Press Office Manager
Intro
We have a great opportunity for a Press Office Manager to join our Corporate Affairs team, on a permanent basis in our London office (hybrid based).
Who we are
Railpen is responsible for the safekeeping and investment of around £34 billion in assets and the administration of several pension schemes, including the Railways Pension Scheme, one of the UK's largest and longest established pension funds.
Our heritage of looking after the pension needs of the rail industry and its employees gives us our name and our unique outlook on how we serve our members. Railpen takes a holistic view, focusing on how we serve members today and how we can positively impact the communities and the world they will retire into.
To learn more about Railpen including our values, culture and purpose, visit our LinkedIn Life page
The role
Within this role, you’ll be responsible for helping to shape the narrative around Railpen’s strategic priorities, building advocacy through the media, and safeguarding our reputation.
Leading a proactive and responsive press office, you’ll ensure alignment with business objectives and regulatory context, to ensure Railpen is recognised as a credible, purpose-driven voice in the pension, investment and rail sectors.
The person
You’ll either have a journalist, PR Agency or in-house press background. And your solid experience in that field will be complimented by a specific sector focus on Pensions and Investments.
With excellent written and verbal skills, you’re adept at communicating strategic initiatives, complex issues and corporate priorities into clear media narratives. Highly familiar with managing day-to-day press activity, such as inbound queries, responses, and media monitoring, you’re also confident in proactively building advocacy through trusted relations, industry engagement and crisis management.
You’re accustomed to building relationships with senior level stakeholders, and experience of having managed external supplier relationships would be beneficial. Ability to take a holistic, strategic view across all PR activity within the organisation - to ensure a comprehensive, seamless approach - will set you up for success in this role.
We’ll also be looking for you to work collaboratively and effectively with a wide variety of internal and external contacts, from internal subject matter experts, to trade journalists. Highly organised and effective at prioritising, you’re solutions focused and can offer a calm response to time-sensitive situations. You’re adept at delivering quality resolutions, appropriate to the audience.
Our values of integrity, community and alignment are the guiding principles that influence our behaviour. They help us make decisions and shape our relationships with others. They’re what we stand for. You will actively demonstrate our values, helping to create a safe environment, to place the needs of the Railpen community above oneself and, through a culture of ‘fair challenge’, align to the best interests of our members.
What we can offer you Rewarding you
- A competitive salary (depending on experience)
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28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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Generous annual bonus plan
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We provide membership of the Railways Pension Scheme, a Defined Benefit arrangement under which you get a pension for life and a lump sum when you retire, based on your length of service and pay
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4x Life Assurance cover
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Colleague referral scheme
Heath & Wellbeing
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Private Medical Insurance
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Employee assistance programme
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Health cash plan
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Eye care vouchers
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Flu vaccination
Lifestyle
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We support hybrid and flexible working along with very generous family leave including 12 months full pay maternity leave and 6 months full pay paternity leave
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Buy and sell holidays
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Give as you earn scheme
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Paid volunteering days
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Flexible half days leave
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Electric vehicle leasing
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Cycle to work scheme
Next Steps
Please apply via the apply button or visit Careers Page by Sunday 11th May
Railpen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, we value diversity and welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life
What We Do
The Railways Pension Scheme is one of the UK’s largest and longest established pension funds. Railpen is responsible for the safekeeping and investment of around £34 billion on behalf of the scheme’s 350,000 members who are connected to the railway industry.
Railpen's purpose is to secure our members' future. To achieve this we invest the scheme’s assets to generate strong returns over the long term.
Our members and their employers trust us with this very significant responsibility. We are proud of this responsibility, take it very seriously, and are committed to, and passionate about, improving their future lives.
Generating the required returns is challenging. To be successful we must constantly strive to be considered a world-class asset owner by our stakeholders, with a proven track record of adding value for our members. This means we have to have excellent people, doing exemplary work, in every part of our business.
We use the size of our assets to invest wisely and influentially. Our convictions and a clear set of investment beliefs guide us through complex and changing markets. We’re not afraid to think innovatively or act boldly in the best interests of the members we are proud to serve
