Description Media Manager. Salary: £43,000 per annum. Location: Homebased. Contract: Permanent – 35 hours per week. Benefits: 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave. Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities. Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages. Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover. Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts. Why Action for Children? Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives. A bit about the role In this permanent role as Media Manager, you will manage, plan, and deliver news and PR strategies, campaigns, and activities across the UK to highlight the work of Action for Children and issues relating to vulnerable children, young people, and families. The Media Manager is part of a creative and dynamic media team with a news and policy focus to much of our work. How you'll help to create brighter futures Taking responsibility for developing and delivering effective and compelling media relations strategies, campaigns, and activities. Demonstrating excellent news judgement and developing strong relationships with journalists, producers, news, and PR outlets to maximise media coverage. Setting up and delivering all aspects of key proactive media launches and reactive opportunities in the news. Taking responsibility for editing and raising standards of media materials for national, trade, news, and consumer media outlets. Line managing two team members. Working collaboratively with the Head of Media to help create a positive, creative, dynamic, and supportive working environment across the wider team. Deputising for the Head of Media when required. Working collaboratively and building positive relationships with teams across Income and Engagement including consumer PR, policy and influencing, digital, fundraising and teams in children’s services. Let's talk about you as Media Manager You must have a proven track record of working in a busy press office/newsroom or PR agency. Excellent line management skills to line manage two members of the team and to support the Head of Media to meet wider team objectives. Experience of designing compelling, creative, and effective media and PR strategies. Experience of managing projects from planning to delivery stages, including evaluation. Experience of collaborative working and maintaining good working relationships with a variety of stakeholders. Proven ability of working with the UK media across a range of outlets. Solid crisis communication and reputational management experience. Experience of briefing and preparing colleagues and service users to undertake media interviews. Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements. Contact: email us at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 11485. Find us on X, Linkedin, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better. Closing Date: Wednesday 2 nd July 2025. Interviews are scheduled for week commencing 21 st July 2025 by MS Teams. Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Diversity, equality, and inclusion At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children. Want to know more about Action for Children? Find us on X, Linkedin, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better. Job Description See below for further information about working with us: Action for Children Employee Benefits AfC Commitment Statement Management Competency Framework