Community Food Worker
Job Description
Hours: P/T 21 hours per week. Some evening and weekend work may be required
Salary: £14,212 – £14,683 per annum (£23,688 - £24,472 FTE dependant on experience). Urban Roots provides a 5% company pension scheme
Contract: Fixed term until 31st March 2019
Location: Toryglen Community Base
Reporting to: Project Manager
Responsible for: Sessional workers, volunteers
Urban Roots is a thriving environmental and health improvement organisation working across the Southside of Glasgow. This post is funded by the Scottish Government Aspiring Communities Fund and is part of a wider Foodbank Support Project, working with Glasgow SE Foodbank and Castlemilk Law and Money Advice Centre. The aim of the project is to identify social and financial needs amongst foodbank users and provide targeted support to address these issues, with the objective of significantly reducing foodbank use. Your role will initially be to research current community food provision across the SE, including community meals, cookery courses, lunch clubs and community food growing projects. You will work closely with the advisers and support workers employed on the project to support foodbank users to become involved with appropriate community food activities.
You will be based in the Urban Roots office in Toryglen, but the role will involve significant travel to both Castlemilk and Govanhill.
Main Responsibilities
1. Research current community food provision in Glasgow SE
2. Produce and disseminate information about community food project activities in Glasgow SE, including referral processes where relevant
3. Working closely with other project staff, identify suitable opportunities for foodbank users to access community food activities
4. Support foodbank users to access community food project activities
5. Design systems to record referrals and track ongoing involvement with community food projects
6. Promote the project’s profile and achievement within the local area so as to raise public awareness of the project’s programmes and activities and attend relevant forums
7. Work closely and in partnership with agencies including Glasgow City Council, NHS, local housing associations and others as appropriate.
8. Ensure that all activities adhere to Urban Roots’ policies and procedures
9. Offer localised, ‘hands on’ and day to day input into delivery as necessary
10. To check and maintain any resources as allocated
11. Any other reasonable duties to perform the job role
Person Specification
Education and Training
· Good general education (Advanced Highers/A-Level equivalent) and/or 2 year’s minimum relevant work experience relating to the role
· Food policy, public health, nutrition or community development qualification / ü / ü
Experience
· Experience of working or volunteering within a community food or gardening project
· Experience of working with people facing challenging circumstances
· Experience of delivering projects in partnership with external organisations
· Experience of implementing monitoring and evaluation systems
· Experience of producing leaflets and flyers
· Experience of writing reports to funders and other audiences / ü
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Knowledge and Understanding
· Knowledge of food justice and food insecurity issues
· Knowledge of community food and gardening projects / ü
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Skills and Abilities
· Good verbal and written communication skills
· Good planning and organisational skills
· Sound administrative skills with good attention to detail.
· Good computer literacy
· Ability to work on own initiative / ü
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Personal Qualities
· Commitment to the aims and objectives of Urban Roots
· Friendly and personable
· Commitment to equal opportunities and healthy and safe working practices
· An interest in environmental issues
· Willingness to work some evenings and weekends as required / ü
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