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WEAll is recruiting: Communications lead (maternity cover)

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Published on April 16, 2020

The Wellbeing Economy Alliance is recruiting for a freelance communications professional to join the team on a part-time, temporary basis as Communications Lead. This position is a maternity cover post, for seven months from 22 June 2020.

Click to download a PDF of the job description with full details of how to apply:

More about WEAll

WEAll is the leading global collaboration of organisations, alliances, movements and individuals working together to transform the economic system into one that delivers human and ecological wellbeing.

It is vital that collaboration and togetherness define our destination and also how we get there. The transformation required calls for an entirely different way of being within human society: a shift from “us vs. them” to “WE All”

A crucial role for WEAll is providing the connective tissue between the different elements of the movement for a wellbeing economy.

WEAll is driving forward and coordinating ambitious work to:

• Shift popular narratives around the purpose of the economy
• Synthesise and disseminate knowledge and evidence about what a wellbeing economy looks like and how we get there
• Galvanise a non-elite power base through place-based hubs and a global network of individuals and organisations.

Everything WEAll does, we do together with our members. WEAll was born out of a number of local and global movements, whose pioneering work formed the foundations of our theory of change. Now, with over 100 organisational members and over 50 renowned academics in our network, WEAll is the leading collaborative movement for economic system change.

Find out more by exploring the WEAll website. Potential candidates are encouraged to read the WEAll Vision brochure (click to download PDF).

More about the role

This is an opportunity to work with a highly motivated team committed to accelerating economic system change. A team with a set of dedicated values: Togetherness, Care, Honesty, Equality and Passion.  This is WEAll’s core ‘amplification’ (Amp) team.

The Communications Lead position offers the opportunity to lead on the management and enhancement of WEAll’s communications approach and the promotion of wellbeing economy ideas. Amplification of our vision and the work of our members around the world is critical to our theory of change.

The position is a fantastic opportunity for someone with skills and experience in strategic communications; and who wants to be part of building a better system for people and planet. You will be part of an exciting movement, working with people from all over the world who are collaborating to transform the economy.

Start date: Monday 22 June 2020

Contract type: 7-month self-employed contract with the potential to renew (maternity cover)

Fee: Up to £2,000 per month (dependent on experience) for a 0.6 FTE role (3 days per week equivalent). This figure is inclusive of all taxes for which the contractor will be responsible.

Hours of work: The nature of this role is that flexibility in hours is both required by the role (for example, there will be some evening and weekend work) but also offered by WEAll.

Location: While we encourage and welcome applications from anywhere in the world (working from home), we understand and appreciate the value of human connection. As such, our preference is to recruit for a person to be based in Glasgow [Scotland] where we can provide access to a co-working space.

What we are looking for: We are looking for an organised, flexible and highly motivated individual with demonstrable strategic communications skills, and a passion for economic system change. The focus for the role is to take the lead on WEAll’s communications strategy and delivery to drive engagement with the wellbeing economy vision amongst the public and influencing targets. The post holder must be adaptable, creative and – due to the nature of our small start-up organisation – willing and able to turn their hand to a range of tasks and projects as required.

The deadline for applications is 23:59 BST Sunday 10 May, and interviews will be carried out on Tuesday 19 May. Full details of how to apply are found in the job description (click to download)

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