Media Literacy Manager
Posted a week ago by Omni RMS
Job Type:
Fixed Term - 14 months
Hybrid - 2/3 days in office
Please note that this role will close at 00:01 on Thursday 13 February, and therefore we advise getting your application in no later than midnight on Wednesday 12 February.
About Ofcom
Ofcom is the regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day. We make sure people get the best from their broadband, home phone and mobile services, as well as keeping an eye on TV and radio.
Our culture is clear – we live by our values: Empowerment; Excellence; Collaboration; Agility and Respect. These define how we work to deliver our purpose, now and in the future. The behaviours which support these values set the path for a fully inclusive and innovative culture at Ofcom.
We focus not only on what we do, but how we do it. We pride ourselves on being an organisation of people who genuinely care about helping others.
About the team
This role is part of our Media Literacy Policy team which forms part of Ofcom’s Strategy and Policy Team.
Media literacy ensures that people can navigate content safely and flourish online. Ofcom defines media literacy as “the ability to use, understand and create media and communications across multiple formats and services”. Media literacy therefore has a foundational role to play in Ofcom’s overall mission to “make communications work for everyone”.
Purpose of the Role
Our 3-year strategy prioritizes developing the media literacy skills of children and young people, older people and those most likely to be impacted by online harm. We have chosen to focus the delivery of our programme primarily in areas experiencing financial deprivation. We are looking for someone to deliver those strategic aims. In addition, we have a relentless focus on ‘what works’ so sharing the insights from the work we commission, through effective evaluation and dissemination is a key part of this role.
We are also working hard to make media literacy everyone’s business, and for this role that means embedding media literacy into the digital inclusion agenda throughout the UK.
What you are expected to deliver in this role:
Manage the organisations that are delivering our media literacy community and skills development work:
- Maintaining supportive relationships with the organisations delivering media literacy interventions for Ofcom; ensuring milestones are met, obstacles are overcome, and learnings are shared.
- Developing a community of excellence between the organisations we commission to create a culture of mutual sharing and learning;
- Sharing insights and lessons learned from these interventions with organisations well-placed to deliver media literacy activities and those who fund them through our networks and beyond.
Engage with education authorities and schools to encourage and support media literacy education:
- Commissioning Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses for teachers, ensuring the impact of the training is evaluated and signposting participants on to further resources.
- Working with regional partners to understand what works in media literacy education and sharing our learnings with teachers, senior leaders and relevant education authorities.
- Collaborating with Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) in England to ensure their schools are equipped to support and signpost parents with a view to developing this into a national approach.
Continue to build on the digital inclusion infrastructure:
- Maintaining our ‘place-based’ model of media literacy where local experts build on the existing offer in their community and embed media literacy into local digital strategies and/or digital inclusion offers
- Developing this model in Northern Ireland
- Learning from and collaborate with digital inclusion experts including by engaging with the Digital Inclusion Alliance Wales and the LGA’s Digital Inclusion Network in England as well as any forthcoming equivalents in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Knowledge sharing:
- Drawing implications from this work for our wide media literacy programme – especially making media literacy everyone’s business.
- Embedding our insights into policy development and exploring the implications across the organisation’s wider work.
Essential Skills, knowledge and experience:
- Forming Relationships Strong relationship-development skills and credibility within the media literacy, education or digital inclusion sector(s)
- Executing Plans: Strong organisational skills , Accuracy and attention to detail. Ability to effectively prioritise workload and react to changing priorities
- Owning Accountabilities: Being proactive, Take responsibility for your actions, decisions, and their outcomes. Show up reliably and commit to getting the job done, as an individual and as a team player.
- Articulating Ideas: Strong written communications skills, including email writing and editing;
- Trailblazing Ideas: A creative and open mind;
- Experience of budget management
At Ofcom we prioritise inclusive and diverse recruitment in order to truly reflect the society we represent.
Where positions are listed as full time, we remain open to reduced hours, part-time arrangements, job shares and other flexible working options from day one of employment. We warmly welcome applications from candidate returning to work after a break – for whatever reason.
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- Job Reference:
- JR1931
- Job ID:
- 222983477
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