Deployable Global Press Officer

As the Deployable Global Press Officer you will be an integral part of the team responsible for the development and promotion of Plan International’s external profile in the media as the go to organisation responding in humanitarian emergencies and advancing children’s rights and equality for girls. In this role you can be expected to be deployed to coordinate our communications and messaging in response to humanitarian emergencies. As well as dealing directly with media, you will create compelling content and messaging for use by Plan International’s network of communicators.

Skills and experience required:

• Demonstrable experience working in journalism, media relations or PR at a global level
• Strong understanding of international humanitarian and development issues and rights-based work.
• Excellent verbal and writing skills in English with ability to quickly turn around complex information into strong messages and compelling content, to engage audiences and build relationships
• Proven success at pitching stories to the media and working with journalists.
• Practical experience of working in complex emergency settings in high pressure environments with tight deadlines.
• Keeps up to date with key humanitarian and international development issues and trends, and to be able to spot new opportunities as they arise.
• Good understanding of humanitarian values, principles, the Humanitarian Charter and Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief

This post may be based at any Plan Office with good communications links. The post-holder will be expected to travel regularly – up to 60% of the time, sometimes at short notice, to join emergency responses. When on deployment, work is demanding, involving long days, travel and subsistence in often challenging circumstances.

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Location: Flexible location, in most locations where Plan International has a legal entity and you have the pre-existing right to live and work.

Type of Role: Permanent in UK or maximum length of contract permitted in CO/NO

Reports to: Head of Global Media and Public Relations

Grade: We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that this will vary according to the location of the appointed candidate and therefore, it is not possible to include full details here.

Closing Date: 10th April 2022