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Sustain
Cambridge Heath, London
Posted: 12 Mar 2025
Deadline: 31 Mar 2025
Compensation: £39,608 pa gross (£31,687 pa for 0.8 WTE)
Living Wage employer Disability Confident scheme
Paid Part-time Fixed term / contract
Job description
Sustain are recruiting for a Food Growing and Networks Officer with an interest in food growing to join our Capital Growth team.
This role will be vital to the running of London’s largest network of community food gardens, managing a programme of workshops and events as well as engaging people in campaigns and activities. The role will also support the wider London programmes of Sustain, including our work on Sustainable Food Places and Good Food Local. Your varied range of tasks will include general administrative duties, project support, event planning and management, communications, data management and research alongside administrative duties.
👉If you are a change-maker and want to be part of making a real difference in our London-based activities, please see our full recruitment pack for details of the role and how to apply.
This role is part funded by the City Bridge Foundation and is 28 hours per week / 4 days per week, for a fixed term until 31 August 2026.
Salary: FTE Officer grade at the starting level 1 - £39,608 pa gross for 2025/2026 (salary effective from 1st April 2025). Pro-rated salary for 28 hrs per week, 4-day worker, 0.8 WTE = £31,687 pa.
Closing date: 8pm, Monday 31 March 2025
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About Sustain
Sustain is a powerful alliance bringing together around 100 organisations nationally – and hundreds more at local and regional level. We believe everyone should have access to healthy and sustainably produced food that protects people, animals and planet. Working together, we run highly effective and creative campaigns, advocacy, networks and demonstration projects, aiming to catalyse permanent changes in policy and practice, and to help equip more people and communities with skills as change-makers.
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Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.
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