Media Communications Manager (HEO)
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)
The role requires an experienced and talented individual with excellent writing and story-telling skills. They must be proficient at reviewing complex and technical material and distilling it into concise, easy to understand content, suitable for a wide range of stakeholders including media, political and the general public.
The role will focus primarily on content creation, corporate and consumer media and PR, including but not limited to the following:
- Review complex and technical material and distil it into concise, easily understood content suitable for media, business, political and public stakeholders.
- Create a range of compelling communications outputs including press releases, stakeholder communications, briefing documents, executive summaries and website news stories.
- Draft timely, accurate and approved responses to media queries, ensuring advocacy and consumer awareness messaging is included where appropriate. This may include, on occasion, providing out of hours support to ensure media deadlines are met.
- Support the planning and implementation of a calendar of proactive, non-paid PR activity on consumer rights topics to complement paid consumer awareness campaigns and amplify priority CCPC messages for consumers and build the CCPC profile.
- Develop media and communications strategies and campaigns to communicate organisational outputs for nonpaid media partnerships including consumer awareness, mergers and enforcement activities.
- Monitor the media environment and support media relations activities, including identifying media opportunities, developing relationships with journalists and selling into national and regional media, and managing arrangements for interviews.
- Support the Commission and senior leadership team to prepare for media and hi-visibility engagements and appearances at Oireachtas Committees relating to consumer rights, competition and enforcement, ensuring the continual development and delivery of up-to-date messaging, advocacy and briefing materials.
- Work closely with other teams across the Communications Division to ensure our communications messaging, campaigns and approaches are aligned and fully integrated.
- Act as a brand ambassador, leading colleagues to ensure all digital collateral helps to build our brand and deliver against objectives.
- Monitor CCPC press activity against KPI targets, providing post-campaign analysis and lessons learned using media monitoring, media distribution and stakeholder management tools.
- Provide weekly reporting to the Head of Corporate Communications and Stakeholder Engagement on achievement against KPIs and priorities.
- Stay up to date with communications industry best practice and developments.
- Contribute to the development and achievement of the CCPC’s strategic goals and divisional objectives, participating in cross-divisional projects as required.
- Carry out such other functions as may be required from time to time to fulfil business objectives.