Press Officer

Role: Press OfficerSector: Public SectorDuration: Interim 6 monthsLocation: Bristol Salary: 23.50 PAYE per hour Sellick Partnership is currently recruiting for an experienced Press Officer to join our client based in Bristol or London. This role is offered on a full time, hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days a week in the office. The Press Officer will be responsible for developing and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships, supporting senior leadership engagement, monitoring external developments, and ensuring insights are effectively shared across the organisation. The duties of the Press Officer will include;Ensuring press releases, articles, letters and other media content are drafted as required to tight deadlinesEnsuring high profile and complex queries from the media are accurately and speedily handled, using judgement and autonomy as appropriateUsing your judgement and skills in order to produce effective press releases and other associated media materials for the production of official statistics where they will often be the only member of the directorate with pre-release accessEnsuring press conferences and media briefings are organisedEnsuring senior leaders are effectively briefed and accompanied to media interviews - in London and other locations within England as requiredEnsuring communications campaigns are planned effectively and well evaluated in collaboration with colleagues across the external relations directorateContribution to crisis ..... full job details .....