Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring freedom from human trafficking and modern slavery with an effective and proven multi-disciplinary model. Our wholly owned social enterprise, Slave-Free Alliance, provides services to global companies and public bodies seeking to protect their operations and supply chains against the risks of modern slavery and labour exploitation. We have active programmes in the UK, USA, Ethiopia and Uganda, reaching approximately 200,000 adults and children a year.
Hope for Justice and Slave-Free Alliance have staff and volunteers involved in operational support, fundraising or other initiatives in Australia. Hope for Justice exists to bring freedom from human trafficking and modern slavery by identifying victims, supporting survivors and preventing exploitation.
If you’re looking to make a difference, this is the place for the you. Hope for Justice is committed to the principles of treating people fairly. We are a global organisation with staff from a wide variety of backgrounds, and ensure through our recruitment processes that we continue to welcome candidates from all walks of life. If you feel that your skills and experience fit one of our advertised roles, and you share our values and mission to end slavery, then we strongly encourage your application regardless of your background.
We are seeking an experienced Part-Time Communications Officer to join our Global Digital & Communications Team. This role plays a vital part in raising awareness of our mission and generating support and funds for our charity.
The successful candidate will be responsible for sourcing, developing and writing compelling content, including human-interest stories, statistics, impact statements and general copy. You will also contribute to media and PR activity, helping to ensure our work and impact reach the widest possible audience.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled communicator with exceptional storytelling ability and strong English language skills. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, be confident working under pressure, and consistently meet deadlines while maintaining high editorial standards.
1. Sourcing, researching and writing engaging stories and updates from across the organisation to be shared with key audiences, including donors and potential donors, our email database and social media followers across our main channels.
2. Digital content marketing via the creation and publications of blogs, news stories and static content to boost our organic SEO, driving database growth and donor acquisition in line with organisational + departmental targets and 3-Year Strategy
3. Supplying written content and ideas to other key members of the Comms team to create pieces of content, e.g. Graphic Designers, Social Media Manager, Head of Digital & Comms
4. Copywriting for fundraising campaigns, letters, reports, updates, communications with funders and major donors
5. Working alongside the Head of Digital & Communications to handle journalists’ enquiries and proactively reaching out to media to get coverage of Hope for Justice’s work
6. Writing or editing business-focused case studies to assist with Slave-Free Alliance marketing
For all roles:
Understand and uphold the standards outlined in the Hope for Justice Safeguarding policies, acting with due care and attention to safeguard the wellbeing of anyone that comes into contact with our work and reporting concerns if they do arise.
·Ensuring our supporter base and regular donors feel well communicated with and updated about our work at all times, helping ensure donor retention and conversion from occasional to regular giving
·Increased positive coverage of Hope for Justice in the media, including mentions, quotes, interviews, bylined articles and headlines
·Fundraising and donor stewardship communications materials regularly reviewed and refreshed, with positive feedback from individuals and teams
Content and stories provided for our social media posts and campaigns that achieve increased engagement and drive potential donors to our website and appeals, while staying in line with our brand principles, look and tone
As part of Hope for Justice/Slave Free Alliance, you will benefit from an excellent package including:
* 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
* 1 day Marriage Leave
* Birthday Day
* Enhanced employer pension contributions
* Company sick pay
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
* Access to our Employee Rewards Platform, providing discounts and offers for well-known retailers
* Free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme for staff and their family
* Professional development opportunities
* Professional memberships paid
* Flexible and hybrid working
Role Details
Job type: part time - 15 hours per week, worked over 2 days
Salary: Up to £11,473.61 based on experience
Closing date: 19th May 2026
Applications will be reviewed and interviews held on a rolling basis. The advert may be removed prior to the closing date if the position is filled. If you are interested in this role please ensure to submit your application as soon as possible.
Location: Hybrid – within UK, with travel to Manchester when required
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which include criminal records checks, in line with our Global background checks policy – to view this please click here. Hope for Justice participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme, as part of the referencing process we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Personal data of the selected candidate(s) may be transmitted to INTERPOL for a security check for the purpose of identifying threats the candidate could pose to children and vulnerable persons in regard to a sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment offences.
We would like to inform you that due to the high number of applicants we receive, we regret that we are not able to respond individually to all applicants. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further steps in the selection process, thank you for your understanding.