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Head of Media

Employer
Mencap
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£52,530 plus excellent benefits
Closing date
5 Mar 2019

About Mencap

We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something really meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You’ll have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.  

Our work includes;

  • providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
  • providing advice through our help lines and web sites
  • campaigning for the changes that people with a learning disability want

Job Advert

Do you have senior PR experience and a passion for using media relations for positive change? Are you a strategic leader looking for an opportunity to shape an exciting new team?  

At Mencap, we have a brand new role as Head of Media within our external communications department. You will be developing and implementing an ambitious media strategy in line with Mencap’s Big Plan, detailing how the organisation can harness the power of the media to improve the lives of people with a learning disability.

You will develop a creative and impactful media strategy for the organisation to increase the visibility of people with a learning disability across all types of media and challenge public attitudes. Navigating issues across healthcare, social care, education and employment, you will be creating diverse and impactful opportunities for sharing Mencap’s expert voice. Calm under pressure, you will have considerable experience of navigating reputational and crisis issues.

Leading the media team, you will identify opportunities to generate visibility of people with learning disability in the media and work closely with senior colleagues to to establish the media team as a key function for influence and brand awareness. With an exciting, high profile, brand partnership on the horizon, there will be plenty of scope to use your expertise to increase visibility and the public’s understanding of learning disability.  

If you’ve led fast-paced and ambitious teams to deliver impactful results across national media, then this could be the role for you.  

Benefits

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.

  • 30 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing to 35 days with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
  • Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
  • Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you will be auto-enrolled into NEST
  • Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
  • Loans for debt consolidation,bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months
  • Interest free season ticket loans
  • Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencapextras
  • Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
  • Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
  • Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our YouRock program
  • Access to award winning training and development

 

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