Senior PR officer (maternity cover)

We''re looking for a highly motivated and passionate senior PR officer to play a leading role in the delivery of Girlguiding''s ambitious and integrated media strategy. Working within the busy press office, you''ll secure media opportunities to help girls'' voices be heard, drive brand awareness and promote Girlguiding''s award-winning youth offer and the life changing opportunities guiding provides. The successful candidate will have extensive experience delivering creative, high impact national and regional PR campaigns to engage target audiences across a wide range of media. They will have an excellent news sense, extensive knowledge of UK media and the ability to identify and maximise PR opportunities. They will feel confident briefing Girlguiding''s young spokespeople as well as senior management, produce high-quality press materials and have a strong social media know-how. They will also have experience in line management and crisis and reputational risk management. The post requires working outside of 9-5 office hours, such as evenings and occasionally weekends, to be part of the press on-call rota and to travel to other locations as necessary, for which time off in lieu and an allowance will be given. About Girlguiding Girlguiding is the UK''s largest youth organisation dedicated completely to girls. We''re over 300,000 Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers, who come together to laugh, learn, explore and have adventures, in communities across the UK and virtually. ..... full job details .....