Press Officer - 12 month contract

As a Press Officer you will work within the Engagement Department to manage rapid responses to emerging issues, secure national and regional media coverage, contribute to coordinated communications plans and advise senior representatives, officers and colleagues, ensuring clear, accurate and consistent messaging that supports campaigns and protects and enhances Unite’s reputation.

The successful post holder should be a quick writer, creative thinker, capable and skilled multi-tasker with demonstrated experience utilising a range of communications tools to help advance campaigns.

Unite is the union for the 21st century, meeting the greatest challenges facing working people today. It is a democratic and campaigning union, which fights back for employees in the workplace, protects workers' rights and takes trade unionism out to millions of unorganised workers.

It is a union that stands up for equality and advances members' interests on a political and national level. Unite is also active on a global scale building ever stronger links with trade unions around the world to confront the challenges of our globalised economy.

This role is being advertised internally and externally and individuals who can meet the requirements set out are invited to apply.

Applications are encouraged from people who are currently under-represented in the union.  We therefore actively encourage women, Black people, Asian people, disabled people and LGBT+ people to apply.

Interested applicants are invited to apply by clicking on the green “Apply Now” button.  A copy of the Job Description and Person Specification can be found in the documents section.

If you require recruitment materials in an alternative format, or a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us at recruitment@unitetheunion.org 

We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible and will consider and make reasonable adjustments where appropriate.

For any queries, please email recruitment@unitetheunion.org 

CVs are not accepted as part of the application.

Unite reserves the right to withdraw this role at any time.

Please be advised that the successful candidate may be required to undertake a DBS check as part of their pre-employment checks dependent on the nature of the role.