The Landworkers’ Alliance is a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers.

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If you have any comments, critiques, considerations, compliments, complaints, about anything the Landworkers Alliance is or isn’t up to, do let us know your thought. We love feedback, it keeps a system healthy. Please fill in this quick form.

Membership / Supporter / Donation Queries

Please contact Lauren.Simpson@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk

Requests for work, volunteering or internships

We are currently not recruiting for any roles but please read our newsletters for any announcements. We currently do not offer any volunteer or internship placements directly with the LWA, but keep an eye out in the newsletter or on the forum for any members looking for volunteers or workers.

Academic/Research Enquiries

Please look at the Agroecology Research Collaboration to see if it fits your area of research/work.

Membership Support / Advice

Currently the LWA does not have capacity or resources to help individual members or potential members on their specific projects, farms or programmes. We get a lot of requests for individual support and would love to have the time to respond to each request in full. We are fundraising for a new role for somebody to focus on membership support and services as we have identified it is a gap in our offering so please watch this space. Having said that, if your query is critical and urgent please email info@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk including the word URGENT in the subject header and it will get picked up and we can try our best to help.

Contacting Individual Staff

Please take the time to explore our staff page here to see who the most relevant contact for your enquiry is.

Our addresses format is firstname.lastname@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk

Please bear in mind we all work part time and have limited capacity to respond to enquiries outside our core areas of work.

You can also find information under the About Us header about branch and regional organising, and identity groups within the LWA membership.

Press/Media Enquiries:

For any queries relating to press please email press@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk

Merchandise/calendar Enquiries

For any enquiries to do with shop sales including the calendar please email merchandise@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk

To Include an Item in Our Newsletter:

You can fill in this quick form to submit it to be included in the next bulletin/newsletter. The deadline to submit is the end of Friday each week for the following week’s member bulletin. With the same form you can also submit to the monthly non-member newsletter which goes out in the first week of the month.

All Other Enquiries:

For any other enquiries that are URGENT please email info@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk with the word ‘urgent’ in the subject header and we will do our best to help.

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Jobs

The Landworkers’ Alliance are recruiting for three roles.

 

Operations Coordinator and Governance Officer

Hours: 
32 hours per week

Duration:
13 month contract (maternity cover). 1st September 2023 – 30th September 2024 (start date negotiable).

Remuneration:
£30,014 pro rata salary. Including a 3% statutory pension contribution and holiday allowance.

Application Deadline:
Friday 7th  July 2023, 9am.

About the role:

The Landworkers’ Alliance are recruiting for an Operations Coordinator and Governance Officer for a 13 month maternity leave cover contract from 1st September 2023 – 30th September 2024. This is a central role within the Landworkers’ Alliance, and is part of the Operations Team. 

You will play a key role in holding an overview of and facilitating the work of the Operations Team, including ensuring that the LWA’s work, operational effectiveness and financial wellbeing is in line with the organisation’s strategic plans.

You will also hold the role of Governance Officer and be responsible for providing information, support and facilitation to the Landworkers’ Alliance Coordinating Group to ensure they are supported to deliver on their mandate, and working closely with other staff and working groups who work on governance within different areas of the Landworkers’ Alliance. 

The ideal candidate will be dynamic, committed and forward thinking, with a proven track record in operational management, ideally in a union, grassroots organisation or the third sector, whilst bringing significant experience in strong leadership, governance and management skills.

More info and job description here.

 

HR Coordinator and Finance Administrator

Hours: 
32 hours per week

Duration:
Contract till September 2024 (with view to extend) , beginning as soon as possible

Remuneration:
£30,014 pro rata salary. Including a 3% statutory pension contribution and holiday allowance.

Application Deadline:
Friday 7th  July 2023, 9am.

About the role:

We are looking for a HR Coordinator and Finance Administrator that will provide a solid backbone to the organisation for all our personnel aspects  and financial administration. The role is required to offer technical, administrative and HR support to all LWA staff and freelancers, and working closely with all staff teams.

You will play a key role in developing and evolving our HR strategy and policies, and financial administration processes. Operationally, the role will provide advice and guidance to the Operations Team, the Coordinating Group and the rest of the staff body on best practice, organisational HR policies, terms and conditions of employment and employment law, and leading on and facilitating HR related discussions and decisions.

The ideal candidate will be dynamic, committed and forward thinking and ideally this role holder will have experience in a union, grassroots organisation or the third sector, whilst bringing significant experience in people and HR management, as well as financial administration. 

More info and job description here.

 

Finance Manager

Hours: 
32 hours per week.
This is a 4 day week role (32 hours/week).  These hours can be distributed over either 4 or 5 days within the working week, however the role holder needs to be available for work on Tuesdays and Fridays as this is when the majority of core Operations Team meetings happen. Most staff work a standard working day, however if you have childcare or other caring responsibilities or additional support needs, we are willing to negotiate and accommodate a degree of flexibility to how you distribute your hours.


Duration:
2 year contract (24 months), with intention to extend, funding dependent.

Start date:
As soon as possible given any required notice periods (we understand that some job roles require up to a 12 week notice period), or subject to negotiation depending on circumstances.

Remuneration:
Salary band £30,014 to £35,464 depending on qualifications and experience

Application Deadline:
Wednesday 12th July, 9am.

Interviews:
Wednesday 26th July, online.

About the role:

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic and experienced Finance Manager to work with us to manage and stabilise our growth. Over the last three years, we have increased our turnover and the number of projects we are working on, employ a larger team of staff, and have a growing number of members and supporters. The Finance Manager will be responsible for the strategic financial development and management of the LWA at this key moment in our organisational development.

More info and job description here.

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