Senior Media Officer

Senior Media Officer 
Salary up to £33,600
Newark or London – Working from home with travel to Newark and London
Full Time, 35 Hours Per Week
Permanent 
Benefits: Private medical insurance, staff Electric vehicle scheme and generous pension
and annual leave entitlement 
Closing date: 2 July 2023
First Interviews: Provisionally 2 August 2023
Second Interviews: Provisionally 8 August 2023 

Are you looking for a new challenge? If you have experience in media and would like to work for
one of the UK’s best-loved nature charities, then we have an exciting opportunity for you! 

The Senior Media Officer will work to promote The Wildlife Trusts and our work, activities and
messages to UK audiences through the national media, with a view to influencing key
stakeholders, public opinion and action for nature’s recovery. You will also develop and manage
strategic relationships with the media and work to actively protect and enhance The Wildlife
Trusts’ brand and reputation. 

Who we are

The Wildlife Trusts are a grassroots movement over 900,000 members, 38,000 volunteers and 2,800
staff across the UK. We are at an exciting moment in our 110-year history, with an ambitious
new strategy setting out a vision of nature in recovery with abundant, diverse wildlife and
natural processes creating wilder landscapes where both people and nature thrive. 

As part of addressing the combined nature, climate, and health crises it is no longer enough to
just think about slowing the loss of the natural world and protecting what remains of our
wildlife. Decline must be stopped, and reversed, and nature put into recovery to restore
biodiversity, stabilise the climate, create an education system built on nature connection,
protect the health and wellbeing of billions of people – and much more besides. 

This will only happen when people are enabled and inspired to be part of the change that is
needed, and to encourage those with power to do the same. Nature’s recovery must be done by and
with people – inclusive, welcoming, diverse, growing communities of people – if it’s going to
happen at the scale and pace required to make a difference. And of course, while making
positive changes for wildlife, people and communities will experience the many benefits in
return. 

About you

You will be part of a small and dedicated central media team. We are looking for an innovative
and creative individual who has strong writing, editing, sub-editing and proof-reading skills.
You will have previous experience of generating compelling news stories, features and
publicising campaigns. You will also need to enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, be
organised and resourceful and have an eye for written detail. 

We value passion, respect, trust, integrity and pragmatic activism and strength in diversity.
Whilst we are passionate in promoting our aims, we are not judgemental, and we are inclusive.

We want our people to be as diverse as nature, so we particularly encourage applications from
people who are underrepresented within our sector, including people from minority ethnic
backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to creating a movement that
recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. 

RSWT take our Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please click here to read our
commitment statement 

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a
disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you
require any adjustments to make our recruitment process more accessible.

This role may be subject to a DBS check.