Community Cooking Lead - Health & Food Security (Flexible)

Hoople; Hereford; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS

Career progression

31 days annual leave

Flexible working

Employee Assistance Programme

Professional membership fees

Perks range (retail, leisure, holidays

Job summary

Herefordshire Council is seeking a enthusiastic Cooking in the Community Coordinator to lead a countywide programme improving cooking skills and healthy eating. The role combines practical delivery with strategic partnership work to tackle food insecurity and strengthen local food systems.

You will work with communities and partners to develop accessible opportunities, build capacity and contribute to health and wellbeing objectives. Some flexibility and travel across the county are required.

Qualifications

• A nutrition qualification (Nutritionist, Dietitian or equivalent) or significant demonstrable experience in nutrition education and healthy eating programmes.
• Experience of delivering cooking workshops and food education sessions.
• Experience of working directly with communities and building trusted relationships.
• Knowledge of healthy eating, nutrition and behaviour change.
• An understanding of food insecurity, food poverty and sustainable food systems.
• Experience of partnership working across community, voluntary, health or education sectors.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• The ability to inspire and motivate people from diverse backgrounds.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Developing and delivering engaging community cooking workshops and food education sessions.
• Creating a Community Cooking Toolkit packed with healthy, nutritious and low-cost recipes and learning resources.
• Designing and delivering a Train the Trainer programme to build cooking and food education skills within communities.
• Working with residents of all ages to improve cooking confidence, healthy eating habits and food knowledge.
• Supporting and managing a Community Cooking Grant Scheme.
• Representing Talk Community on the Herefordshire Food Alliance.
• Supporting the delivery of the Herefordshire Food Strategy and wider food security priorities.
• Working with food banks, food shares, food larders, community supermarkets and local organisations to strengthen community food provision.
• Developing sustainable food projects and promoting approaches that reduce food waste.
• Strengthening links between community cooking programmes and activities and wider health improvement programmes
• Supporting the identification and mapping of food security risks and opportunities across the county.

Skills

Nutrition education

Cooking workshops

Community development

Partnership working

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Travel across county

Education

Nutrition qualification

Job description

Herefordshire Council is seeking a enthusiastic Cooking in the Community Coordinator to lead a countywide programme improving cooking skills and healthy eating. The role combines practical delivery with strategic partnership work to tackle food insecurity and strengthen local food systems.

You will work with communities and partners to develop accessible opportunities, build capacity and contribute to health and wellbeing objectives. Some flexibility and travel across the county are required.