: Manager.B2

• Supporting strategic comms planning and providing handling advice and support for Ministers on maximising audience reach for significant announcements or events via established media social media and other channels while anticipating and mitigating presentational risks/challenges.
• Delivering media relations services including: drafting publishing and promoting SG news releases; designing and delivering external media opportunities and other proactive contentcapture events; and responding in writing and at times by verbal briefing of journalists to requests for information official comment and ministerial interviews.
• Creating sharing and evaluating dynamic content including photo and video capture through SG social media channels.
• Playing an active role in Scottish Government campaigns working alongside marketing and insight colleagues.
• After your first few months of service participating in the outofhours duty comms system including evening weekend and public holiday working.

Essential Criteria

1. The ability to build and maintain relationships while working with journalists and other key influencers to inform the public of Scottish Government policies positions and record.
2. An understanding of the changing way in which content is created and consumed and the ability to create dynamic content for a variety of channels.
3. The ability to maintain personal resilience through periods of sustained pressure caused by external events workloads and resource challenges.
4. The ability to identify potential problems and react quickly ensuring ministers and officials receive timely and professional presentational advice.

Other information

The post is based in St Andrews House Edinburgh and involves providing inperson support to Ministers in the Scottish Parliament and at engagements and interviews across Scotland. The Scottish Government is currently operating hybrid working arrangements.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply candidates are invited to send a statement of suitability for the role and their CV by 5.00 pm on Thursday 8 May.

In the statement we ask the candidate to provide specific examples of how they meet the Essential Criteria listed above using no more than 250 words for each of the 4 criteria to showcase knowledge skills and personal qualities.

Candidates who are considered to have the necessary skills and experience will be invited to a Microsoft Teams call with the recruiting manager and another panel member during the w/c 12 May. The candidate/s considered most suitable for the role will be offered the opportunity.

Further information

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