Advertiser's description (via the Landworkers' Alliance):
About the Landworkers’ Alliance
The Landworkers’ Alliance (LWA) is a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers operating across the UK. Our mission is to improve the livelihoods of our members and create a better food and land-use system for everyone. We have a vision of a future where producers can work with dignity to earn a decent living and everyone can access local, healthy and affordable food, fuel and fibre - a food and land-use system based on agroecology and food sovereignty that furthers social and environmental justice.
Mode of working
The working mode in the LWA is relatively autonomous and the function of the staff in the LWA is to design, develop and deliver work plans and projects that include coming up with team objectives and targets and creating strategies to deliver work inline with the objectives, priorities and targets outlined in the development strategy and set by LWA staff team and LWA membership.
In addition to specific job responsibilities, this role will include a portion of time dedicated to internal/all staff work and staff will be required to participate in staff meetings, staff trainings, staff strategy days, membership engagement events and the LWA Annual General Meeting.
The LWA does not have a centralised office and our staff work remotely but may be required to attend meetings that take place in various locations around the UK. Reasonable travel costs will be covered in addition to the salary. Candidates must have the skills and confidence to work remotely as part of a diverse team and demonstrate a proven capacity to self-manage and work autonomously.
We work to create a supportive working environment that accommodates staff with caring roles, in particular those with child care responsibilities, and/or other responsibilities or needs. We can offer flexible working hours within the working week and are willing to negotiate additional unpaid leave over the school summer holiday period. We also offer a bonus additional paid week of annual leave around Christmas and New Years to support all staff to be able to take a break and holiday over December- January.
We are committed to our Equality and Diversity Statement and we welcome and encourage applications from anyone interested in this role who feels they have the relevant experience and skills. We would like to particularly encourage those from under represented and marginalised groups to consider applying for this role.
The use of personal IT equipment is required for this role. If this poses a challenge for you we encourage you to get in touch (contact details below) as we do not wish this to be a barrier to applying.
Role overview and job description
For this exciting role, we are seeking a confident and skilled communicator who has a passion for storytelling and producing engaging content that centres around raising the profile of the Landworkers’ Alliance and our members.
The role will involve coordinating, developing and delivering communications aimed at our members and the wider public through multiple modes of communication that include, but are not limited to, newsletters, social media platforms, and the Landworkers’ Alliance website as well as press work through alternative, agricultural and mainstream media outlets. A key part of this role will be centering member voices in our comms, working with our membership team to identify stories and members to profile and highlight in order to show the diversity of our membership, the work they do and the challenges they face.
This role also involves training and supporting the Landworkers’ Alliance staff team to create comms for their projects and teams (including a wide range of projects, events, sales, training and exchange programmes), as well as inputting into strategic comms conversations for projects such as the LWA calendar and the Land Skills Fair.
The Communications Coordinator will work closely with the Campaigns Communications Coordinator to make up the Communications Team.
