Senior Press Officer - Health

As our Senior Media Officer, you will play a vital part in our busy media team by delivering dynamic and creative campaigns to influence Government and NHS policy as well as supporting the team's Press Office function, capitalising on PR opportunities, improving stakeholder buy-in, and reducing reputational risk.,

• Support the development and delivery of the health communications yearly plan, aiming to raise awareness of heart and circulatory diseases through the media.
• Work with Medical and Marketing teams to propose, develop, and deliver ambitious and influential communications campaigns.
• Deliver PR activity that supports the BHF's priority health and influencing campaigns, including reporting on improving survival rates from cardiac arrest through our Revivr and The Circuit programmes, reducing risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and influencing around NHS healthcare.
• Create engaging content and press releases aimed at a range of different audiences to position the BHF as a leading voice in media narratives around health and policy and promoting the BHF's information and support services to patients.
No two days will be the same as you play a key part in responding quickly to breaking news and bringing the human impact of our research to life, you will foster productive partnerships with diverse stakeholders, ensuring people with heart and circulatory diseases receive accurate information through the media. Working arrangements This is a blended role, where your work will be dually located between your home and our London office. As the role supports the BHF's busy press office, you will participate in our out of hour's service on a rotational shift basis At BHF we believe in the power of working together. On a blended contract, you can expect to spend some time in the office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of office spaces is driven in part by your role and the work you will do with other teams. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause. Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about the flexibility offer available at the application or interview stage.

Are you able to spot a compelling news angle? Do you have an excellent knowledge of the health landscape, and a proven track record of delivering high profile media campaigns?, With a strong news sense, especially across the medical landscape, you will have the ability to react responsibly to external opportunities using your extensive creative expertise alongside your experience of strong media campaigns. You can quickly to pick up on new and often complex scientific material, then condensing it into context that will connect to audiences of all levels will be essential to the role. You'll also be able to demonstrate a proven track record of delivering media campaigns. You'll use your outstanding communication skills to manage large networks of both internal and external stakeholders. Alongside this you will participate in patient case study interviews, managing their stores in a sensitive manner and pitching them to the press as appropriate. Our ideal candidate would be a positive media professional, who has extensive press office experience and the ability to juggle tasks in a sometimes-pressurised environment whilst still delivery a high level of service within the charity. Assisting colleagues from all across the wider organisation to provide high quality information as required.