Celebrity Liaison Officer

Job Description

Location: Moorgate, LondonSalary: £28,000 - £33,000 DOE (inc. Inner London Weighting)Contract: 12 months Fixed TermThis is a unique and amazing opportunity to join the British Red Cross as a Celebrity Liaison Officer who will help implement a celebrity strategy to recruit high profile supporters to engage with our causes publicly.2020 marks British Red Cross 150th anniversary. Thats 150 years of helping people in crisis in the UK and around the world. To mark this special year, the British Red Cross are building the celebrity function to help support even more people in crisis.Do you have the media skills and experience to help us build on this great work What you will be doingYou will be supporting the Senior Celebrity Liaison Officer with the organisations celebrity engagement work.You will be helping to talent spot, enlist and nurture relationships with celebrities and high- profile supporters and to coordinate the handling of these relationships with other partners in the organisation.You will also be deploying celebrity talent appropriately, knowing who is aligned with which cause and for what purposesWhat we are looking forWith a thorough understanding of how celebrities can support charity campaigns, contacts with specific agents and confidence in understanding how celebrity agencies work and the best ways to approach them, candidates should have:- Experience in charity campaigning.- Experience in working with celebrities.- Experience of organising photo shoots and film shoots.- Experience of facilitating field visits in the UK and overseas.- Working knowledge of media eye or other celebrity databases.- Experience of creating multimedia campaign asks for UK and global celebrities.- Excellent networking and relationship building skills.- Superb communication skills.Meet the teamReporting to the Senior Celebrity Liaison Officer, you will sit within the communications and engagement directorate. The communications and engagement directorate tells the stories about who we are, what we do, what we believe, and the difference we make to peoples lives - so that both externally and internally people act, behave, or make decisions in a way that results in a positive change for people in crisis. Closing date for applications is 23:59 on the 24th of November2020 with interviews to follow.We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:- 36 days annual leave (including bank holiday entitlement)- pro rata for part time staff- Family friendly policies, including adoption leave and carers leave- Up to 6% contributory pension- Discounts from a range of online and high street retailers.A little bit more about usThe British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country - were there when you need us.Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination. Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.Diversity is something we celebrate and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisations Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).Follow us on Twitter @RedCrossJobsUK and on Linkedin - British Red Cross, to hear about our latest job vacancies.Connecting human kindness with human crisis