Global Media Officer

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about making a global impact through media engagement?  Plan International is seeking a dynamic and proactive Global Media Officer to become a vital part of our fast-paced media team. In this role, you’ll work at the forefront of global media, driving our presence across print, broadcast, and digital platforms. Your expertise in news judgment will be crucial in reacting strategically to international events, while your creativity and initiative will help secure coverage that positions Plan International as the leading voice on children’s rights and equality for girls. If you’re ready to help shape the global narrative together and support our mission, we want to hear from you!

 About you

• Proven experience working in a busy news/media organisation or in a PR/media relations team
• Excellent verbal and writing skills in English, with the ability to produce punchy news copy and to adapt writing style to meet the needs of different audiences and media outlets
• Proven success at developing and placing media stories – from identifying an idea, to collating the relevant information and assets and securing high quality coverage
• Ability to build productive relationships with journalists, and to creatively and tenaciously pitch stories to the media
• Use of a media monitoring platform such as Vuelio or similar
• Strong knowledge of global media outlets, their ways of working, audiences and requirements
• Ability to work quickly and flexibly under pressure, and motivating and supporting colleagues to do the same
• Ability to persuade, lobby and influence peers and colleagues and form productive relationships and contacts
• Experience of tailoring communications to different audiences and channels, including media, social media and digital
• An understanding of ethical storytelling and how safeguarding applies to media and communications work
• Experience interviewing and working with programme participants in a sensitive way, that honours the principle of “do no harm”
• Strong understanding of humanitarian and development issues and rights-based work
• Ability to work independently and on own initiative, with the strong organisational skills to manage a wide and varied workload
• Ability to work enthusiastically as part of a team, and to form collaborative working relationships both internally and externally

 Please follow this link for a full role profile

Please respond to the requirements of the role and your suitability in your cover letter, no more than 1000 words

Only CVs and cover letters in English will be accepted.  

Location: This role will ideally be based in the UK (remote/hybrid), employed from the Global Hub for Plan International which is based in Woking, Surrey however other locations where Plan International has an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and you have the pre-existing right to work and live may be considered.

Type of Role: Permanent or maximum fixed term contract as per employing office’s standard terms and conditions. 

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

As an indication if this role was based in the UK the salary would be circa £34,000 per annum, depending on experience

 Closing Date: 27th August 2024 (23:59 UK time) 

*Applicable locations include: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe 

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.