Senior Pr Manager | Ofgem

Job Title:Senior PR Manager
Employer: Ofgem
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Salary:
Employment Type: Permanent
Reference Number: 336804_42994879205_0

Job Details:

The energy sector is going through an unprecedented period of change and transformation. In the near-term, with high and volatile gas prices, Ofgem must ensure that energy consumers are protected, and our energy system is reliable and resilient. Simultaneously, Ofgem must support the transformation to a net zero and data-enabled future. We’re on the lookout for an experienced Public Relations Manager (PR Manager) who is looking for a new challenge in the public sector.

You’ll be working on our most high-profile, wide-reaching campaigns to get our messages in front of the people we need to see them. Whether that’s helping consumers get information to support them with their energy bills, or industry partners we need to let know about changes to the sector.

You’ll be working within our Media Office but closely linked with our Campaigns and Channels team as you deliver forward-thinking PR activity that aligns to our top-level strategy and campaign plans.

You’ll also have an important role in analysing the success of our PR work as part of our bigger picture activity and be able to learn from what we do, iterate, and improve for future projects.

Much of the work you do will be to support low/no-cost projects so you will also need to be able to bring ingenuity and creativity to the role to make maximum impact.

We operate a Flexible Resourcing model. Longer term you may have the opportunity to work flexibly across Ofgem supporting on a range of projects or may have a longer deployment within a team where you have in-demand specialist skills, knowledge, and expertise.

Person specification

Key Responsibilities

• Develop our proactive PR strategy, linking this to our other work strands and top-level communications strategy
• Pitching stories and feature ideas to media desks, generating positive print, broadcast and online coverage about Ofgem and its work.
• Plan, implement and manage public relations programsaligning to wider Ofgem priorities and campaigns
• Plan and budget for PR initiatives
• Work with our campaign team to holistically assess the impact of our work and its impact on Ofgem’s reputation
• Help design our consumer testing surveys, working closely with our Consumer Research team
• Help to design and reviewing Ofgem’s promotional and marketing materials
• Establish relationships with potential partners that can be used in the future to spread messaging
• Work closely with our Campaigns and Channels team to ensure content published on our own channels aligns to planned PR activity
• Build long-term relationships with all relevant stakeholders, such as local government, media people, politicians, etc.
• Play an active role in the Media Office leadership team, aligning your work with the wider team priorities
• Work closely with the Ofgem Speechwriter and Private Office to work out how we amplify our senior leadership engagements
• Feed in to our thought leadership strategy, identifying how we can use PR opportunities to grow our voice amongst various audiences

Essential Criteria

Please ensure you demonstrate clearly within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the criteria below (not more than 1250 words). In the event of receiving a large number of applications an initial sift may take place on just the identified lead criteria indicated below.

• Extensive working experience as a Public Relations Specialist in a large, complex organisation (LEAD)
• A proven track record of running successful PR campaigns
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills
• Excellent stakeholder and media management skills

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Please refer to the Candidate Pack and Role Profile attached for full details.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,650, OFGEM contributes £11,785 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; Hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but is in review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.

You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘personal statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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