Press and Communications Officer, Wales

* you’ll start at our entry point salary of £16,147* (FTE £26,912*)per annum, increasing to £17,156* (FTE £28,594*)after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £18,166* (FTE £30,276*)after a further 6 months

We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award-winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.

We’re looking for a tenacious, proactive Press and Communications Officer to join our team and help us meet our ambitious goals.

You’ll be communicating with both Welsh and English speaking audiences, and you must be a fluent Welsh speaker/writer.

Crucially, you’ll promote and deliver media coverage/strategies to promote our work with a particular emphasis on promoting our fundraising, campaigning and service activity.

You’ll also be our point of contact for media enquiries we receive. And you’ll support the development and delivery of our digital communications, ensuring we have a strong and representative social media presence.

The chosen candidate will have relevant experience (such as a press office, PR agency or journalism), and be comfortable managing competing priorities as part of a busy team. You’ll have excellent writing and communications skills in Welsh and English, and a positive attitude.

Welsh language written and speaking skills are essential. An application submitted in Welsh will be treated no less favourably than an application submitted in English.

• a supporting statement. This should show how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification of the job description

If you'd like to discuss the role in confidence first, please contact our HR team by email at:

We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and/or people from minoritised ethnic backgrounds.

You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.

You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.

You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.

You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.

• The HR team will anonymise your CV and supporting statement before forwarding to the shortlisting panel. This is done as part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• The first round of our recruitment and selection process includes an interview with competency-based questions.
• Our recruitment and selection process might also include extra tasks. For example, a written or Microsoft Excel test or making a presentation.
• We’ll let you know what the selection process will…