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Press and External Affairs Officer

Employer
London and Quadrant Housing
Location
Stratford, E15 4PH
Salary
£31,000-£36,000pa
Closing date
27 Jan 2019

Job Details

About L&Q:

Are you a passionate media relations specialist, with experience working with national media? Are you a creative thinker with a proactive attitude to finding and telling compelling stories?

We’re looking for someone to be a journalist or in-house PR expert within our own organization. With a background in PR, communications, or journalism, you will have proven experience of proactively identifying, developing and pitching stories and features to secure and widespread media coverage.

Your writing abilities will translate complex policy and technical language into plain English and help maximize public and political understanding of our work. Your organisational skills will help us to maintain an effective press office and you’ll have lead responsibility for key areas of the business.

A large part of this role will focus on promoting L&Q’s inspiring Community Foundation, a £250 million investment to transform communities and help people lead independent lives.

Ideally your previous experience might include housing, planning, regeneration, community consultation, development or property PR. Alternatively you might have worked in the campaigning charity sector. But we are open to applications from all industries.

You’ll also have the opportunity to learn or develop skills in public affairs. We work directly with over 90 local authorities, the GLA and government.

Reporting to the Press and External Affairs Manager, this is a key post within a dynamic Communications Team. You’ll be self-motivated and able to work under your own initiative, but it’s also crucial that you’re a team player and supportive of the wider comms strategy.

At a time when housing tops both the public and political agenda, there has arguably never been more important to time to join us.

Closing date for completed applications: 27th January 2019
Proposed interview date: 5th February 2019

Company

L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 95,000 homes, primarily across London and the South East.

As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. We are a long-term partner in the neighbourhoods where we work. We hope to build aspiration, opportunity and confidence in our communities through our £250 million L&Q Foundation and our skills academy.

In response to the housing and affordability crisis, we will build 100,000 new homes over ten years. Of these, 60,000 homes will be built or funded by L&Q, whilst a further 40,000 will come through partnerships. Crucially, at least 50% of these new homes will be genuinely affordable, with a target of 60% in London.

Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.

Company info
Location
3 Maidstone Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 5HU
GB

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