Welcome to Community Food and Health (Scotland)'s website

Community Food and Health (Scotland) supports initiatives in low-income communities which help people take up a healthy diet.

Our aim for this site is to provide a one-stop information and networking resource for staff and volunteers working in food and health - contact us if we can improve it in any way.

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Vacancies at Community Food and Health (Scotland)

Added on: Thursday 20 Nov 2008

CFHS is looking for 2 Development Officers to join an experienced team undertaking policy and development work around national priorities involving food access, health inequalities and local communities. Reaching communities is a priority, as is ensuring activity at a community level is making a difference.

Therefore, one post will will focus on inclusion (ref:cfhs1/1108) and the second on impact (ref:cfhs2/1108).

Applicants will be expected to be qualified to degree level, or equivalent, in a relevant discipline, as well as possessing a well-developed understanding of the current policy environment, substantial experience and excellent interpersonal skills.

Both posts are full time, offer a starting salary of £32,000 and are funded until March 2011.

To apply, please send your CV and a supporting statement, quoting relevant reference, to cfh@consumerfocus.org.uk  Job descriptions and additional information are available below.

Job description - Development Officer (inclusion) - cfhs1/1108 (PDF 115kb)
Job description - Development Officer (impact) - cfhs2/1108 (PDF 12 kb)
Additional information (PDF 548 kb)

Please note that all candidates will be asked to complete a diversity monitoring form. You will be emailed/sent this form when we send your our acknowledgement that we have received your application. The information you supply on the monitoring form will be used solely for monitoring purposes.

Closing date for applications is 5 pm on Friday 5 December 2008. Interviews will be held on Monday 15 December.

On this site...

Publications Library

Publications from Community Food and Health (Scotland) and other organisations working in food and health - browse the library

Directory of Community Food Initiatives

Getting our directory online is a new project for us. We hope you find it useful for finding other projects working in your field or area - try out the directory

Discussion Forum

Another new feature on our site. Use it to ask for information, follow up training issues, get feedback and ideas etc. - try out the forum

Case Studies

This section contains case studies highlighting the work of community food initiatives in Scotland. Have a look at the case studies.