Find your place in the field of good food

Our goal is to connect good people with good food. We advertise sustainable food jobs and training opportunities to help jobseekers and employers find each other.

Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.

Growing Officer

Food Museum
Stowmarket, Suffolk

Posted: 7 May 2024

Deadline: 27 May 2024

Compensation: £25,000 to £27,000 per year

Ethnicity Confident scheme Disability Confident scheme

Paid Full-time Permanent

Job description

The post-holder will have shared responsibility for looking after and developing the museum’s estate, including land, water and building conservation, growing food, looking after animals, delivery of public-facing activities, partnerships and projects and engaging volunteers with the museum’s work. They will also support with the day-to-day activities of the museum, including events and basic maintenance.

Who are we looking for?

The post-holder needs to be happy working in an outdoor setting in all seasons. You should enjoy collaborating with others and sharing your knowledge with the public. We are looking for individuals with an enthusiasm for regenerative agriculture and conservation, who are keen to help the museum achieve an exemplary presentation of its estate.

Main duties:

1. Work with volunteers and estate team members to grow and maintain crops and animals on the museum’s land using regenerative principles and approaches.
2. Work with colleagues to design and deliver community growing, green therapy and social enterprise programmes and projects. Help secure funding to deliver programmes.
3. Design and deliver activities for visitors of all ages to engage people with growing food. Deliver regular public talks.
4. Ensure that animals are cared for according to best-practice and legal standards. Keep accurate and timely records.
5. Work with the Suffolk Punch horses to demonstrate historic farming practices.
6. Take responsibility for staying up-to-date with conservation best practice and legislation.
7. Work with the Catering Manager and Shop Supervisor to provide supplies from the estate to the café and shop and seek opportunities for income generation.
8. Recruit, manage and retain volunteers, working creatively to provide opportunities to engage people with the work of the museum. Supervise volunteers working on the estate.
9. Support with museum events.
10. Help maintain the museum on a daily basis – checks, basic repairs, equipment maintenance and waste management.
11. Build partnerships outside the museum, closely liaising with colleagues as necessary, to help the museum to be a more open and welcoming place. Be an ambassador for the museum’s work.
12. Respond responsibly in the event of an emergency or incident, taking charge as the most senior member of staff where appropriate.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 27 May 2024 at midnight. Interviews will take place on 5 June.

Application information

To apply, please complete an application form and recruitment monitoring form on our website and return them to jobs@foodmuseum.org.uk.

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