We’re looking for a digitally-savvy communications professional to work on the front line of the ABI media team and to contribute to the wider communications function, generating proactive media coverage, managing reactive enquiries and representing the work of the ABI to its members and stakeholders.

This is a great opportunity to join a fast-paced, highly respected and award-winning media team which deals with the full breadth of national, regional and trade media, across print, online and broadcast, handling a wide range of issues that really matter both to consumers and the insurance and long-term savings industry.

Please note we are open to applications from those who wish to work on a flexible and/or job share basis. The role is based in London, however, due to COVID-19, we’re currently working from home. If you would like to know more about how we’ve adapted, take a look at our blog.

Your role:

Reporting to the Chief Communications Officer, your day to day role will include:

• Proactively generate media opportunities, working closely with policy colleagues to achieve our wider objectives and maintaining good relationships with national, trade and broadcast media.

• Deal with reactive enquiries, ensuring the ABI and insurance industry are portrayed as positively as possible in the media and to stakeholders.

• Grasp technical and complex policy issues affecting the industry and turn this into clear messages which get traction with media.

• Tailor articles, comment, press releases, social media content, speeches and briefings to a wide range of audiences.

• Advise senior colleagues on broadcast opportunities and help them prepare for them, acting as a respected ABI spokesperson yourself when required.

• Devise and implement digital content ideas for the ABI’s website and across all our social media platforms.

• Monitor relevant media coverage and analyse the success of our own activity, disseminating it to colleagues.

Please note you will be required to participate in the out-of-hours rota (shared among the team), dealing with urgent media enquiries during evenings and weekends when necessary.

 We’re looking for:

You’ll be a strong all-round communications professional with a background in PR, journalism or media relations and experience of using digital and social media in a professional context.

Throughout the interview and assessment process, we will be looking for you to demonstrate the ABI’s values; We are Brave; We take Ownership; We are Appreciative; We are Human and We are Curious. For more information about what these mean to us, please visit: https://www.abi.org.uk/about-the-abi/careers/our-values/

For applications, the minimum requirements are:

• Experience of working in PR, journalism or media relations.

• Experience of using digital and social media in a professional context, including content creation and a knowledge of social media analytics.

• Excellent communications skills and the ability to produce written work of a high quality

• The ability to build productive professional relationships within the ABI, as well as with members, stakeholders and journalists.

What training and benefits are offered?

On your first day you’ll be met by our HR team for a full company induction. You’ll then have inductions to get you up to speed with anything from Events to how our finances work, plus one to ones with relevant colleagues. Everyone goes on an introduction to insurance course and will receive plenty of on the job training. We host various Staff Learning Events throughout the year and you will be able to attend relevant ABI and industry events.

Additional training will be tailored to your own personal needs and aspirations and we have a range of courses as part of our Learning and Development offering.

More detail on our company benefits can be found here.

Interested?

The deadline for applications is 18 August 2020.

Please note that as part of your application, we may ask questions regarding your background to support our commitment to maintaining diversity and inclusion in our workforce. This includes building an accurate picture of the make-up of the workforce in encouraging equality and diversity. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary and the information you provide will stay confidential, and be stored securely. Access is limited to only relevant and necessary staff members. You can find out how we use your personal information by reading our candidate Privacy Notice and how we use information you may voluntarily disclose regarding your background by reading our Summary of Legitimate Interest: https://www.abi.org.uk/about-the-abi/careers/abi-candidate-privacy-notice/.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer and as such, we:

·        Are partnered with Vercida who provide an accessible website accredited by The Shaw Trust. Our jobs can be viewed on Vercida here.

·        Are committed to making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process as required for disabled candidates. To discuss in more detail, please contact careers@abi.org.uk. We will also check this with you should you be invited to interview

·        Offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirements for a role. If you believe this may apply to you, you will be able to indicate this on your application form. Please note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate for us to interview all disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, we may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

About us:

The ABI is the voice of the UK’s world leading insurance and long-term savings industry. A productive, inclusive and thriving sector, we are an industry that provides peace of mind to households and businesses across the UK and powers the growth of local and regional economies by enabling trade, risk taking, investment and innovation. The UK insurance industry is the largest in Europe and the fourth largest in the world.

It is an essential part of the UK’s economic strength, managing investments of over £1.8 trillion and paying nearly £12bn in taxes to the Government. It employs around 300,000 individuals, of which around a third are employed directly by providers with the remainder in auxiliary services such as broking.

If you would like to know more about the ABI and the work we do please visit www.abi.org.uk. You can find us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram too.