Total 4 PR / Media / Communications job vacancies in Ashford Hybrid, TN23 1QU

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Bid Writer

Location: Hybrid working. Primarily remote with occasional office travel when required (normally Nuneaton or Oxford).

Salary: £35,000 to £40,000 dependent upon experience, plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee
assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme



About the Role

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You will work for a company that places innovative
solutions and employee-focused initiatives at the heart of everything we do.



Here at Unipart we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own
personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.



As a Bid Writer at Unipart Logistics you will support with creating rich and compelling content for warehousing and transport
opportunities across multiple sectors. Engaging with dynamic and forward-thinking colleagues from across the entire organisation,
our goal is to deliver vibrant bid-winning proposals with persuasive writing at the heart of every submission.



As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:



* Be responsible for our bid library, writing engaging, concise and persuasive content and case studies across varied subject
areas.
* Recycle high-quality content within our content library and be responsible for its ongoing management, ensuring a high-quality
look and feel.
* Support with bid submissions, presentations and other bidding collateral as required.
* Support with ongoing development within the wider UL bid management team, collaboratively ensuring we deliver continuous
improvement within our processes and procedures.
* On occasion, for smaller tactical bids, be accountable for managing the response to public and private tenders and proposals,
across any of our sectors. Here, you will lead a ‘virtual Bid team’ through the defined UL bid management process. This will
include sector-specific experts across: Business Development, Operations, Solution Design, Project Management, Finance, IT, HR
and Commercial.
* Act as an ambassador for bid management practices across the sector and wider Unipart Logistics business.



About You



We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this
role!



* The ability to confidently and persuasively write to a high level, understanding how to correctly structure bid content.
* Articulate, with strong verbal and presentation skills.
* A proficient user of Microsoft Office, in particular PowerPoint and Word.
* Bid management experience in the public and private sector.
* Experience operating with senior colleagues and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
* Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and manage workload timelines.



Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of
opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the
grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or
civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected
characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment
which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of
yourself and do your best work every day.

Package: £22,400 - £27,200 + £3,936 London Weighting Allowance for eligible London postcodes + up to 10% bonus!

Working Pattern: Part time, 30 hours per week over 4 days

Location: Hybrid (London)

Contract: Permanent

Our Corporate Affairs department is looking to recruit a Media Adviser to join their dedicated team. As a Media Adviser you will work alongside a supportive team in delivering an exciting and diverse programme of media relations activity to raise the profile of MPS, and champion the interests of doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Due to MPS’s global membership you will have ample opportunity to work with a range of media in many countries including the UK, Ireland and Malaysia. You will also provide advice and support to healthcare professionals facing media scrutiny and reputational damage, working alongside medicolegal experts and lawyers.

Package Description

• Up to 10% discretionary annual bonus
• 11% pension contribution (3% from you, 8% from us optional additional matched 3% contributions, e.g. 6% from you, 11% from us)
• 25 days annual leave plus flexible bank holidays (option to buy/sell 5 days)
• Private Medical Cover
• Healthcare cash plan
• 6x salary death in service
• Paid volunteering day
• A personal GP service enabling you to get a video consultation with an NHS-registered, private GP
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of shopping discounts from major high-street retailers

Main Responsibilities

• Develop and implement effective media campaigns which will consistently deliver a strong media profile for MPS in key markets.
• Actively identify and act upon opportunities for MPS to promote itself, the benefits of membership and our expertise across a range of media and social platforms in key markets.
• Recommend the most effective way to handle potentially negative stories about MPS to help mitigate reputational damage.
• Forge and develop good working relationships with a range of journalists.
• Advise spokespeople and senior colleagues on media approaches and brief spokespeople ahead of media interviews.
• Provide, as part of media team, a media support service to MPS members facing reputational damage relating to a case or claim, including advising on approach, drafting statements, working with medicolegal colleagues and lawyers, and addressing inaccuracies.
• Write and edit a range of impactful media material for publication in a broad range of media outlets and social platforms.
• Co-ordinate the placement of regular high-quality articles and features in the trade press; including pitching ideas, writing and reviewing copy.
• Collaborate with a range of colleagues across the business to ensure media campaigns are coordinated and impactful.

The Ideal Candidate

You will need detailed knowledge of media relations through experience in a busy press office environment, the ability to develop and deliver high impact, integrated media campaigns and strong writing skills in order to produce and edit a range of written material. You will be a confident self-starter who can engage with colleagues at all levels, proactively drive campaigns as well as react to a busy health news agenda. You’ll have demonstratable experience in securing impactful trade and national media coverage.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, and we encourage you to apply even if you feel you do not match 100% of the technical requirements. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and strive to create a work environment which ensures everyone can be heard.

About The Company

The Medical Protection Society Ltd (MPS) is the world’s leading protection organisation for Doctors, Dentists and healthcare professionals. We protect and support the professional interests of almost 300,000 members around the world.

We are a not-for-profit organisation, meaning member’s subscriptions are either invested into bettering the organisation, colleagues and products, or kept safe should members require support for complaints or claims arising from professional practice.

Our philosophy is to support safe practice in medicine and dentistry by helping to avert problems in the first place. We also actively campaign for regulatory and legal reforms that benefit members and the wider healthcare professions.

To do this, we need colleagues who are trusted and supported to deliver their best work, whether that be through leadership development, fully funded training courses or peer-to-peer support. We want colleagues to feel empowered to deliver positive change, display ambition to push themselves and be determined when faced with a challenge, whilst ensuring members best interests are at the core.

Location: Oxford OX1 1XX (hybrid working – minimum 3 days in office per week)
Salary: £28,000 per year (six-month probationary period)
Contract: Full time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

Global Water Intelligence (GWI), the leading publisher and events organiser serving the international water industry, is looking to hire inquisitive and resourceful Research Graduate Trainees to join our team.

As a Research Graduate Trainee, you will get the opportunity to try different activities during the initial six-month training period to allow you to develop a full picture of our business. Our objective is to develop successful applicants into roles that best match their skills and provide the chance to carve their own niche within our teams. Relevant training will be provided.

Responsibilities:

· Producing high-quality written content: Fewer people have time to read these days, so if you are going to write content, you have to write well. You will need to identify key information through research and analysis, organise your thoughts and express them concisely. Don’t be deterred if English is not your first language. We can edit for English.
· Interviewing people, building relationships and networks: Our business is built on speaking to the right people and asking the right questions. We need people who can proactively network with individuals to gather ideas and information.
· Collecting and interpreting data: We are the main source of data for the international water industry. With that responsibility comes important skills: persistence in sourcing and gathering new data, squeezing spreadsheets until they tell a story and presenting it effectively through data visualisation.
· Communicating ideas: People increasingly don’t consume information as text: they take it in visually. Feeding this kind of consumer is a challenge. It requires staff who can synthesise complex issues into simple graphics and who are confident presenting and explaining our content in webinars.
· Managing projects: Most of what we do is a team effort, but getting great people to work well together is a skill in itself. We need people who are organised, empathetic communicators to manage projects and bring everything together.
· Working across teams towards wider business growth: Your work will always be part of a bigger picture – in taking ownership of your projects you will collaborate with other teams from across the business (sales, marketing, and design) to ensure everything we do contributes towards the company’s vision and goals.

Person requirements:
We do not expect any experience in the water industry, but we are looking for candidates who have pursued a rigorous course of study at university. Although we are looking for specific skills, we don't expect them all in one person: if you think you might be good at two or three, we would like to hear from you.

· Rigorous research skills, demonstrating an inquisitive mind, critical thinking, and attention to detail.
· Strong writing skills with the ability to tell a story and highlight key information concisely. Experience in an editorial environment is advantageous.
· Good data collection and analysis skills, with the ability to translate relevant data trends into interesting stories. Experience in Excel is advantageous.
· Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, including taking initiative, showing ownership of tasks, and managing your time.
· Project management skills, including scoping projects, delegating tasks and collaborating with different teams.
· Excellent verbal communication skills, particularly in interviewing and building relationships with external contacts, and presenting stories and key ideas to a wider audience.
· Ability to understand the bigger picture and the commercial angle of your tasks, and how your work contributes to wider business goals.
· Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team.
· Foreign language skills (especially German and French) are desirable.

Additional benefits:
• International travel, opportunity to regularly attend international water conferences
• Company pension plan
• Holiday allowance of 25 days per year (pro rata)
• Opportunity to attend relevant training courses and conferences to develop within the role

To apply:
Please submit a CV and a covering letter to recruitment@globalwaterintel.com explaining in fewer than 200 words why you are applying for the job and what you think you can contribute to us that would make a real difference.

The closing date for applications is 12 January 2024.

We will discard the applications which do not come with covering letters. We will then draw up a shortlist of the strongest candidates to whom we will send a skills test. On the basis of this test, we will narrow the field down to applicants for interview.

Please note, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to offer feedback on any applications not carried through to the interview stage.

Location: Oxford OX1 1XX (hybrid working – minimum 3 days in office per week)
Salary: £28,000 per year (six-month probationary period)
Contract: Full time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

Global Water Intelligence (GWI), the leading publisher and events organiser serving the international water industry, is looking to hire a hardworking and enthusiastic Graduate Data Analyst to join our team.

At Global Water Intelligence we collect a huge amount of data and are the main source of data for the international water industry. Our data and analysis are used by businesses, governments and investors to inform strategic decisions on the water sector. In some cases, we can collect near-comprehensive market data, while for others we need to rely on a combination of modelling, indicators, and contacts. In both cases, data needs to be collected, interpreted, and presented by in-house analysts who know enough about their subject area to validate and contextualise our numbers.

As a Graduate Data Analyst at GWI you will get to grips with new subject areas, explore unique datasets, and work out which data points we need in order to find the answer. We are looking for someone with a creative and inquisitive mind, with a good head for numbers and an adaptable approach to work.

Responsibilities:

• Build, manage and maintain datasets: As a data analyst you will help the wider data team to continue to provide invaluable forecast information and datasets to our clients. This includes collecting and organising external datasets, updating sources, carefully analysing information and accurately highlighting anomalies.
• Analysing and visualising data: Working with large datasets comes with challenges, this is why effective data analysis and visualisation is essential to draw out the interesting stories hiding behind the data.
• Clearly communicate information: Our customers rely on our numbers to help validate their business decisions. To earn that trust we need to communicate our methods and assumptions clearly and concisely. The same challenge applies internally. In a fast-paced research environment, complex topics and challenges need to be explained with the upmost clarity to ensure the whole team is on the same page.
• Managing projects: Most of what we do is a team effort, but getting great people to work well together is a skill in itself. We need people who are organised empathetic communicators to bring it all together.
• Working across teams towards wider business development growth: Your work will always be part of a bigger picture, and in taking ownership of your own projects you will collaborate with other teams from across the business to ensure everything we do contributes towards the company’s overall vision and goals.

Person requirements:
We do not expect any previous Data Analyst experience or knowledge of the water sector but, we are looking for candidates with strong academic credentials. If you think you are good at two or three of the following skills, we would like to hear from you.

• Knowledge of good data management practices, with the ability to collect, organize, and structure large datasets.
• Experience using Excel (including PivotTables or Power Query is desirable).
• Ability to analyse large datasets and draw out key trends/stories using effective data visualisation tools.
• Experience creating forecasts or data centric models is desirable.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex data systems to the wider team.
• Project management skills, including scoping projects, delegating tasks and collaborating effectively with different teams.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, including taking initiative, showing ownership of tasks, and managing your own time.

Additional benefits:
• International travel, opportunity to regularly attend international water conferences
• Company pension plan
• Holiday allowance of 25 days per year (pro rata)
• Opportunity to attend relevant training courses and conferences to develop within the role

To apply:
Please submit a CV and a covering letter to recruitment@globalwaterintel.com explaining in fewer than 200 words why you are applying for the job and what you think you can contribute to us that would make a real difference.

The closing date for applications is 12 January 2024.

We will discard the applications which do not come with covering letters. We will then draw up a shortlist of the strongest candidates for the position to whom we will send a skills test. On the basis of this test, we will narrow the field down to applicants for interview.

Please note, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to offer feedback on any applications not carried through to the interview stage.