Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Role Competencies:
Planning Timescales:
• To control and manage the planning and delivery of MKFM’s news, website, app and social media channels.
• Be able to plan, create and deliver written content across all platforms including MKFM websites, apps, social media channels and for the radio.
• Be able to work to produce fast-paced news to short deadlines and on the spot with breaking stories.
• Manage MKFM volunteers, arranging and planning content with and for them while ensuring MKFM’s voice on all content created.
Decision Making:
• Able to decide what is newsworthy and unbiased relevant content to share in MKFM’s tone of voice.
• Ability to assess which social media platform is suitable per story.
• Prioritising news stories and communications in a timely manner.
Impact and Influence:
• Engage with local community on important issues and matters using articles, interviews, pictures, and polls etc.
• Interact with local leaders: in politics, business, community groups.
Skill Level:
• Be able to act calmly and efficiently during a breaking news story.
• Abide by media law and press guidelines on ALL reporting, providing a high level of judgement on content.
• Must be able to demonstrate support to wider businesses outside of main role eg. sales, marketing, on-air, clients.
Communication:
• Be able to act calmly and efficiently during a breaking news story.
• Deliver coverage of press releases, reviews and features to provide opportunities and development within the community and business.
Budget Management:
• Facebook ads and bonus schemes
Lead and Develop:
• Manage and utilise volunteers: to help with coverage of press releases, reviews and features to provide opportunities and development within the community and business.
• Develop targets for MKFM’s social media and online reach.
Operating Parameters:
• Populate and manage: website, social media channels and MKFM app, ensuring all are consistently up to date.
• Manage and utilise volunteers: to help with coverage of press releases, reviews and features to provide opportunities and development within the community and business.
• Be able to organise interviews with key figures across the city, as well as the local community, charities, sports teams, businesses and residents.
• Be able to attend important press conferences with Thames Valley Police, City Council, local government, MPs as well as smaller conferences.
• Keep social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram up to date and monitor interactions with residents, businesses and key figures.
• Keep social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram up to date and monitor interactions with residents, businesses and key figures.
Essential and Desirable Job Criteria:
• Relevant degree e.g. Journalism or Broadcast Journalism (E)
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment under pressure (E)
• Extensive understanding of media law and legal press requirements (E)
• Excellent verbal and written English (E)
• Excellent time management skills (E)
• Good understanding of Milton Keynes including political figures and communities (D)
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines with breaking news (E)
• Good understanding of social media platforms (D)
• Ability to edit and create content such as graphics and podcasts for all platforms (D)
Safeguarding - We are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and young people (CYP) and at-risk Adults (ARA) Our expectation is that you will fully accept your responsibility for the safety and welfare of all CYP and ARA by being fully conversant with all our safeguarding policies and reporting anything that does not appear to be correct. The post maybe subject to an enhanced DBS check and yearly self-declarations.
Equality and Diversity – must be able to demonstrate that equality, diversity and inclusion will be maintained and developed across all programmes and areas of the business.
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Salary
£25k per annum
