Senior Science Media Manager

SENIOR SCIENCE MEDIA MANAGER Salary: £42,000 - £48,000Reports to: Head of NewsDepartment: Policy, Information and CommunicationsLocation: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office).Employment type: PermanentWorking hours: Full time 35 hours per week Closing date: Sunday 18 September 2022, 23:55 At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we we're looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you. We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as our Senior Science Media Manager. You'll manage communications that cover the latest innovations in cancer research and the charity's drug discovery and life sciences portfolio. You'll edit the team's communications and lead on the delivery of campaigns to national broadcast, print, online and specialist media, ensuring that our audiences know of the strides being made in cancer research. And you'll lead on the team's strategy through planning, editing and evaluation of campaigns, ensuring a test and learn approach to all that we do to maximise the impact of our work. What will I be doing?Leading the team on crafting and pitching opinion editorials to national and specialist media, which are aligned with the news agenda and support Cancer Research UK's science and policy thought leadership ambitionsLeading the team on building and maintaining excellent relationships with national, trade and specialist science press contactsManaging the team's editing processes and the overall process for sign-off of press releases, opinion editorials, pitches, video scripts and other communication contentLeading your team on planning, managing and delivering campaigns, features, opinion editorials and news stories to promote and build awareness of the charity's scientific research portfolioLeading on evaluation and impact of your team's media campaignsCommunicating on a wide range of issues surrounding the causes, treatments and early detection of cancerWorking with the Head of News on issues and reputation managementProviding out-of-hours duty media cover as part of the department rota. What skills are you looking for?Excellent communication skills including first-class written and oral skillsExperience of editing: opinion editorials, press releases, pitches to journalists and other scientific contentExperience of writing, pitching and securing opinion editorials in specialist and national mediaExperience of science communicationsExperience of working in a charity, research organisation or news organisationExperience of team and people management or demonstrable mentoring skillsAbility to manage, inspire and motivate a team and supervise others effectivelyProject management experience including skills in handling multiple projects simultaneously and under pressure to meet agreed deadlinesExperience of building and nurturing professional relationships with a diverse internal and external stakeholder group. What will I gain? Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. You'll be making a difference in the world. In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, flexible working policies and a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well. Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more. We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements. We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture. Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team. How do I apply? We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.