Hub Officer

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Newtown; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Bwyd Powys Food, hosted by Cultivate, leads the Dyfed Powys Civil Food Resilience Project and coordinates four Local Food Partnerships across the region.

The Hub Officer role provides operational, technical and compliance support to run machinery ring operations, food hub standards and environmental health frameworks on the ground.

You will balance day-to-day tasks with safety training and signposting for local growers to scale up production and reach local markets.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating equipment or community resources.
• Knowledge of health and safety risk assessments.
• Experience working with local growers or producer groups.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update the online borrowing platform (MyTurn) and handle bookings.
• Write and review health & safety risk assessments and safe operating procedures.
• Onboard local growers, organise safety training and familiarisation sessions.

Skills

Machinery management

Health & safety

Producer engagement

Data tracking

Financial admin

Maintenance planning

Tools

MyTurn booking system

Job description

Bwyd Powys Food (hosted by Cultivate) serves as the lead administrative organisation for the Dyfed Powys Civil Food Resilience Project (Phase 2). This collaborative regional initiative unites all four Local Food Partnerships (LFPs) across the region—Bwyd Powys Food, Bwyd Sir Gâr Food Partnership, Partneriaeth Bwyd Ceredigion, and Pembrokeshire Food Partnership.

Phase 2 focuses on scaling up civil preparedness and literacy regarding food system shocks, co-producing household and community toolkits, and expanding machinery rings and shared processing capacity for local producers.

Workstream 1 (Scaling Up Awareness & Governance): Co-creating bilingual food resilience toolkits, conducting scenario testing workshops and engaging households, community groups, food businesses, and public bodies. to embed food security into emergency planning.

Workstream 2 (Strengthening Local Food Systems): Supporting the expansion of regional machinery rings, facilitating farm diversification, building direct supply chain connections, and promoting grower training initiatives.

Job Description

The Hub Officer provides essential operational, technical, and compliance support to the regional Project Officer. This role ensures the practical infrastructure, machinery ring operations, health and safety, and environmental health frameworks run smoothly on the ground.

By balancing day-to-day machinery ring management with technical support for food hub standards and producer signposting, the postholder empowers local growers to scale up production, transition into shorter supply chains, and meet local market demand safely and effectively.

Key Responsibilities

1. Machinery Ring Operations & Health & Safety Management

• Equipment & System Management: Maintain and update the online borrowing platform (myTurn), handling booking requests, tracking equipment usage, and maintaining accurate member accounts.
• Health & Safety Risk Assessments: Write, review, and maintain robust Health & Safety (H&S) risk assessments, safe operating protocols, and user workflows for all machinery ring equipment and operations.
• Producer Engagement & Onboarding: Facilitate collaborative input sessions with local growers to align equipment procurement with user needs, assist in onboarding new members, and organise familiarisation and safety training on market garden or field-scale setups.
• Machinery Ring Metrics: Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer to develop baseline datasets and tracking mechanisms for the machinery rings, (including tracking metrics).
• Financial & Administrative Support: Monitor operational costs, track usage frequency, and implement user charge models to ensure ongoing sustainability. Maintain service records and user account documentation.
• Maintenance & Safety Oversight: Establish regular maintenance schedules based on usage hours, liaise with local service providers, and manage user competency sign-offs.

2. Supply Chain & Environmental Health Support

• Environmental Health Compliance Support: Support local food hubs with Environmental Health compliance, helping write food safety risk assessments, hazard analyses, and hygiene procedures for safe produce handling, storage, and distribution.
• Operational Food Hub Assistance: Support the Project Officer in delivering market integration activities by providing practical assistance to local food hubs, community food networks, and distribution facilities.
• Producer Business & Scale-Up Support: Assist local farmers and horticultural growers with practical business planning, diversification, and scaling up production capacity.
• Market Signposting & Outreach: Support the Project Officer by signposting growers toward new market opportunities and representing the Machinery Ring at farming events, conferences, and training sessions.