Media Relations Officer

Media Relations Officer

£33,500 per annum

Fixed Term contract to March 2029, Full-time 37 hours

Hybrid (3 days in the Loughborough Office and 2 days working from home)

As a PR professional with experience in a media role with national scope, this is a fantastic opportunity to help generate positive change for children and young people while gaining invaluable knowledge working within a high-profile charity.

The Youth Sport Trust is a national children’s charity passionate about creating a future where every child can enjoy the life changing benefits of play and sport. We have powerful stories to tell and want you to use your expertise to increase our brand awareness, support our campaigns and advocacy work and ultimately help deliver on our mission to build brighter futures for all young people.

As Media Relations Officer, you will play a key role in delivering our overall MarComms plan, designing a programme of media and PR activity that support our objectives and priorities. You will develop compelling key messages and bring to life powerful case studies that demonstrate the impact of our work. You will build strong relationships with national, regional and specialist media, handle media enquiries, manage relationships with our high-profile ambassadors, prepare our spokespeople for media opportunities. You will also contribute to reputation and crisis communications, helping to ensure YST responds effectively to emerging media issues. You will monitor and evaluate media activity, using insight and learning to continually improve our approach.