Advertiser's description (via Farming the Future):
About Farming the Future
Farming the Future is a collective that acts as a funding intermediary and movement building catalyst within food and farming in the UK. We are made up of donor partners contributing to a pooled fund, and ambassadors from the agroecology and food sovereignty movements who help shape the collective within a sociocratic governance model and decide how and where to allocate our resources. Our work involves listening to and working in partnership with the movement we serve to support the enabling conditions for systems change, as well as translating our learning into advocacy within philanthropy for more and better funding for a UK farming transition.
About the role
We are currently seeking freelance support as part of a strategic project working with various experts and storytellers to help us develop our approach to collective impact and communication within Farming the Future.
- We are currently seeking freelance support from one or more communications professionals to assist us with communicating our learning to different stakeholders.
- We are seeking proactive, creative communications professional(s) with strong visual and writing skills.
- You will be able to utilise a range of different content types/approaches including: slide decks, blogs, briefing papers and visuals to /make complex information accessible.
- These are not a PR, social media or public facing comms roles.
- You will be working closely with our two part time staff members and at times alongside other freelancers.
- We have put a rough price tag on each job based on an estimate of days and an £380+ day rate. We are happy to discuss this.
- Familiarity with the food and farming sector is preferred but not essential.
- £380+ day rate, negotiable
We have split the work into different areas of support and invite people to express interest in one or more of these depending on skills/availability.
Package 1: “Making the Case” for FTF and the Agroecology Sector
Estimated at up to 25 days at c.£380/day to end of July
Package 2: Collective Impact Communication Storyteller
Fee dependent on time/ deliverables
Package 3: Website content curation and creation support
Estimated at up to 10 days at c.£380/day to end of July
How to apply
Please email us with the areas you are interested in and a covering note highlighting appropriate experience, including examples of your work (design and writing). Please send these, and any other supporting info (e.g. CV, LinkedIn profile and recommendations), to info@farmingthefuture.uk by 21st Feb. We will be in touch to acknowledge receipt and will invite you to have a further conversation with us if we feel you would be a good fit.
