Shropshire Food Futures Project Co-ordinator
Shropshire Good Food Partnership
Food, Farming & HorticultureSustainabilityCarbon, Climate & Energy
Are you passionate about sustainable food, community action, and tackling climate change in Shropshire?
The Shropshire Good Food Partnership is looking for a Project Coordinator to lead “Marches Food Systems for the Future” in Shropshire. This transformational, community-led climate project is funded by The National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund. The role is part of an exciting bioregional initiative promoting regenerative agriculture, access to local food and community resilience.
The Role
You will lead project delivery, strategic coordination, and community engagement across Shropshire as part of the Marches Bioregional climate action initiative. Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting community led climate action including creating “Our Story of Food” and growing or cooking projects in three communities in Shropshire.
- Recruiting and supporting local growers, cooks, and facilitators to deliver on the ground.
- Building strong links between local farmers and communities through local food supply initiatives.
- Championing equality, diversity, and inclusion across rural communities.
- Collaborating with regional partners and tracking carbon/social impact metrics.
Key Details
Salary: £34,983 pa (pro rata)
Hours: 30 hrs/week (4 days, flexible/job share considered)
Contract: Fixed-term until 31st March 2030
Location: Shropshire-based (regular local travel required; must have own vehicle)
Requirements
Proven experience in community-led food or sustainability projects, co-production/engagement/facilitation skills, and a deep understanding of sustainable food systems. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Closing Date: 2nd November.
About Shropshire Good Food Partnership
We use food as a lever for broad-reaching systems change and resilience. Food actions offer opportunities for “cascading benefits”, since food links with many other systems, including soil and water, nature and biodiversity, energy, health and wellbeing, culture, climate and beyond.
SGFP brings people together from across the county representing all aspects of the food system, from farmers to retailers, food banks, schools, community organisations, academic institutions, local Councils and more.
We engage from farm and community levels, up to the county, the Bioregion of the Marches linking with other food partnerships, and feed into National-level policy, research and advocacy.
We support the work of organisations across the county, catalyse new initiatives and collaborations, and enable joined-up innovative thinking to improve access to good food and reimagine land stewardship.
We use food as a lever for broad-reaching systems change and resilience. Food actions offer opportunities for “cascading benefits”, since food links with many other systems, including soil and water, nature and biodiversity, energy, health and wellbeing, culture, climate and beyond. SGFP brings people together from across the county representing all aspects of the food system, from farmers to retailers, food banks, schools, community organisations, academic institutions, local Councils and more. We engage from farm and community levels, up to the county, the Bioregion of the Marches linking with other food partnerships, and feed into National-level policy, research and advocacy. We support the work of organisations across the county, catalyse new initiatives and collaborations, and enable joined-up innovative thinking to improve access to good food and reimagine land stewardship.
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