Do you have experience working on press events and liaising with journalists? Are you a creative thinker with a ‘can-do’ approach?

The mission of the Science Museum Group (SMG) is to inspire futures. Through this world-leading alliance of museums and its unparalleled collection – we tell the stories of how scientific and technological innovations have changed our world.

To support this work, we are now recruiting a Senior Press Officer as part of the Communications team at the National Science and Media Museum (NSMM) in Bradford. In this role, you will support the delivery of our objectives – to increase footfall, engagement, and revenue generation by effectively promoting the Museum’s programme of new permanent galleries, temporary exhibitions, and events.

As Senior Press Officer, you will harness media relationships and assist in the management of the Museum’s digital channels to tell compelling and authentic stories about NSMM and its collections, exhibitions, events, and festivals. The role will also have a key responsibility in helping to co-ordinate internal communications for the Museum, including assisting the production of the Museum’s regular colleague newsletters and updating the colleague intranet pages.

Joining us, you will hold experience of working within a relevant PR, press office, communications or journalistic role. You will have a good grounding in all aspects of external and internal communications, with demonstrable experience of working on creative, integrated communications campaigns, for exhibitions, events or commercial activities. You will have exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, partners and media to achieve significant results through PR activity. You will be able to organise and prioritise a busy workload, being able to balance multiple project streams at any one time.

The Science Museum Group (SMG) is here to inspire futures. As the world’s leading group of science museums, we share our unparalleled collection spanning science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine with over five million visitors each year. Joining us as an employee, you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a world-class museum group.  We know work/life balance and wellbeing is crucial to our colleagues, so we currently offer up to 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays; BUPA medical and dental care; employee assistance programme; enhanced contributory pension; enhanced occupational sick, maternity, paternity and adoption leave and career breaks.

‘Open for All’ is one of the Science Museum Group’s five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. As a national museum group, we have an ability to reach a wide and diverse population of audiences, colleagues and partners through our geography and scale.

We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to foster a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation and ultimately will be able to inspire more futures. We therefore welcome applications from those who bring difference.

Does this appeal to you? If so, click here to view the Vacancy Information Pack which provides you with details of the role and the application process.