Senior Press Officer
Palace St, London
£37,500 - £42,342
DFID supports long term programmes to help tackle the underlying causes of
poverty. DFID also responds to emergencies, both natural and man-made. Its work
forms part of a global promise to meet the Millennium Development Goals agreed
by the United Nations to fight poverty and disease, improve health provision and
access to education and promote gender equality.
DFID works in partnership with governments, civil society, the private sector
and others. It also works with multi-lateral institutions, including the World
Bank, United Nations agencies and the European Commission. DFID works in
numerous counties worldwide, has 36 offices overseas and two headquarters in
London and East Kilbride, near Glasgow.
Communications Division has been re-organised, with a new Head of News, to
serve the department and Ministers better and to deliver our new communications
strategy, which puts a renewed focus on briefing stories proactively.
Communications professionals at DFID have a real challenge to convey what the
department is doing to meet these promises and how UK taxpayers’ money is being
spent. There is an increased focus on working proactively to find and brief DFID
stories to national, local, specialist and ‘non-news’ media.
These posts will appeal to experienced press officers who are keen to be
creative and to work proactively as well as reactively to ensure the work of
DFID is effectively communicated to the UK public.
Closing date: 21 July 2008 @ 5pm UK Time
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