Media and Public Affairs Officer
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Start date: ASAP
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the independent regulator for advertising in the UK and works to ensure that ads across media are legal, decent, honest and truthful. Our work includes acting on and investigating complaints as well as proactively monitoring and taking action against misleading, harmful or offensive ads.
The Media and Public Affairs Officer works in the Communications team and plays an integral role in helping raise awareness of our work among parliamentarians, media and consumers, which includes defending our reputation and articulating our policy decisions. Reporting to the Media and Public Affairs Manager and working alongside and supporting the Public Affairs Advisor and Media Relations Officer, this is an incredibly varied role offering fantastic opportunities for professional development. The role holder will gain direct experience in handling enquiries from national media, developing media plans and PR materials, attending meetings with and briefing MPs and legislators from across the devolved nations, responding to public consultations as well as monitoring and reporting on political and policy developments that impact on our work.
The regulatory landscape in the UK is currently going through seismic change and the ASA is at the heart of the public policy debates and media scrutiny surrounding regulation online. How do we ensure we continue to effectively protect consumers and businesses across the online ecosystem? How do we forge ever closer partnership working with major online platforms? How is harnessing technology helping us to deliver on our strategy to have more impact online? You will play a key part in shaping the arguments and influencing important stakeholders.
This is a hands-on role, in a fast-paced public affairs and media environment and no one day is the same. You will need to be engaged and interested in the workings of Government, have a hunger for the news and media relations and be passionate about communications. A team player and able to build relations internally including with senior colleagues and across departments you will also need the ability to think creatively and work autonomously.
We have a culture that’s open, friendly and collaborative. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and we’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive organisation, both so we can represent everyone in the UK and so our own colleagues feel at home at work.
How to apply: If you are interested in applying, please review the job description below and complete the online questions outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and how you can contribute to the success of the ASA.
The Company
We are the UK’s independent frontline regulator of ads by legitimate businesses and other organisations in all media, including online. We are authoritative and influential on ad regulation; the centre of expertise. The rules we administer and enforce are contained in the UK Advertising Codes, written by the industry Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP). To help maintain our independence from the industry that funds us, we are primarily funded at arm’s length by the Advertising Standards Boards of Finance (Asbof). Together, the ASA, CAP and Asbof make up the ASA system.
Our purpose is to make sure ads are responsible. Our ambition is to make sure every UK ad is a responsible ad. Our values are to be proactive, collaborative, accountable, transparent and decisive. We want external stakeholders to find us to be: independent in administering the Codes; evidence-based, proportionate, targeted and consistent; and reflective of society, not a social engineer.
We are passionate about what we do because responsible ads are good for people, good for society and good for business. They entertain and inform us, helping us to choose products and services. They fund the media, sport and culture we all enjoy. They can be a force for social good, encouraging us to contribute to good causes, make more responsible choices and stay safe. And they help deliver competition and power the economy. By making sure ads are responsible, we protect people from being misled, harmed or offended, helping them feel more confident in the ads they see and hear.
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