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About the Role

We are looking for a passionate and proactive Community Food Growing Officer to expand community food-growing opportunities across Waltham Forest. This is a varied, outward-facing role for someone who enjoys building relationships, solving problems, and turning ideas into action. You will support community growers with advice and training, assess new sites, secure resources and funding, and help ensure projects are sustainable and inclusive.

Responsibilities

Positively communicate with diverse stakeholders and promote inclusive access to local food growing opportunities.
Work closely with, and engage pro-actively with multiple community groups.
Support individuals and groups with food growing resources and signpost to training.
Assess site suitability for food growing in collaboration with internal Council departments.
Monitor and conduct site inspections to manage stakeholder license compliance.

Requirements

Degree or equivalent or vocational qualification in a relevant subject or area.
Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
Experience of dealing with the public; desirable to have experience in outreach or engagement, or on behalf of community groups.
Desirable to have Community Food or Allotments or similar horticultural experience.
Demonstrate a high level of customer service.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build relationships.
An ability to respond to an unpredictable volume of work, with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work activities and objectives.
Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks.
Satisfactory declaration of interest.
This post is politically restricted.
Must be able to speak fluent English with confidence and accuracy.

Skills

Community Food Growing
Horticultural experience
Customer service
Written communication
Verbal communication
Relationship building
Problem solving
Outreach
Engagement

Location

Waltham Forest

Work Type

Full-time
Permanent
Hybrid
On-site

Experience Level

Internal applicants only

Education Level

Degree or equivalent or vocational qualification

Salary/Compensations

PO2 £44,184 - £47,262

Benefits

Workplace well-being
Skills and progression
Diversity and recruitment
Flexible working options

About the Company

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities.
Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers.
This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace.

Equal Opportunity

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff.
The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population.
We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace.
The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all.
Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting.
The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first.
This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments.
Wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council.