About The Role
Office facilities are available at our Newark office at The Kiln, Waterside, Mather Road, Newark, NG24 1WT for those within easy travelling distance.
Full time: 35 hours per week Mondays to Fridays. This role includes participation in a rota for out-of-hours press office support, including evenings and weekends as required. Permanent contract.
Closing date for applications: 31st May 2026
Responsibilities
* Play a key role in raising the profile of The Wildlife Trusts by promoting our work, campaigns and priorities across the national media.
* Shape public conversation, influence key stakeholders and inspire action for nature’s recovery while building strategic relationships with national journalists and the media.
* Contribute to protecting and enhancing The Wildlife Trusts’ brand and reputation, ensuring our voice is trusted, influential and widely heard.
* Produce compelling press releases, media commentary, and secure high‑quality interview and filming opportunities.
* Develop and maintain strategic relationships with national journalists and media outlets, actively playing an important role in protecting and enhancing the brand and reputation.
Qualifications
* Experience as a media relations professional with a track record of developing a range of news stories and features.
* Excellent research, writing and editorial skills, with confidence to pitch and place stories and commentary effectively with journalists and editors.
* Creative and proactive, with the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, varied environment where no two days are the same.
* Excellent organisational skills, resourcefulness and exceptional attention to detail.
* Ability to confidently manage inbound enquiries to the press office inbox, ensuring timely, accurate and professional responses, including outside of standard working hours.
EEO & Diversity Statement
The Wildlife Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. We are passionate in promoting our aims, and we pride ourselves on being inclusive. We particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within our sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.
RSWT take our Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For applicable roles, applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks at the eligible level.
RSWT are committed to increasing the diversity of its staff through its Levelling the Field recruitment pledge and, as a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and welcoming recruitment experience for all applicants.
Applicants with disabilities and from ethnic minority backgrounds will be considered for the next stage of the selection process should they meet all the minimum criteria for the role outlined in the person specification detailed as essential criteria in the recruitment pack.
As part of our Disability Confident Scheme, RSWT offers an interview to a fair and proportionate number of applicants with disabilities and therefore not all applicants with disabilities would be entitled to an interview as they must still satisfy the minimum requirements for the job.
We actively work to remove barriers throughout the recruitment journey and are dedicated to creating an accessible and supportive recruitment experience by offering reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process, as well as within the workplace.
At RSWT, we are committed to creating a safe environment where discrimination, bullying, and harassment are not tolerated. We expect everyone to uphold, respect and support our zero-tolerance policy.
Please be aware we may not accept applications if we have reason to believe they have been wholly produced using generative AI tools.
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