BBC Wales Head of Communications
$59,000–$65,000 year
On-siteCardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Cardiff, Wales, United KingdomOn-siteContract$59,000–$65,000 yearSenior LevelEnterprise
ContractSenior LevelEnterprise
Job Summary
Lead the press office's strategic planning and execute creative press and PR campaigns supporting BBC programmes and priorities. Provide expert advice and reputation management for sensitive issues, acting as the first point of contact for press enquiries. Oversee budget and reporting to evaluate communications activity and share best practice while supporting social media channels and creating digital assets. Manage a team to deliver a coherent communications approach, track campaign success through thorough evaluation, and handle out-of-hours support for high-profile media issues.
Required Qualifications
- Senior strategic communications leadership
- Proven experience leading strategic communications, media relations or press office functions
- Ability to set direction
- Manage competing priorities
- Lead high-performing teams
- Deliver a coherent communications approach aligned to organisational objectives
- Expert media handling and reputation management capability
- Strong track record of managing sensitive, high-profile media issues and crises
- Demonstrating sound judgement
- Authority under pressure
- Ability to protect and enhance organisational reputation
- Strategic content promotion and digital amplification expertise
- Proven experience developing and delivering proactive communications and digital strategies
- Experience promoting and amplifying content, campaigns, programmes or services
- Effective use of existing and emerging channels to maximise reach and impact
- Influential stakeholder engagement and advisory skills
- High level of interpersonal and influencing skills
- Experience of building credibility with senior leaders
- Experience building credibility with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- Providing trusted advice, challenge and authoritative briefings
- Evidence-led communications planning and evaluation
- Demonstrable experience of setting objectives and performance measures
- Using data and insight to evaluate communications activity
- Demonstrate impact
- Inform strategic decision-making
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