We are excited to announce a job opportunity! After growing steadily over the last few years, our outreach project is now at a key stage in its development and we are seeking to recruit someone to lead on the enterprise development aspect of our work at this crucial time. We are looking for a strategically minded community sector worker who, in addition to delivering small-scale food growing projects, will expand our outreach enterprise and increase its financial sustainability; establishing sound business practices and developing new partnerships.

Food growing outreach worker with responsibility for Enterprise & partnership development

This is a new role in in our training and gardening outreach team  for the Commonsense Growers project.

Full details at  www.organiclea.org.uk

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:

Commitment to making this vital outreach aspect of our work financially viable through clear enterprise planning and innovative income generation.

Commitment to the empowering role that food growing contributes to community life and resilience, especially in diverse urban communities.

Experience of developing and managing community gardening and education projects: Fundraising and finances, as well as the organic horticulture!

Commitment to cooperative principles and working within a cooperative goverance structure. This project's income is a mix of grant funding and contract fees.

 Initially 14 hours/2 days per week based on £20,930 pro rata + variable hours sessional work.

Our thanks go to the Citybridge Trust who have supported our outreach and training work with funds for the above.