Post Title: Media and Communications Officer
Contract type: 2-year fixed term contract, full time
Rank/grade: D
Salary: Starting £38,490 + £7,160 London Weighting
Directorate/department: Corporate Services / Corporate Communications
Vetting level required: MV/SC
Location: Guildhall Yard East
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
Who are we?
As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. London City is the smallest borough in London, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not – because there’s so much going on.
City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a Police Staff Member you will be helping to making the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the city.
Hybrid working - This Police Staff role adheres to Corporation of London’s hybrid working policy, which requires a 60% office attendance rate. The specifics of this will be discussed locally with your hiring manager if you’re successful for the role.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force.
About the team
Corporate Communications is at the core of the City of London Police. The department includes internal communications, digital communications and the press office, and works to support the force’s responsibilities locally within the Square Mile, and nationally as the lead force for fraud.
About the role
As Media and Communications Officer, you will work within the City of London Police’s Corporate Communication team to deliver a comprehensive media liaison and communications service – both proactive and reactive. You will work within the portfolio that delivers communication activity as part of the City of London Police’s remit as the National Lead Force for fraud (NLF). This includes supporting live investigations, promoting crime prevention and awareness campaigns, developing media strategies, and handling press enquiries.
You will work closely with operational teams and external stakeholders to ensure clear, accurate, and timely messaging across a range of channels. In addition, you will contribute to internal communications and wider public relations activity that supports the City of London Police’s strategic priorities and enhances its national profile.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
-Work with the Media and Engagement Manager to achieve positive and proactive coverage in the media for the force by developing opportunities and exploiting them through good media contacts. Apply knowledge and understanding of the media’s needs to help maintain the force’s reputation.
-Build and develop positive working relationship with key partners and stakeholders to proactively promote the collaborative work of the NLF function and drive organisational goals.
-Manage press office activity such as handling media queries, facilitate and manage filming, delivery of media training to internal stakeholders, and ensure the media office is fully supported (particularly during major incidents and busy periods).
-Prepare media releases, briefings and media packages, as well as managing filming from external production companies.
-Work with other team members, stakeholders and partners to provide advice and guidance on handling media and communications activity relating to force activity, particularly reputational matters.
-Establish good working relationships at all levels within the force to deliver communications support and advice. Ensure all relevant departmental team members and relevant communication professionals are kept informed as appropriate.
Requirements
Your application will be scored against the criteria listed below for shortlisting. Please ensure that you reference your ability, knowledge and experience against these points in your application.
-A broad and practical experience of working in a busy, high profile press office and managing media engagement for national, regional and b2b publications is essential. Knowledge of policing is desirable.
-Experience working with stakeholders and external partners to support strategic initiatives and partnerships.
-Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to enable the post holder to deal with people at all levels both inside and outside of the organisation.
-Good planning and organisation skills with the ability to multi-task and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
-Excellent written communication skills to enable the post holder to draft media releases write internal and external articles and prepare clear and concise briefing documents.
-Comfortable using digital technology, including adding articles to the internet and intranet as required.
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK. Due to security vetting requirements for this role being MV/SC, applicants must have continuously resided in the UK for the 5 years immediately preceding their application. Unfortunately, we are unable to progress applications that do not meet this requirement.
If you would like to discuss the role please contact: Laura Savage, Media and Engagement Manager at laura.savage@cityoflondon.police.uk.
Selection Process
As part of the initial application process, you will be asked to evidence how your experience, skills, and knowledge align with the points listed above in the ‘Requirements Section.’
The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT and Copilot, is permitted to review and edit application responses for spelling, grammar, and clarity. However, all responses must accurately reflect your own skills, knowledge, and experience and must not be generated by AI or contain plagiarised content. Applications found to include plagiarism or AI-generated content will be withdrawn.
The closing date for applications is 26th October 2026 @ 23:59hrs
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, anticipated to be held on 5th & 6th November 2026.
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Benefits:
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it’s vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit:
- LGPS Pension Scheme -Local Government Pension Scheme explained - Which?
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme -Welcome to Blue Light Card
- Discounts within the Square Mile specifically for City of London Police employees
- Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
- 29 days’ annual leave + bank holidays, increasing up to 34 days with continuous service
- Season Ticket Loans
