Position: Press and Communications Officer, Wales
Hours: Part-Time, 21 hours per week
Location: Home-based in Wales
Salary: Starting from £26,912 per annum FTE (£16,147 actual for 21 hours per week) plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 1, Charity
You’ll start at our entry point salary of £26,912 FTE (£16,147 actual) per annum, increasing to £28,594 FTE (£17,156 actual) after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £30,276 FTE (£18,166 actual) after a further 6 months.
About us
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.
About this job
This is a brilliant opportunity to join our hardworking, creative and supportive MS Cymru team.
You’ll be communicating with both Welsh and English speaking audiences, and you must be a fluent Welsh speaker/writer.
We’re looking for a tenacious, proactive Press and Communications Officer to join our team and help us meet our ambitious goals.
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.
Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Monday 12th October 2026.
Anticipated interview date: 28th & 28th October.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Equal Opportunities
We’d be grateful if you completed the attached 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.
Disability Confident Employer
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.
If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us to discuss.
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.
More about our recruitment and selection process
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 include when we invite you to interview. You can ask for any more reasonable adjustments for the interview as part of the invitation.
You might also be invited for a second interview. We’ll let you know about this during the selection process.
More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):
Encouraging work life balance
38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-timeMore annual leave entitlement, based on length of employmentSmart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)Flexible working options
Caring for you and your family
Generous sick pay entitlementMore sick pay entitlement, based on length of employmentOpportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar yearFree access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosisEnhanced leave for new parentsFree access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and informationSpecial leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-timeCycle to work schemeDeath in service schemeNew family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
in the event of miscarriage or still birthto support fertility treatmentsfor antenatal appointments for both parents
Thinking about your finances
Enhanced salary sacrifice pension schemeDiscounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loansGive as you earn to support other charities of your choice before taxNew employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing
Enriching your life at work
Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line managerYearly internal apprenticeship opportunitiesNew, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community)2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal working hours
Safeguarding
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.
This is regardless of: Gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy, gender reassignment.
We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.
We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.
Your right to work in the UK
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.
No agencies please.
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