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Press Officer

Salary: £41,747 per annum Location: Leeds

Key Points:

  • Fixed Term for 12 months
  • 37 hours pw
  • Applications for part time / job share will be considered
  • Closing date - 21 June 2026 at 23:55
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Role details

We currently have a vacancy for a Press Officer to join our press team.

Joining at a time when the Combined Authority is moving towards deeper devolution, the successful candidate will work as part of a team of seven, identifying proactive press opportunities, and protecting the reputation of the organisation by managing reactive enquiries effectively.

This role is a great opportunity to use your creativity to identify opportunities for great story telling, coming up with new ideas to talk to the public about how the Combined Authority and the mayor are delivering for them. You will get to work closely with the wider communications and marketing team, as well as building strong relationships with policy colleagues, senior members of the organisation and the mayor.

'Complete Later' function error

Since Sunday 7 June 2026, there has been an error with the application portal not allowing applicants to re-access their application forms after using the 'complete later' function within CiAnywhere.

When Applicants re-access their application using the link in their email to ‘resume application’, they are taken to the portal when an error message pops up stating ‘token not found’. This is being investigated by our technical team.  

Whilst the problem persists, applicants are advised to use an external source to compile their application responses and then copy and paste this into the application portal in one go. This will avoid having to use the 'complete later' function. The layout of the application form can be found within this guidance: Information for applicants.

We are working hard to resolve this issue as quickly as possible and will provide an update on this page when the portal is working as intended. If you have any queries regarding this, please contact us by email at recruitment@westyorks-ca.gov.uk. 

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