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Job Description

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), a professional body with a membership of over 9,500 public relations practitioners, is entering a new phase in its 62 year history and is looking for a Director of Policy and Communications to lead the Institute's policy team.

The CIPR is the advocate and voice of the public relations profession. Working in the public interest, we aim to enhance the reputation and understanding of the public relations profession and the professionalism of our members. Policy and communications sit at the heart of the CIPR and this exciting new role will lead and develop activities in this area.

Policy – the development of guidance, standards, research and a voice on matters of importance to the public relations profession and for the public interest – plays a pivotal role at the CIPR. Its outputs feed into professional development and form the core of our member offer. From measurement and evaluation to social media, governance and discipline convergence, there are many fast developing areas that require expert guidance and research to help the Institute’s members and the profession to navigate a profession that is rapidly changing.

As the Chartered body for the public relations profession, the Institute also has a duty to develop and communicate best practice, according to the highest professional and ethical standards of practice.

This role is to lead the Institute’s policy team, which includes the development of best practice guidance, setting standards for practice, conducting and disseminating research and public affairs. Tasked with building the Institute’s voice and supporting policy outputs is a public relations, marketing and web team that sits within the Director of Policy’s team.

Applications

Applications closed at midday on 12 July 2010

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