Advertising Compliance Executive

PAGB, the consumer healthcare association, represents the manufacturers of branded over-the-counter medicines, self care medical devices and food supplements in the UK. Established in 1919, PAGB has a long and distinguished track record as the industry self-regulatory body ensuring balanced and responsible marketing of self care products.

We’re seeking a candidate to join our Advertising Compliance team. You will be supporting one of PAGB’s core functions by providing efficient assessment of advertising copy to ensure it is responsible and not misleading. Assessors are experts on PAGB’s Advertising Codes and Guidelines, providing advice and training to our members while supporting PAGB’s overall strategy and goals.  

The successful candidate will be a service orientated team player who is able to manage their own time, meeting service targets whilst finding creative solutions to advertising issues and balancing conflicting points of view. Candidates with relevant experience may be eligible to join as a Senior Executive. 

We are looking for a part time candidate (between 17.5 to 24.5 hours per week). Office hours are 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and we are flexible on the set hours for this role within that window.

The office is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and we would need the successful candidate to come in once a week on one of those days. The rest of the role can be carried out at home.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Providing efficient, high quality assessment and approval services for consumer advertising for over-the-counter medicines, food supplements and medical devices advertising.
• Providing advice / feedback on acceptable advertising claims and interpretations of the Codes and Guidelines, helping PAGB members develop compliant materials that achieve their marketing objectives.
• Engage with PAGB members to assist in claims development, marketing support, and problem resolution.
• Support the development and running of workshops and other training that may be required by PAGB members.
• Undertake pack design assessments.
• Maintain processes required to track workflow and workload as set out in the standard operating procedures (SOP).
• Help monitor and report on advertising and marketing issues and provide content for member updates via mailings, presentations and PAGB publications
• Contribute to internal projects to ensure PAGB maintains core service levels and adapts to meet the changing needs of PAGB member companies and the self care market.
• Support wider PAGB strategy projects as agreed, undertaking any task that may be reasonably requested by their manager.

  Desirable skills:

• Experience of providing advice, content review and approvals or equivalent analytical or problem solving skills.
• Experience of working with the CAP/BCAP Code, MHRA Blue Guide, Human Medicines Regulations or Nutrition and Health Claims Regulations.
• An understanding of the consumer healthcare market in the UK and key issues affecting PAGB member companies.
• Experience in evidence assessment including clinical trials. 

Essential skills:

• Ability to work independently and as part of a small team, contributing ideas and assisting colleagues when appropriate.
• Ability to deal with a range of stakeholders in a professional and polite manner.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with and the ability present complex information persuasively and tactfully.
• Analytical approach with good attention to detail.
• Good organisational, planning and prioritising skills, able to handle pressure in a deadline driven job.
• Good presentation skills and ability to work with Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe and PowerPoint.