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two positions at Sustain, 2 at Growing communities, all based on local food
and
growing

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>Job: East London Food Futures Co-ordinator
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>Period: 3 days per week for 18 months.
>Salary: £100 per day freelance.
>Hours: Flexible -some evening and weekend work required.
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>Background: Sustain is to co-ordinate the Soil Association's Food
>Futures
>project in five East London Boroughs -Newham, Tower Hamlets,
>Greenwich,
>Waltham Forest and Redbridge. The aim of the project is to develop the
>local
>food economy through supporting and creating community base food
>growing and
>distribution schemes alongside local networks.
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>The Role: The co-ordinator will be responsible for the day to day
>operation,
>management and facilitation of the scheme. They will establish,
>convene and
>service a local steering group in each of the boroughs, as well as the
>main
>steering group overseeing the project. The project co-ordinator will
>also
>assist the local steering groups to introduce at least one food
>project in
>their areas. This assistance will include liaising and creating
>long-term
>partnerships with organisations and individuals that are able to
>assist and
>add value to the project. They will also be responsible for organising
>seminars, training sessions and workshops.
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>The Person: The co-ordinator will have to be highly organised and
>motivated,
>have excellent communication skills, have experience of voluntary,
>statutory
>and private sectors, and the ability to work to tight deadlines.
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>For a more detailed Job Description and Person Specification please
>contact:
>James Petts, Sustain, 94 White Lion St, London N1 9PF.
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>Application by CV via post or email before the 16th January 2000.

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>Job: Medium / Long Term Volunteer
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>Sustain relies on vounteers. Their contribution is essential,
>especially to
>the administrative running of the organisation. The work is office
>based in
>central London (Islington).
>If you have administrative skills and would like to gain some work
>experience, then please contact Karen Francis on 0171 837 1228.
>Our experience is that working as a volunteer often leads to more
>specialised and project based voluntary work and also to employment,
>either
>here or elsewhere.
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>Personal Specification
>Job Description
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>Growing Communities is a small community based organisation set up to
>make a
>positive contribution to sustainable development by involving local
>people
>in innovative projects which both care for the environment and help
>build
>community. We are currently working predominantly on on projects which
>concern food - its cultivation, distribution and consumption- within
>Hackney
>and north London. Our Community Food Buying Scheme makes fresh, fairly
>priced organic produce available to over a hundred local households
>while
>our Neighbourhood Food Growing Project, for which we have recently
>secured
>three years of National Lottery funding, aims to involve the local
>community
>in the transformation of unused or derelict land into flourishing
>organic
>gardens. We would now like to appoint three members of staff to join
>our
>hardworking, committed and enthusiastic team of staff and volunteers:
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>Job: Community Grower
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>Role: To devise site designs and planting plans for our 3
>Neighbourhood
>Growing Sites and maintain and develop those sites in line with the
>requirements of the organic certification.
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>Post: The post is 3 days per week initially (increasing to 5 days a
>week as
>the funding allows.)
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>Salary: £15,470 pro rata. Applicants will need the ability to design
>and
>implement plans for productive and sustainable growing sites, organic
>growing expertise and preferably experience of working with
>volunteers.
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>Job: Community Participation Worker
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>Role: To promote local participation on all areas of our work, in
>particular
>the Neighbourhood Food Growing Project and to work with the local
>community
>to devise an effective programme of events and activities.
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>Post: The post is 2 days per week initially (increasing to 3 days a
>week as
>the funding allows.)
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>Salary: £15,470 pro rata. Applicants will need experience of working
>with a
>wide range of different groups, Knowledge of NVQs, National Curriculum
>and
>the Government's New Deal, the ability to motivate and support
>volunteers
>and an interest in organic gardening.
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>Both posts are funded by the National Lottery Charities Board.
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>Job: Admin. and Finance Worker
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>Role: To maintain and develop administrative, financial, information
>and
>monitoring systems, deal with the day to day administration of the
>Community
>Food Buying Scheme and ensure the office runs smoothly.
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>Post: The post is 2 days per week initially (increasing to 2.5 days a
>week
>as the funding allows.)
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>Salary: £15,470 pro rata. Applicants will need experience of setting
>up and
>running administrative systems, experience of book keeping and
>financial
>reporting and the ability to work with volunteers.
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>The post is part funded by the National Lottery Charities Board.
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>For an application pack please call or fax on 0171 502 7588 (if
>answerphone
>please leave your name address telephone number, the post you are
>interests
>in and were you saw this advertisement.) or e-mail us on
>grow.communities@btinternet.com .
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>Closing date for applications is Wednesday 18th of February.
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