Kingston Voluntary Action is looking for a Good Food Group Coordinator
Salary: £32,000 pro rata plus 5% pension contribution, 28 hours per week
Fixed term until September 2025 (with possible extension)
We are looking for a Good Food Group Coordinator who is passionate about providing fairer access to healthy, nutritious and culturally appropriate food as well as wider advocacy support around food to improve economic, social and health outcomes for everyone in Kingston. You will be required to support groups with advice, training, access to funding and surplus food, as well as opportunities to network and contribute to future strategy.
The Good Food Group Coordinator role will develop and sustain the Kingston Good Food Group with particular emphasis to be on:
- communities using the group to address wider determinants of health and social inequalities
- development and sustainability of the community cooking classes
- ensuring local people use both the Good Food Group and Community Cooking Classes in order to have access to nutritious food and eat more healthily.
- work with The Royal Borough of Kingston and VCS groups to further develop and implement Kingston food insecurity strategy
KVA is an expanding, ambitious team with a great working culture. We offer 27 days of annual leave, plus Bank Holidays, salary sacrifice scheme and hybrid working.
Application pack which can be found here:
Please give a concise statement as part of the Application. This should include details of relevant experience and your reasons for applying for this post based on the person specification.
The completed and signed application should be sent to Emma.hill@kva.org.uk and copied to admin@kva.org.uk. You can also post the completed application to: Sue Doherty, Kingston Voluntary Action, Siddeley House, 50 Canbury Park Road, Kingston KT2 6LX. Should you have any questions about the role, please ring Emma Hill on 0208 255 3335.
Application Deadline – Monday 5 February 2024
Notification of an interview: Thursday, 8 February 2024
Interviews: Thursday, 15 February 2024 or Wednesday 21 February 2024