Would you like to work in a friendly, energetic PR team, driven by a mission to ensure every dog has a life worth living?
We have a 6-month fixed term contract available to support our friendly Public Relations team in all its activities on regional and national levels.
About this role:
Our Press team are strategically placed around the UK to ensure a geographical spread, each connected to a set of rehoming centres.
In this role, you’ll:
* provide administrative support to the whole PR team, monitoring the Press inbox and flagging requests to relevant team members
* contribute to the media monitoring and evaluation process
* assist with the creation of press releases
* help organise and run PR-related events
* monitor a programme of journalist engagement and be responsible for the administration of the out-of-hours on call rota
About you:
We’re looking for someone with strong administrative skills, ideally within a communications environment, You’ll have significant organisation and time-management skills, and be able to prioritise and juggle reactive and proactive work. You’ll have excellent written and verbal communications skills, with good attention to detail, and an understanding of social media, and you'll be confident in using the MS Office suite.
About Dogs Trust:
We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.
About the team:
The PR team sits within the Communications & Digital directorate. We help people to know, love and understand the charity and to take action to support the charity’s work. We use our understanding of Dogs Trust and the needs of our wide and varied audiences to produce impactful, creative, on-brand communications.
We have a strong focus on media relations work, proactively selling stories into media and digital outlets, reacting to enquiries and ensuring we’re equipped to handle a crisis.
If you’re a real team player with excellent people skills and an ability to make things happen, we’d love to hear from you!
This full-time role is a hybrid of home and office-based, working at least two days a week from our London office in Angel, Islington.