Vacancies
Recruitment Open Day
We're hosting a Recruitment Open Day on 22 October 2025, in our Brighton office. Whether interested in a role, or just want to meet the team, everyone is welcome - just drop us an email to let us know you'll be joining us, along with your name, at [email protected]
Policy and Research Officer
We're proud to announce that we've got a rare opportunity for a Policy and Research Officer to join our Policy and Public Affairs team.
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities experience some of the starkest inequalities of any groups in the UK. In this role, you will be working as part of the Policy and Public Affairs Team, to tackle the root causes of inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
As Policy and Research Officer, you will play a key role in strengthening our policy, research and public affairs work across our priority areas: accommodation, tackling hate, financial and economic inclusion, health, and education.
The postholder will support work to influence decision-makers, amplify the voices of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, and advocate for fairer laws and policies.
The role involves undertaking research, producing evidence-based briefings, supporting parliamentary engagement, and working with partners to promote equality and human rights.
Due to the nature of the role, the successful applicant will need to be based in our Brighton office, and we may be able to accommodate a degree of flexible working subject to successful completion of a three-month probation period.
Job Description: Click here
Salary: £31,537-£33,143 pro rata DOE
Closing date: 23:59, 7 November 2025
Interview date: Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis.
To apply, please send a CV and a covering email setting out your suitability for the role in less than 500 words to [email protected]. Please also take the time to fill out and submit an Equality Monitoring Form for the role. We strongly encourage applications from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people. We will offer an interview to applicants of Gypsy, Roma or Traveller background who meet the essential criteria for the role.
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Communications Officer
This is a new and exciting opportunity to join the Friends, Families & Travellers (FFT) Communications and Campaigns Team. Our Communications and Campaigns (C&C) Team is extremely proud to be part of Friends, Families and Travellers, working across departments and producing communications materials to an excellent standard.
We value understanding, mutual respect, inclusion, and acceptance. These principles and values reflect FFT's wider mission and strategic approach, and help define our team's culture. We are a diverse team, and support social liberation, anti-racist principles, and community-driven solutions. We also have a dog who joins us for a day here and there (he's part time).
The structure of the Communications and Campaigns Team is set up to support the ongoing progression and growth of its members along the key verticals of Press, Website, Design and Outbound. We are looking for someone to execute and produce Outbound communications (video production and development, supporter engagement, and design), as well as offer support across the verticals. The incoming Communications Officer should feel confident engaging and supporting people to appear on video.
Due to the nature of the role, the successful applicant will need to be based in our Brighton office, and we’re able to accommodate a degree of flexible working subject to successful completion of a three-month probation period.
Job Description: Click here
Salary: £31,537-£33,143 DOE
Closing date: 23:59, 7 November 2025
Interview date: Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis.
To apply, please send a CV and a covering email setting out your suitability for the role in less than 500 words to [email protected]. Please also take the time to fill out and submit an Equality Monitoring Form for the role. We strongly encourage applications from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people. We will offer an interview to applicants of Gypsy, Roma or Traveller background who meet the essential criteria for the role.
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Volunteer Opportunities
We're pleased to present an exciting opportunity to volunteer with Friends, Families and Travellers and help make a difference to people and communities seeking our support and experience.
We currently have a vacancy for a volunteer working as part of our Service Delivery team, providing support to our dynamic team of caseworkers, answering calls on our National Helpine, supporting clients with letter-writing and form-filling, gathering client feedback, and more.
We ask that you can commit to at least 6 hours a week and are able to attend our offices in Brighton. Telephone experience and digital skills are desirable, but not essential.
You will receive all the relevant training, including specialist Housing, Safeguarding, Welfare, and Benefits training, and gather a wealth of knowledge on a wide range of issues faced by Romany, Irish Traveller, Roma and Traveller people we work with, and how to best assist with support requests.
If you would like to apply, please complete an application form and return it to [email protected].
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you can apply for any roles you feel you fulfil the recruitment and employment criteria. Please let us know if you'd like to be considered for any other openings in the email you send with your application.
We can offer alternative ways to submit your application - please contact us on [email protected] to confidentially discuss what support we can offer during the recruitment process.
Unless stated otherwise, we look for candidates who are based in and around Sussex.
Friends, Families and Travellers works nationally, but our roots are founded within the local community and “in office”, together. As the breadth of our work can be significantly place-based, we are keen to welcome people who understand the communities we work with, and are exposed to, within our local area.
We may be able to offer remote working on a case-by-case basis on dedicated projects, although this is incredibly rare.
The recruiting manager will assess each application against the recruitment criteria. We automatically offer an interview to any member of Gypsy, Roma or Traveller communities who fulfils our essential criteria for a role.
Standing for the freedom and dignity of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people, FFT is led by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, underpinning our championing of cultures, creativity and resilience, and defining the issues we spearhead against.
We recognise the importance of community experiences in all strands of our work, and we automatically offer an interview to any member of Gypsy, Roma or Traveller communities who fulfils our essential criteria for a role.
From our inception, we have believed our fight for equity and equality is bound up with all movements for justice—because true liberation can only happen when everyone is free. Bringing people together in a shared cause means we have a diverse team made up of a range of lived experience, backgrounds, ethnicities and cultures, with a deep commitment to protecting the right to a nomadic way of life, and we welcome anyone that embodies the principles of awareness, action, equity, and solidarity.
Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor work visas.
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