation reports of media coverage
8. Working with relevant colleagues across the organisation to quickly develop public statements
as needed
9. Working with the Head of Communications to coordinate the overall delivery of Endometriosis
Action Month; managing campaigning and communication outputs and supporting the
activities of other teams
10. Develop and deliver high impact public awareness campaigns, working with the Head of
Communications and Campaigns to identify opportunities and create necessary resources.
11. Supporting the Digital Communications Manager to deliver high impactful social media
campaigns, leading on key messaging for campaigns across platforms and materials
12. Helping coordinate Endometriosis UK events as required
13. Supporting the monitoring and evaluation of communication activities

Personal stories development
1. Ensuring patient voices are at the heart of our media and campaigning activities
2. Manage our "share your story" process including regularly managing submissions and
coordinating across the organisation as required
3. Identifying opportunities for volunteers and the endometriosis community to share their story
across both media outlets and the organisation, ensuring the method of sharing personal
stories via the website is GDPR compliant
4. Support volunteers and patients in sharing their story on our behalf and being their point of
contact for media interviews, offering media support as required

Internal communications:
1. Coordinating the internal weekly staff update
2. Co-ordinating across the organisation to identify media opportunities
3. Supporting the Digital Communications Manager with newsletters as required
4. Supporting the organisation and team as required with communications and campaign project
outputs

Celebrities and ambassadors:
1. Supporting the Head of Communications with our ambassador and celebrity outreach, including
identifying opportunities and supporting ambassador relationships
2. Identifying opportunities for the CEO and senior staff to be involved in external activities and
media work, to raise the profile of the organisation.

We are looking for a highly organised, pro-active and confident Communications Manager who
creates opportunities to raise awareness of endometriosis with the media. You'll be experienced in
pitching stories across broadcast and print outlets, and have experience of working with case studies
to share their story., 1. Extensive experience of working in a fast-paced press office, PR agency or other media
environment
2. Demonstrable evidence of working on or supporting successful high-profile media
opportunities
3. Significant experience of writing press releases on a variety of policy and awareness issues
which have achieved good coverage
4. Experience of analysing and understanding complex information, synthesising and
summarising this to generate press releases and statements
5. Experience of planning, designing and delivering effective and creative campaigns
6. Experience of working across teams and with colleagues to coordinate press activity and
successfully increase awareness and achieve change
7. Experience of writing and pitching stories to press including features and comment pieces
8. Experience of successfully building relationships with press contacts in the UK and national
media
9. Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
10. Excellent networking and interpersonal skills
11. Enthusiastic and proactive self-starter and the ability to act on own initiative
12. Strong ability to juggle a wide range of competing demands
13. Excellent ability to work well with other teams, as well as working independently
14. Understanding of living with endometriosis or a demonstrable interest in women's health
and empathy with our mission
15. Understanding and demonstrable commitment to equal opportunities, diversity and
inclusion
16. Willingness and ability to undertake travel around the UK, and to be able to work flexibly
including some weekends and evenings
17. Undertaking any other duties commensurate with the role and general level of responsibility
of the post
18. Have the right to work in the UK and be based in the UK

Desirable:
1. Experience of working with volunteers and / or colleagues across the UK to achieve change
locally, regionally or nationally, including providing localised materials and information to
enable others to campaign effectively
2. Experience of working on sensitive issues
3. Previous experience in health, social care or voluntary sector
4. Experience of working with ambassadors and celebrities

This is a full-time, office-based role. There is an option to work two days a week from home
dependent on business need.

Endometriosis impacts the physical and mental health of 10% of women and those assigned female at
birth, from puberty to menopause - although the impact can be felt for life. Yet it's a disease most
people have never heard of, do not understand and that has no cure. It costs the UK economy around
£8.2 billion every year in healthcare costs, loss of work and treatments and yet it isn't recognised by
most employers. As the UK's leading charity for all those affected by endometriosis, we're determined
to change this and ensure that everyone gets prompt diagnosis and the best treatment and support.

We've big ambitions in our strategy, focused on better supporting those with endometriosis, driving
down diagnosis times, campaigning for improved treatments and access to services, raising awareness,
and leveraging more money into research. We place people with endometriosis at the heart of all we
do. If we get our work right, we really can make a difference to the 1.5 million women and those
assigned female at birth with endometriosis in the UK - and all those diagnosed in the future., Endometriosis UK is the leading UK charity supporting those living with endometriosis. Formed in
1981, we offer information and support to women and those assigned female at birth with
endometriosis, for example through our website and information leaflets, and via our local support
groups, Helpline and online forum. As well as directly supporting those with endometriosis, we work
to raise awareness of endometriosis amongst healthcare professionals, the public and the media