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Salary: £34,344

Closing date: Monday, 28 August 2023

Contract type: Permanent

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy, and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships.

We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.

These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won’t be solved by science alone.

We are looking for a Media officer to join our team.

Where in Wellcome will I be working?

You will be working in the Media Relations team, helping to deliver media opportunities to build profile of Wellcome’s work across mental health, climate change and health, infectious disease and discovery research.

Media relations is part of the corporate affairs department within Wellcome. Corporate affairs works to build and sustain the influence, reputation, and brand that will help us ensure science works for and with the people we seek to help. Corporate affairs is a team of around 100, spanning media relations, digital content and social media, internal and stakeholder communications, planning and insight, public participation, campaigns and partnerships, marketing and brand. So, you’ll be working with a network of experienced professionals.

You don’t need a science background for this role. People join Wellcome from everywhere – whether business, academia, charities or government – making for a vibrant and engaging environment.

What will I be doing?

In the media relations team we plan, deliver and manage media opportunities as part of Wellcome’s multi-channel communications programme. We help raise the profile of Wellcome’s work and stimulate interest, debate, and action on issues Wellcomes cares about. We work across Wellcome’s strategic programmes - climate and health, infectious disease, mental health and discovery research. Across these four programmes, we develop stories for media and media opportunities for spokespeople which highlight Wellcome’s work. Our media relations and wider communications are focused on research and policy audiences in key global markets. We manage requests from journalists and work with colleagues to handle corporate communications and reputational issues for Wellcome.

As a Media Officer, you will:

Is this job for me?

This is an ideal role for someone keen to develop their career in media relations and communications. We are looking for someone who can show they have strong communication and organisation skills. You’ll be comfortable handling day-to-day administration and activity as part of a busy press office. This will mean working with the wider team to reply promptly to enquiries from journalists asking questions across the breadth of Wellcome’s work. In parallel you’ll be talking to colleagues across Wellcome and to those we work with more widely, finding interesting ways to share Wellcome’s work through media.

You will be looking for stories that show the role for science in addressing the most urgent health global health threats we face – and have ideas on how to tell these with impact through media.

We are looking for someone who:

To apply please upload your current CV and complete our short application.

Interview dates: Week commencing Monday, 25 September 2023

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Ways of working

We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best. We are currently working 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) from our Euston Road offices (as part of our hybrid Ways of Working) with the remaining 3 days from home.

Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do

. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. Please visit our for more information on adjustments and accessibility, or contact us at .

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