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Women's Environmental Network : Local Food Project Coordinator (Maternity Cover)
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- Group:
- Women's Environmental Network
- Position:
- Local Food Project Coordinator (Maternity Cover)
- Short term / Long term:
- Fixed Term contract for two months initially, with possibility of extension and expansion from April 05, depending on funding.
- Hours:
- 14 hours per week.
- Salary:
- £24,720 pro rata
- Accountable to:
- WEN Coordinator
- Description:
- Job Summary:
- To help women and schools set up local food growing projects
- Offer information and support an established network of local women's food growing groups.
- The project is especially focused on involving black and minority ethnic (BME) and disadvantaged women's groups across the country.
- It will also involve training women and school children from the groups to become experts at organic food growing and composting.
KeyTasks:
- To plan a programme of work consistent with agreed targets for the project, in conjunction with the WEN Coordinator and WEN Management Team.
- Co-ordinate a national network of food growing groups
- To write and edit material about local food growing and composting, including a quarterly newsletter
- To arrange and facilitate training workshops and networking events
- To offer food growing and composting information to groups of disadvantaged women and women from black and minority ethnic communities.
- To build on a network of contacts including existing and potential groups, interested local authorities, etc.; involving database entry and development.
- To supervise and support volunteers and the Composting Development Worker
- To encourage and support the women's groups, put them in touch with each other and with other sources of support
- To produce reports for WEN trustees and funders
- To assist with fundraising and financial planning
- To keep records of work and of expenditure, deal with correspondence, general enquiries and information requests.
- To carry out all tasks in accordance with WEN's Equal Opportunities Policy.
- Contribute to WEN's core activities and share in general duties at WEN as necessary
Experience and knowledge:
- Experience of project management or campaign work.
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to present information in both a written and verbal format to a wide variety of audiences.
- Experience of working with community groups and/or the voluntary sector and volunteers.
- Experience of setting targets and working to agreed deadlines.
- Experience of facilitating diverse groups of women.
- Some experience of writing printed material.
- Knowledge of organic food growing, gardening and local food issues.
- Fundraising experience
- Experience of managing budgets
- Experience of managing volunteers
- Experience of delivering training
- Experience of working with the media
- Local knowledge of Tower Hamlets desirable
Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent organisational, negotiating and motivating skills.
- Good communication skills including the ability to disseminate information verbally and in writing to a wide variety of audiences.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Computer literate and able to use a database, word processing and e-mail packages.
- Ability to acquire knowledge of the range of issues covered by the project within a short period of time.
- Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a team.
- Ability to raise funds in conjunction with fundraiser.
- Closing Date:
- Monday 10 Jan 2005
- Interview Date:
- Thursday 13 Jan 2005. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by telephone
- Phone for Details:
- Caroline Fernandez on 020 7481 9004 - please quote job ref. LFDMAT1
- Email for Details:
- food@wen.org.uk - please quote job ref. LFDMAT1
- Web for Details:
- For an application pack please visit the volunteer section of http://www.wen.org.uk
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