Communications and Community Officer

Fair Trade Wales is looking for an enthusiastic communications and community officer who can use their skills to support grassroots communities in Wales, create and deliver engaging bilingual communications, and develop and distribute resources.

This role would suit a friendly and experienced team player, committed to the values of Fair Trade Wales, who enjoys variety in their job and is able to prioritise and organise their workload effectively. If you are passionate about justice and global equality, and want to encourage people to campaign for change and go further for Fair Trade, then this could be the job for you.

Fair Trade Wales works to support, grow and promote the Fair Trade movement in Wales. Our vision is to see an equal world, using our values of support, collaboration and empowerment. Come and join a friendly and Fair Trade organisation.

Fair Trade Wales is established as a company, limited by guarantee with not-for-profit status. We work as part of the Hub Cymru Africa (HCA) partnership and are based in Cardiff. Hub Cymru Africa is currently funded by the Welsh Government’s Wales and Africa programme. The post-holder will work in collaboration with Hub Cymru Africa to maximise the effectiveness of the sector.

Details

Reports to: Head of Fair Trade Wales

Term: Two years initially

Salary: NJC band 18, £30,559

Location: Main office is Cardiff; some travel and overnight stays may be required; remote working and other locations will be considered.

Hours: 15 hours per week - 0.4 pro rata

Pension: Employer Contribution of 5% gross salary under the NEST scheme subject to 5% employee contribution

Annual leave: 25 days holiday pro rata/ pa excluding bank holidays

Flexible working: All flexible working requests considered

Closing Date: 12 noon on the 25th November. Interviews will take place on Tuesday 10th December.

Overall purpose of the role

The main purpose of this role is to:

• Support and engage the Fair Trade Wales (FTW) community
• Communicate and raise awareness of Fair Trade and Trade Justice clearly and effectively
• Assist with events and projects developed by Fair Trade Wales and partner organisations
• Contribute to developing the future direction of Fair Trade Wales.

Job description

Community outreach

• Liaise with, support and develop the FTW community
• Act as key contact point for FTW community representatives and other organisations throughout Wales
• Support Fairtrade Fortnight activities in Wales, including involving international Fair Trade producers in events.

Communications

• Develop and implement a communications plan for FTW, in conjunction with Hub Cymru Africa (HCA) colleagues
• Produce effective bilingual communications across all FTW channels (website, newsletters, social media) and external media
• Organise the creation and distribution of a variety of bilingual resources for the Fair Trade movement, ensuring suitable resources are available at all times
• Keep relevant databases and contacts complete and up to date, in line with relevant legislation.

Additional responsibilities

• Keep up-to-date with global and local Fair Trade knowledge
• Do appropriate monitoring, evaluation and learning
• Participate in HCA and FTW meetings, where appropriate
• Support the Head of Fair Trade Wales to ensure achievement of FTW targets, including on policy work
• Comply with all reasonable requests subject to the overall specifications of the role.