£38,000 – £42,000 per annum plus benefits. Reports to: Senior Manager – Regional Media Relations. Directorate: PIC. Contract: Permanent. Hours: 35 hours per week. Closing date: 1 November 2026. Location: Stratford, High flex – 1-2 days in the office. Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship. Recruitment Process: 2-stage interview process. Interview Dates: Virtual first-round interviews: Friday 13 November 2026. Face-to-face second-round interviews: Wednesday 18 November 2026.
What will I be doing?
- Plan, prepare, deliver and evaluate regional media campaigns and communications activity.
- Support communications around cancer prevention, health awareness, science, research and public health policy work.
- Build relationships with journalists and media contacts across regional outlets.
- Manage reactive media enquiries and identify local media opportunities.
What are we looking for?
- Experience in health journalism, media relations or public relations.
- Strong understanding of regional media.
- Confidence translating complex scientific information into accessible stories.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals. You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
We’re the world’s leading cancer charity, dedicated to saving and improving lives with our research. We work to reduce the impact of cancer on people’s day-to-day lives through our research, influence and information. We are beating cancer – step by step, day by day. Our work means that people with cancer live better lives through earlier diagnosis and kinder, more effective treatments.
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