Hull Food Partnership are Hiring! Community Food Support Officer

Role: Hull Food Partnership – Community Food Support Officer
Salary: £26,000 Pro Rata
Hours: 21 hours per week (pro rata to 35 hour full time week)
Term: 2 year fixed term or secondment opportunity
Location: Hull CVS, The Strand, 75 Beverley Road, Hull HU3 1XL

Closing Date: 20/10/2024
Interview Date: 30/10/2024

Are you passionate about making a positive impact in your community? 

Do you possess excellent organisational skills, an understanding of how good nutritious food helps builds better communities and want to help tackle food poverty?  

If so, Hull Food Partnership have the perfect opportunity for you!

The Hull Food Partnership is an initiative hosted by Hull CVS, whose aims are to make Hull a Sustainable Food Place. Their team work alongside the community, policy makers, city leaders, businesses, local food producers, community organisers, public sector workers, citizens and volunteers to change and influence our food environment for a sustainable future for everyone.

They are looking for an exceptional individual to join them as a Community Food Support Officer to help map the current food provision within Hull and to improve the offering to become more sustainable and enable struggling households to move from the point of needing emergency food provision, to more dignified and affordable alternatives.

The post-holder will work alongside the existing Development Officer and Campaigns & Projects Officer to strengthen community food provision in Hull with greater access to healthy and nutritious food that is fairly sourced and affordable to people living in the city. 

As part of the Hull Food Strategy Action Plan implementation, the main responsibilities of the role will be to:

• Set up and maintain a bulk food purchasing system for local community food organisations, with a view to developing a food buying co-operative in Hull that will lead on this over time.
• Develop the successful expansion and roll-out of the Food Exchange Platform by sourcing local food growers and community food organisations, supporting them to use the platform and test new functionality to ensure accessibility and usability for all.
   

The post-holder will also contribute to national and local food policy work and research, coordinate events with key stakeholders and help Hull achieve the Sustainable Food Places Silver Award.

Find out more and apply here.