Opportunity to Lead, As the Cardiff Sustainable Food Places Co-ordinator, you will take a leadership role in driving sustainable food initiatives across Cardiff, influencing local and national policies.
Impactful Work, This position allows you to make tangible improvements to public health by promoting healthy, ethical, and environmentally sustainable food practices.
Networking Opportunities, You'll have extensive opportunities to connect with a diverse range of local, regional, and national stakeholders, enhancing your professional network.
Award-Winning Program, Being involved with the Gold Sustainable Food Places Award program offers prestige and an opportunity to maintain and enhance Cardiff’s recognition in sustainability.
Organizational Growth, The role involves not only coordinating partnerships but also enhancing your own skills through organizing events and implementing new processes.
Funding Development, You will work on securing additional funding to support sustainable food initiatives, which can enhance both organizational growth and community impact.
Collaborative Environment, The position encourages teamwork and collaboration with a variety of partners, providing a supportive atmosphere for innovative ideas and implementations.
Join us in making a real difference in Cardiff's food landscape as our Sustainable Food Places Co-ordinator! This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, skilled individual to lead the Food Cardiff initiative, where your passion for sustainable, healthy food can thrive. As Cardiff celebrates its extraordinary achievement of being only the fourth city in the UK to earn the prestigious Gold Sustainable Food Places Award, you'll be at the heart of a city-wide partnership dedicated to promoting ethical and environmentally sustainable food practices.
In this role, you'll inspire and empower a diverse range of local partners, organise engaging events, and implement crucial food sustainability policies. Your expertise will be essential in securing funding and maintaining Cardiff's Gold Status, while your collaborative spirit will ensure the success of the Food Cardiff Network. Whether you're a mother, caregiver, or passionate community member, this is your chance to contribute to a healthier, more inclusive food system for everyone in Cardiff. We warmly welcome English and Welsh speakers alike to apply and join us on this exciting journey!
In this role, you'll inspire and empower a diverse range of local partners, organise engaging events, and implement crucial food sustainability policies. Your expertise will be essential in securing funding and maintaining Cardiff's Gold Status, while your collaborative spirit will ensure the success of the Food Cardiff Network. Whether you're a mother, caregiver, or passionate community member, this is your chance to contribute to a healthier, more inclusive food system for everyone in Cardiff. We warmly welcome English and Welsh speakers alike to apply and join us on this exciting journey!
Opportunity to Lead, As the Cardiff Sustainable Food Places Co-ordinator, you will take a leadership role in driving sustainable food initiatives across Cardiff, influencing local and national policies.
Impactful Work, This position allows you to make tangible improvements to public health by promoting healthy, ethical, and environmentally sustainable food practices.
Networking Opportunities, You'll have extensive opportunities to connect with a diverse range of local, regional, and national stakeholders, enhancing your professional network.
Award-Winning Program, Being involved with the Gold Sustainable Food Places Award program offers prestige and an opportunity to maintain and enhance Cardiff’s recognition in sustainability.
Organizational Growth, The role involves not only coordinating partnerships but also enhancing your own skills through organizing events and implementing new processes.
Funding Development, You will work on securing additional funding to support sustainable food initiatives, which can enhance both organizational growth and community impact.
Collaborative Environment, The position encourages teamwork and collaboration with a variety of partners, providing a supportive atmosphere for innovative ideas and implementations.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and motivated individual to lead Food Cardiff, the sustainable food network for Wales’ capital city.
This is an exciting time to join Food Cardiff as its ambitious strategy to build a strong good food network in the city means Cardiff has recently become only the fourth place in the UK to achieve the Gold Sustainable Food Places Award.
Food Cardiff is a city-wide partnership of individuals and organisations which acts as a hub for connecting the people and projects working to promote healthy, environmentally sustainable and ethical food across the city.
Food Cardiff is part of Food Sense Wales, which aims to influence how food is produced and consumed in Wales, ensuring that sustainable food, farming and fisheries are at the heart of a just, connected and prosperous food system.
The Cardiff Sustainable Food Places Co-ordinator will be responsible for leading and developing the Food Cardiff Partnership, using their specialist knowledge to enhance and embed the Food Cardiff profile across the city and Wales.
This post is fixed term/secondment for 12 months to meet the needs of the service.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Food Sense Wales: Co-creating a food system for Wales that’s good for people and the planet
Founded in 2, Food Sense Wales was established to drive forward a cross-sector approach to the food system in Wales.
Food Sense Wales works with communities, organisations, policymakers and Government across Wales to create a food and farming system that is good for people and good for the planet. We aim to influence and impact on how food is produced and consumed in Wales, ensuring that sustainable food, farming and fisheries are at the heart of a just, connected and prosperous food system. Food Sense Wales also leads on the development of Cross-Sector Food Partnerships across Wales and sits on the Sustainable Food Places Programme Management Board.
Food Sense Wales is a fund within the Cardiff & Vale Health Charity and is hosted by the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Public Health team.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Pearl Costello Job title: Sustainable Food Places Manager Email address:
This is an exciting time to join Food Cardiff as its ambitious strategy to build a strong good food network in the city means Cardiff has recently become only the fourth place in the UK to achieve the Gold Sustainable Food Places Award.
Food Cardiff is a city-wide partnership of individuals and organisations which acts as a hub for connecting the people and projects working to promote healthy, environmentally sustainable and ethical food across the city.
Food Cardiff is part of Food Sense Wales, which aims to influence how food is produced and consumed in Wales, ensuring that sustainable food, farming and fisheries are at the heart of a just, connected and prosperous food system.
The Cardiff Sustainable Food Places Co-ordinator will be responsible for leading and developing the Food Cardiff Partnership, using their specialist knowledge to enhance and embed the Food Cardiff profile across the city and Wales.
This post is fixed term/secondment for 12 months to meet the needs of the service.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
- To lead and drive successful delivery of a Food Cardiff strategy including inspiring and enabling the active participation of and contributions from a wide range of local partners.
- To lead the effective functioning of Food Cardiff’s Partnership e.g. identifying and co-opting members; planning, organising and servicing meetings; setting up processes and procedures.
- To implement and lead local and national food sustainability policies in Cardiff that will impact on a number of public, private and third sector organisations.
- To organise and attend events to encourage networking and the sharing of specialist practice, at both a local and network level and to contribute to national events delivered by the Sustainable Food Places programme and Food Sense Wales, requiring regular travel across Cardiff and occasional travel across Wales and the UK.
- To work with external agencies to successfully deliver the city-wide food campaigns, communicating with the public, institutions and policy makers
- To identify and secure additional funds from a range of sources, to support delivery of the action plan and an ongoing sustainable food programme in the city
- To maintain Cardiff’s Gold Sustainable Food Places Award
- To work as a team member with Food Sense Wales, the Cardiff and Vale Public Health Team, and other Food Cardiff partners.
Food Sense Wales: Co-creating a food system for Wales that’s good for people and the planet
Founded in 2, Food Sense Wales was established to drive forward a cross-sector approach to the food system in Wales.
Food Sense Wales works with communities, organisations, policymakers and Government across Wales to create a food and farming system that is good for people and good for the planet. We aim to influence and impact on how food is produced and consumed in Wales, ensuring that sustainable food, farming and fisheries are at the heart of a just, connected and prosperous food system. Food Sense Wales also leads on the development of Cross-Sector Food Partnerships across Wales and sits on the Sustainable Food Places Programme Management Board.
Food Sense Wales is a fund within the Cardiff & Vale Health Charity and is hosted by the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Public Health team.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Pearl Costello Job title: Sustainable Food Places Manager Email address:
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