Job title: Media Manager
Salary: £47,539 - £52,866 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Are you a dynamic journalist or media specialist who wants to tell the story of Greater Manchester’s Bee Network?
This is a brilliant opportunity to join a respected News and Media team, driving forward Greater Manchester’s pioneering approach to public transport.
You’ll play a leading role in a talented team, managing our busy press office taking a creative and proactive approach to telling the story of how the Bee Network is underpinning the city region’s growth agenda.
If you're passionate about public service, thrive on pace and variety, and are as comfortable securing great coverage as you are responding to live operational issues, we want to hear from you.
Your Role
We are looking for a self-starter with a strong track record in journalism or media relations; someone with a nose for a good story and a clear understanding of how local, regional and national media work ideally gained in a press office or newsroom.
You’ll be working closely with the Media Lead to manage a respected and responsive press office that positively positions both the Bee Network and all areas of Greater Manchester’s transport policy.
To do that, you’ll have excellent writing skills, impeccable judgement when giving advice to senior spokespeople, and the ability to spot opportunities and risks. Passionate about creating a high-performing team, you’ll also mentor and support colleagues to learn from you and grow their own careers.
Drawing on your ability to work highly collaboratively, you’ll work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders from across Greater Manchester and the UK. They include the Mayor of Greater Manchester, our Transport Commissioners, our local authorities, and wider city region organisations such as emergency services.
Whether drafting press releases, developing media campaigns, organising press events or capturing content for social media, no two days will be the same.
Who are we?
This is a varied and rewarding role at the heart of a dedicated media team that is a core part of TfGM’s Communications function. You will join a high-performing, friendly and welcoming team, where your wellbeing and professional development will be prioritised, with training and on the job learning available to you.
You will also get the chance to get out on the ground and help our passengers when new services and products are launched or into the community as part of our ‘giving something back’ initiative.
What you’ll bring
What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt .
We are looking for someone with extensive experience and knowledge of the media, whether that’s from your time in the newsroom or working in a busy press office. Calm under pressure, you must have demonstrable experience of delivering results and proven crisis/issues management experience. Youll have strong experience of advising senior stakeholders, be able to build strong and lasting relationships and be passionate about staying across emerging trends and opportunities across the media landscape.
What we can offer you
This is a permanent, full-time position in one of the most ambitious, exciting and high-profile city regions in the UK, where transport is at the heart of the growth agenda, with a salary of £47,539 - £52,866 per annum depending on skills and experience.
At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.
Our benefits include:
* Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
* Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
* Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
* Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
* Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website
What's next?
If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and complete your application ensuring that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on your CV. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.
We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.
Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.
TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here .
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Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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