Job Description

The Air Ambulance Service provides two very important functions, Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) and The Children's Air Ambulance (TCAA) which provides paediatric transfers across the UK. Our objective is to save lives, utilising specialist pilots, doctors, and paramedics and with our work centered on saving lives, improving clinical outcomes and being able to react quickly and efficiently to emergencies.


We are at the forefront of innovative clinical care, and we challenge boundaries.


Every day our charity is tasked with a unique set of missions which we respond to with our fantastic services, all of which are funded entirely by voluntary donations, trading and fundraising activities we undertake. This ethos remains at our core; we are here to work alongside and help the NHS without using their available funds. The impact we make with our services is to keep people alive, keep families together, to let children grow into adults and to enable the NHS to carry out more work than they would have been able to without our support.


We also impact our communities by creating jobs, taking actions to improve the environment, bringing people together as volunteers and creating worthwhile training and experience opportunities.


Our work is only made possible by the wonderful support and generosity of the public, together with the dedication, skill and enthusiasm of staff and volunteers in all areas of operation. This support enables us to invest into our operational services, into developing staff and volunteers and into our future financial stability to protect the services needed now and in the future.

Job Title:

Press Officer

Location:

Rugby - Hybrid (40% office based)

Full Time:

37.5 hours

Annual Salary:

27,000

Closing Date:

2nd June 2025

Interview Date:

13th June 2025

Please note, this is a maternity cover position and will end in February 2026

Job Purpose

Responsible for providing a first-line response to queries and requests from external press partners and internal stakeholders. Reporting to the Communications Manager, you will play a key role in our communications strategy by ensuring messaging strategies are effective and building strong media relationships..





Key Responsibilities

Answering phone calls and emails from journalists, Writing press releases, Devising and producing proactive media campaigns, Monitoring media coverage, Fostering good relations with the media, and Responding to the media during crisis PR events or negative incidents.



Compliance Responsibilities


All colleagues hold additional responsibilities regarding:

Health & Safety and Environment. Safeguarding Data Protection Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Quality

You are expected and encouraged to raise and escalate appropriately any potential breaches or areas for improvement regarding the above.
Person Specification


Demonstrable evidence of behaviour in line with the core values of TAAS throughout career to date. Collaborative approach to achieving departmental and wider organisational objectives Passion for the work that TAAS does A flexible approach to allow adaptability to the changing needs of the organisation Exceptional communication skills, both written and oral Strong networking skills, with an ability to form relationships quickly and maximise their value Ability to prioritise and cope with changing deadlines Resilient and persuasive with challenging stakeholders Understanding of social media and its positive impact on promoting a press release

The role is subject to a Basic DBS check.

Environment

TAAS is an inclusive working environment where Equality, Diversity and Human Rights are guiding principles, individuals are respected and a value of having a diverse workforce is recognised. The recruitment, employment and development of people are based on qualifications, experience and competency to do the job, eliminating personal bias or prejudice.


As an organisation, TAAS are committed to ensuring the safety and welfare of children and vulnerable adults involved in any of our activities. Our commitment applies to all acting on our behalf, i.e., employees, contractors, volunteers, supporters, patient, donors and visitors, meaning that all have a responsibility towards safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults with whom they have contact with. Any new staff starting with the organisation will need to be committed to Safeguarding, complete relevant Safeguarding training and report any concerns they may have. TAAS operate a safer recruitment process, as part of our Safeguarding policy, which includes identifying and rejecting anyone who may be a risk to vulnerable people.


* Please note that we reserve the right to close this before the stated date, should the hiring manager deem there to be enough suitable applicants.