We’re looking for a Media Officer to help us amplify young people’s voices and create compelling stories. As part of our busy media team, you’ll work across our media campaigns and support young people with lived experience to tell their stories. You’ll be passionate about young people’s mental health and have a strong news sense with an understanding of what makes a story cut through.
We are currently working with a hybrid working model, where there is the option of working from home combined with 4-12 days a month of working in the office.
You will play a key role in raising the profile of the organisation in the media and helping shape coverage of young people’s mental health. You will work closely with young people with lived experience, supporting them to share their stories. You will build relationships with colleagues across the organisation to implement media plans for different work areas including policy and public affairs, campaigns, fundraising and our media activist programme.
The duties and responsibilities of this role are:
Candidates will be shortlisted based on meeting the below criteria to a satisfactory level:
Further information on the post can be found in the job pack below.
We welcome applications from Black and Minoritised, LGBTQ+ groups and those with disabilities, as they are currently under-represented.
One of our values is: “We celebrate what makes you you – whoever you are, we welcome you and encourage you to be true to yourself”.
If you are excited about helping us to achieve our mission, passionate about working at an organisation that puts the lived experience of young people at the heart of everything we do and want to be part of our drive to become a truly anti-racist organisation we want to hear from you.
To apply, please fill in the application form - downloadable below - and send via email to recruitment@youngminds.org.uk by the deadline listed, with the job title included as the subject.
You’ll be part of a passionate, hardworking team that cares about the work they do and you’ll be part of making a real difference to the lives of children and young people. In addition to becoming part of the YoungMinds team, you’ll get:
A world where no young person feels alone with their mental health.
We want to see a world where every young person who is struggling feels able to reach out, and has people and services around them who can really help.
