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Freelance School Gardener Leicester

School Food Matters
Leicester

Posted: 27 Nov 2024

Deadline: 22 Dec 2024

Compensation: £110 per session (half day)

Living Wage employer

Paid Part-time Flexible hours Fixed term / contract

Job description

School Gardener for Young Marketeers 

Type: Freelance

Reports to: Project Officer, Leicester

Based at:  Home-working and at schools in Leicester

Working Hours:16 x school gardening sessions at £110 per session plus 1 day planning @ £220.  Total budget £1980 + expenses.

Sessions take place mainly from March – June.

Job Purpose: To deliver food growing sessions as part of Young Marketeers Leicester in eight primary schools

Background to School Food Matters

School Food Matters (SFM) exists to teach children about food and to improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. We provide fully funded food education programmes to schools. Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.

Young Marketeers

This much-loved programme started in 2012 and came to Leicester in 2024.  It is now running in 12 cities across England and is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for three years. The programme provides hands-on opportunities for children from primary schools to grow fruit and veg from seed to sell at their local market. Young Marketeers is also a platform for School Food Matters to promote food education to schools and communities as a way to support children to live happy and healthy lives.  Children learn the art of growing fruit and veg from seed, and market traders share their secrets on how to create a winning market stall.  Primary schools will be visited by our gardener in March/April and then again in May/June and receive further tips on how to ensure a bumper crop. Then in July, they head to the market to sell their produce, and to meet the Mayor!

Key Tasks

• Liaise with Project Officer to schedule the 16 gardening sessions
• Build and maintain relationships with teachers, teaching assistants and senior leaders to ensure the smooth running of the project
• Support relationships with contacts in partner organisations
• Complete monitoring and evaluation forms in accordance with instructions from our evaluation team
• Take photos of sessions and events where possible
• Keep Project Officer fully updated on progress and any problems 
• Keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures
• Maintain the ethos of the charity and positively promote our work at all times 

Person specification

Essential  

• Experience of delivering food growing sessions to children in schools
• Knowledge of fruit and vegetable growing
• Experience of building relationships with partner organisations and individuals 
• Ability to work in a team, and seek help when needed  
• Self-motivated and optimistic with a can-do attitude

Desirable  

• Experience of working for a charity, not for profit or community organisation

Application information

https://www.schoolfoodmatters.org/get-involved/work-us

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