Do you have experience working in a fast-paced press office or communications team and are looking to take your next step? Are you skilled in juggling tasks and enjoy the buzz of a busy comms office? Mencap is recruiting for an Assistant Communications Officer — a vital role across our PR and social media teams, helping to coordinate our day-to-day work. This position offers a wide variety of tasks with plenty of opportunities to learn and grow.
The role is full-time (37.5 hours per week) with hybrid working at home and in the London Office. We understand that work is something you do, not just a place you go. At Mencap, we offer our office-based colleagues more flexibility regarding where the work is done.
About the role of Assistant Communications Officer:
* You will support both the media team and the wider communications team to help us reach as broad an audience as possible.
* Assist the media team with daily tasks such as writing and issuing the news summary, managing rotas, helping compile monthly reports, and being the first point of contact for media requests via press phone and media inbox.
* Support campaign press activities by writing press releases, creating social media content, pitching stories to journalists, setting up media interviews, and preparing briefing documents. Collaborate with the social media team to monitor channels and engage with followers as needed.
You will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of the press office by:
* Exercising strong organization and time management skills to keep the team efficient and manage a varied workload.
* Having at least 1 year of experience in communications.
* Demonstrating good initiative.
*This list is not exhaustive; please see the attached job description for more details.
This role closes on Wednesday 23rd July 2025, with first interviews scheduled for Wednesday 30th July via Microsoft Teams.
Job ID: 34106
At Mencap, we value diversity and inclusion and are committed to the success of our colleagues. We welcome applications from everyone—come as you are and join us. Together, we are Mencap!
We offer an impressive range of benefits to support and reward our employees, including:
* 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro-rata)
* Discounts at leading retailers
* Access to health cash plans
* Interest-free loans
* And many more benefits! Please see the attached document for full details.
About Mencap
Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We support individuals with learning disabilities, their families, and carers, advocating for a kinder, fairer, and more inclusive society.
At Mencap, everyone works with people with learning disabilities, either providing support or advice, or as colleagues. Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere. We promote respectful, inclusive environments where everyone can be themselves.
We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues, including groups for Black and Asian colleagues, LGBTQIA+ community, disabled or long-term health condition colleagues, women, parents, and carers, and allies. We encourage everyone to apply, and we offer various contract types and working patterns. We value personality and values over specific experience and will provide training to help you succeed in your role.
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