Press and Communications Officer

Job Description

This is a brilliant opportunity to join our hardworking, creative and supportive MS Cymru team.Position: Press and Communications Officer (Must be fluent Welsh speaker)Type: Part-time (17.5 hours per week), fixed-term contract up to 31 December 2022Location: Remote working available (role is based from Cardiff office)Salary: £13,263 - £15,197 per annum (FTE £26,526 - £30,395) plus excellent benefitsSalary Band: Band D1Department: MS Cymru teamAt the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And its this commitment that unites us across the UK.Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.About this jobWere looking for a tenacious, proactive Press and Communications Officer to join our team and help us meet our ambitious goals.Youll be communicating with both Welsh and English-speaking audiences, and you must be a fluent Welsh speaker.Crucially, youll promote and deliver media coverage/strategies to promote our work with a particular emphasis on promoting our fundraising, campaigning and service activity.Youll also be our point of contact for media enquiries we receive. And youll support the development and delivery of our digital communications, ensuring we have a strong and representative social media presence.The chosen candidate will have relevant experience (such as a press office, PR agency or journalism), and be comfortable managing competing priorities as part of a busy team. Youll have excellent writing and communications skills and a positive attitude.We offer 35 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) including bank holidays, travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.Closing date: 9am on Monday 28 February 2022Please click the job board apply button to be taken to the next stage where you can find out more information and complete your application by following the instructions.The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK. If we do offer you employment, youll be required to provide documentation to show that youre eligible to be employed in the UK before starting employment.The full list of UK visas and permits that grant you the right to work in the UK can be found on the UK government website. We currently dont have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and will not be in a position to support you with any visaapplications you may make.Were a Disability Confident Employer. Were committed to promoting equality and diversity. Wed be grateful if you could complete the attached equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your applicationWe particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where were looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.No agencies please.

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CommunicationsDigitalMediaPressWelsh Speaker