Come and join Wen!Wen is the Women’s Environmental Network, a charity working both nationally and in East London to support women and their communities to take environmental action. We work across a wide range of environmental issues, including building resilient and sustainable local food systems, food growing, nature-based wellbeing sessions in women’s refuges, our Environmenstrual and Green Baby campaigns and our work on a UK Feminist Green New Deal. Wen is the only UK charity working on issues that link gender, health, equality and the environment.Are you a great storyteller with excellent writing skills? Do you have experience in media relations, developing relationships with journalists to secure positive media coverage? Are you passionate about gender, racial and social justice issues? Then this might just be the job for you!About the roleThis is a new role at Wen, with a focus on building Wen’s in-house media relations and story gathering capacity while also getting involved in all areas of communications, particularly social media. To help you settle into the role and support your development you will receive mentoring from a PR consultant.Part of your role will be visiting Wen’s projects and events to gather content, impact stories and case studies for use in the media and on our social media channels. It will also include leading on social media day-to-day, including at Wen events, so you will need experience of running multiple social media channels efficiently.You will have an interest in Wen’s areas of work and have an understanding of gender, racial and social justice issues at a personal and political level. You will take an inclusive, intersectional feminist and anti-racist approach to your work. This will be vital for engaging on social media and creating stories and content aligned with Wen’s values.Key informationSalary – £35,284 FTE per annum, pro rata (Grade 3)Contract – 4 days/28 hours per week, Permanent. Tuesday is a core working day for the majority of Wen staff.Location – Hybrid working –  One day a week at Wen office in Shoreditch and/or at Wen’s local hub in Mile End, London, more in-person days required on an ad-hoc basis. Occasional travel may be required.Reporting to – Head of Communications and Engagement, Heidi RingshawDeadline – Sunday 16th June 2024 at 23.591st interview – Wednesday 10th July via zoom.2nd interview – Wednesday 17th July in person in Shoreditch, East LondonKey tasksStrategic Communication: You will work with the Head of Communications and Engagement to deliver Wen’s Communications Strategy.Content Creation:  You will actively look for new content ideas and opportunities to collaborate with like-minded individuals/organisations. You will write compelling content, including press releases, articles, blogs and impact stories.​Media Relations: You will build Wen’s in-house media relations capacity, to include developing and delivering media plans, cultivating relationships with journalists and securing positive media coverage in national, local and sector media. You will also brief Wen spokespeople for media opportunities and interviews.Social Media: You will lead on the development of a social media strategy, plan and calendar, scheduling organic and paid content and campaigns. You will run Wen’s social media channels , engaging with other accounts, communicating Wen’s position on relevant issues.Digital Comms: You will support Wen’s digital communications, including creating content for Wen’s website and e-newsletter and help maintain and update Wen’s CRM system.This job is for you if:You have excellent communication skills in spoken and written English.You have experience working in media relations and/ or social media management.You have demonstrable experience developing relationships with journalists and devising and implementing media plans, to secure media coverage.You have experience running social media channels for an organisation or individual, able to respond to comments and proactively engage on relevant posts.You are able to write social media content, press releases, blogs, articles and case studies, translating complex themes into accessible content.You can analyse and evaluate communication performance and metrics.You have experience or a commitment to taking an inclusive, intersectional feminist approach to communications.#J-18808-Ljbffr