AMS PSR

On behalf of NS&I (National Savings & Investments), we are looking for a Press Officer (Inside IR35) for 4 month contract based in Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road – Hybrid, 40% in the office. Flexible with this.

NS&I is one of the largest savings organisations in the UK with more than 24 million customers and over £218 billion invested. We are both a government department and an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Our origins can be traced back more than 150 years to 1861.

A small company with a big reach. We care for colleagues, respect one another, invest in our people and manage talent effectively.

This role is subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard and financial credit checks.

As a Press Officer, your main responsibilities will be: 

Essential:

• Experience working in a busy PR team, communications team or agency environment. 
• Experience creating, monitoring and managing social media content and media relations activity. 
• Strong understanding of UK consumer media outlets, social media platforms and media database tools. 
• Ability to analyse research and identify newsworthy insights. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical, financial or business information into clear external messaging. 
• Understanding of working in a regulated environment and communicating in a compliant way. 
• Strong news sense and proactive approach to identifying positive media opportunities. 
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and support colleagues across teams. 
• Confidence to act as a spokesperson for print or radio where appropriate. 
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with journalists. 
• Knowledge of evaluation tools and methods, including social media analytics and Google Analytics, with the ability to assess media coverage and campaign performance. 

Desirable:

• Experience working within financial services, government or a regulated industry. 
• Experience supporting integrated communications or marketing campaigns. 
• Experience working with research projects and data-led PR campaigns. 
• Familiarity with stakeholder engagement, including working with government departments or external partners. 
• Experience contributing to annual reports or corporate publications. 
• Experience working with media monitoring and evaluation agencies.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, NS&I guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following “this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.