United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Care International UK - News Editor/Press Officer (Programmes and Policy)
Closing date: 09 Feb 2014
CARE International is a leading humanitarian and development charity supporting the poorest communities in 84 countries around the world. Our aim is to bring sustainable and innovative solutions to complex poverty issues and last year we supported 997 poverty-fighting development and humanitarian aid projects to reach more than 83 million people.
We are seeking a dynamic News Editor/Press Officer (Programmes and Policy) to join our Communications team. Your job will be to raise the profile of CARE’s humanitarian and development work by securing high-quality media coverage in UK-based print, broadcast and digital media. You will be planning, gathering, creating and selling in engaging and timely multi-media material through traditional and new media channels. You will lead press activity for humanitarian emergencies and a wide variety of our development programmes. You will also support media activity related to our key advocacy priorities, corporate partnerships and crisis communications.
If you have substantial experience of working as a news editor/journalist or in a busy press office, then we are very keen to hear from you. You will have a very strong news sense; and fast, accurate, creative and versatile writing skills, including for digital media. You will need significant experience of working on foreign news or on policy/advocacy issues, a proven track record of getting stories and quotes placed in the media and, ideally, some photography or videography experience, in addition to your excellent writing skills.
CARE works in 84 countries on a wide range of humanitarian and development issues so, if you have a strong interest in world affairs, then we have a fascinating and varied job for you.
How to apply:
For a full job description and details about how to apply please refer to the jobs page of our website: www.careinternational.org.uk/jobs
