Communications Officer (37.5 hours)
Employer: Company Chemists’ Association
Location: The role will predominantly involve remote working with occasional travel into London.
Salary: Up to £35,000
Closing date: 15th August 2025
Role summary
We are looking for a Communications Officer to drive our external communications programme. Working across a diverse range of topical issues, including NHS funding and government investment, workforce development, medicines supply, and vaccination, you will be the primary point of contact for the CCA’s PR, communications and social media programme.
Reporting into the Head of Public Affairs you will work closely with the CCA’s Policy team and our CEO to deliver the organisation’s communications plans.
The full job description is available here: Job description – Communications Officer
You will be:
- responsible for an active press office, pitching directly to and building relationships with national, broadcast and trade journalists, and fielding press queries to maintain the CCA’s external presence.
- designing branded policy reports and briefings which showcase the CCA’s thought-leadership and drive the policy agenda.
- working collaboratively with the communications leads from our member companies, who are some of the most recognisable brands on the high-street.
The position is ideal for someone with a minimum of two years’ experience, who is keen to work across an array of health and corporate communications issues.
You will be joining at an exciting time for the CCA and the community pharmacy sector.
Skills and experience
- 2 years of prior experience in an agency, press officer in an in-house role or a similar role (e.g. journalism).
- The ability to distil thought-leadership reports into a few key messages.
- Ability to foster good relationships with journalists and effectively pitch in stories using strong interpersonal skills.
- Good written and verbal communications skills.
- Good time management and ability to manage multiple requests and workstreams.
- Education to an undergraduate degree level, or equivalent, preferably in English, journalism, media studies or public relations is desirable though not essential.
- Understanding of Canva is desirable.
How to apply
To apply for the role, please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter to [email protected], with a subject line “Communications Officer vacancy”.
The closing date is Friday 15th August 2025. First round interviews will be held remotely and may take place before the closing date. Successful candidates will be invited to a second-round interview which will take place in-person and will be asked to undertake a task.
For further information or if you would like to arrange an informal conversation about your suitability for the role, please contact us at [email protected].
Diversity and Inclusion
At the CCA, we are committed to attracting diverse talent that represents the society we live in.
We encourage applications from all regardless of age, sexuality, socio-economic background, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion, or beliefs. We are committed to building a culture of belonging and inclusion and this is reflected in our policies, practices, and the executive team.
We are a family friendly organisation, and we encourage flexible working as we want our employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance. The role will be undertaken remotely with occasional travel into London.
Who are we?
Established in 1898, the CCA is the trade association for multiple pharmacy operators in England, Scotland and Wales. The CCA membership includes ASDA, Boots, Lincolnshire Co-op, Morrisons, Pharmacy2U, Rowlands Pharmacy, Superdrug, Tesco, and Well, who between them own and operate around 4,000 pharmacies across England, Scotland and Wales. CCA members deliver a broad range of healthcare and wellbeing services, from a variety of locations and settings, as well as dispensing over 400 million NHS prescription medicines every year. The CCA represents the interests of its members and brings together their unique skills, knowledge, and scale for the benefit of community pharmacy, the NHS, patients and the public.