Senior Press Officer
Uplift
Role: Senior Press Officer
Location: Remote (within UK)
Salary: From £48,694 to £48,694
Hours: Standard working hours 9.00 - 17.30, with availability to attend external events which may fall outside these hours. Flexible working requests will be considered.
Length of contract: 12-month full time contract with strong likelihood of renewal
Benefits: Annual Professional Development Allowance, Employee Assistance Programme, home office set up allowance, consideration of flexible working requirements and work/workplace adjustments, and organisational focus on employee wellbeing.
Starting date: ASAP
Closing date: Sunday 4th October, 11pm
Proposed interviews: w/c 12th October
About Us
Uplift supports efforts to create a rapid and fair transition away from oil and gas production in the UK.
We urgently need to phase out oil and gas drilling to stay within safe climate limits. Yet, despite having renewable resources in abundance, the UK remains Europe’s second largest oil and gas producer.
We can and must be ambitious about moving past oil and gas production, while empowering and supporting workers and communities who rely on the industry for their livelihoods. Working with everyone from policy-makers and Parliamentarians, to academics and campaigners, Uplift undertakes research, analysis and campaigning to support a rapid and fair transition away from oil and gas production in the UK.
Role Summary
As Senior Press Officer, you will work with colleagues in the Communications team to help secure regular, high-profile and politically-attuned media coverage that communicates the urgent need for the UK to transition away from oil and gas extraction. The role involves drafting and distributing press releases, responding promptly to media inquiries, and preparing communications materials and key messages for other teams across the organisation. The Senior Press Officer will build and maintain relationships with key media contacts, monitor news coverage, and ensure accurate and timely information is provided to journalists. The role is suited to someone with experience working in a political context, who can help identify opportunities, write persuasively for different audiences, and respond in a timely way to risks to our work.
Please see the Job Description on our website for a full role summary and person specification.
Unfortunately, we can only consider candidates who are already eligible to work in the UK.
Strictly no agencies.
About Uplift
The UK is the second-largest oil and gas producer in Europe. Planned global oil and gas production will take us far past the climate limits that are safe for our society. At the same time, clean, affordable and abundant alternatives to fossil fuels continue to race ahead. We can and must be ambitious about moving past oil and gas production, while empowering and supporting workers and communities who rely on the industry for their livelihoods.
Uplift’s mission is to support and energise the movement for a just and fossil fuel-free UK. We strategically support, connect, and elevate ideas and voices to set in motion a just transition away from fossil fuel production that is commensurate with the scale of the climate crisis. We put equity and justice at the heart of everything we do.
The UK is the second-largest oil and gas producer in Europe. Planned global oil and gas production will take us far past the climate limits that are safe for our society. At the same time, clean, affordable and abundant alternatives to fossil fuels continue to race ahead. We can and must be ambitious about moving past oil and gas production, while empowering and supporting workers and communities who rely on the industry for their livelihoods. Uplift’s mission is to support and energise the movement for a just and fossil fuel-free UK. We strategically support, connect, and elevate ideas and voices to set in motion a just transition away from fossil fuel production that is commensurate with the scale of the climate crisis. We put equity and justice at the heart of everything we do.
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