Job Introduction
Role Purpose
An opportunity has arisen within the Community Initiatives team to facilitate the Access to Food partnership across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
This existing role works closely with a range of partners, who are focused on enabling people to feed themselves and their families nutritious food, all of the time. The network includes a range of community food support such as foodbanks, community fridges, social supermarkets and pantries, community meals, as well as building skills through growing and cooking projects.
We are looking for someone to provide maternity leave cover for the Community Food Coordinator that is based within the Council team but works closely with a steering group based on an action plan and range of activities.
Main Responsibilities
Some of the key duties and responsibilities include to:
- Facilitate partners to collaborate and share knowledge across the network, by organising regular steering group meetings; Forum meetings and events; creating newsletters; working towards an action plan and key priorities.
- Promote and raise awareness of the support available so that those who need support receive it when and where they need it; by keeping the Access to Food map updated and through communication materials and platforms.
- Understand evolving community needs and work with others to consider and develop relevant initiatives and projects.
- Support the network through partner resources, such as training and promoting funding opportunities.
You will be based at the Civic Centre and be out and about meeting with community food projects, as well as have the opportunity for some remote/home working.
Please see attached Job Description for a full list of essential criteria
The Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can positively communicate with stakeholders at all levels. You will have experience in community engagement and co-ordinating projects and events. We are looking for someone who is able to effectively plan and manage working on a number of projects and activities.
If you are interested in this role and have some questions please do not hesitate to contact Amy Gallacher, Community Initiatives Manager, amy.gallacher@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.
This is a fixed term post for 12 months.
This is a part time post working 25 hours per week.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 27 February 2025.
About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.
Our Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website
As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.
We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.
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