Development Worker

Lancaster District Food Justice Partnership

Development Worker

Job Description

Location: Hybrid working between LDFJP and Citizens Advice North

        Lancashire offices, and out in the community

1.  Reporting to: Community Advice Team Leader

2.  Reporting to the LDFJP Development Worker: N/A

3.  Contract Duration: 12 months fixed term

4.  Hours: 21 hours per week (can be worked flexibly where needed)

 Evening and weekend work may be required within the 21 hours per week

5.  Salary: £27,292 FTE (£16,375 actual)

6.  Holidays: 40 days per annum FTE inclusive of bank holidays and Christmas

shutdown (24 days per annum actual)

7.  Main Purpose of the Job:

The Development Worker will oversee work that meets the Lancaster District Food

Justice Partnership (LDFJP)’s charitable aims and future action plans. You will have a

passion for engaging with communities around food insecurity and issues of

poverty. You will have excellent organisational skills, the ability to work with a range

of people, work well in a team and use your own initiative. Experience of planning

and delivering community-based projects is essential for this post.

The overall aims are:

a.

Increase involvement in decision making around anti-poverty work and food

insecurity, by people with direct lived experience

b.  Increase recognition of the social value of food

c.

Increase learning and development opportunities for those directly affected

by food insecurity to share their experiences, skills and knowledge

d.  To further the LDFJP’s charitable aims and develop an action plan in line with

these

e.  To encourage and support increased engagement and participation from the

Lancaster District’s network of food support organisations, maintaining great

communication and partnership working

f.  Work with wider funding networks to ensure future sustainability of this role

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Specific Responsibilities

●  Work with LDFJP members, and the wider FoodFutures network, to further the

charitable aims of LDFJP, ensuring member organisations are sharing
information and working in a collaborative way

●  Consult and engage with relevant communities and partners to ensure

co-development of solutions that appropriately meet the needs of our target
audiences

●  Specific support of LDFJP food club network. This includes organising,
facilitating and chairing monthly meetings with the LDFJP’s food clubs,
regularly visiting food clubs when needed, liaising with FareShare and
Lancaster City Council regarding distribution of HSF (Household Support
Fund)

●  Work with partners to maintain and develop appropriate monitoring and

evaluation and complete data collection. Ensure appropriate measures are
taken to record impact

●  Promote improved understanding of broader support available to

communities

●  Research possible training opportunities for staff, volunteers and

communities

●  Work with partners to identify gaps in provision and development

opportunities and support with funding applications where necessary in
completing actions

●  Pursue LDFJP priority issues and specific objectives including resource

development, referral pathways and public information

●  Be the active link between the LDFJP and the wider FoodFutures network and
report back to the LDFJP Core Group meetings as necessary (this includes
attending monthly Heart Group meetings and Quarterly FF Partnership
meetings)

●  Attend and serve as note-taker (until another is identified) for all bi-monthly

online/ in-person LDFJP meetings

●  Attend and report directly to LDFJP trustee meetings (these may co-exist

alongside bimonthly LDFJP meetings.)

●  Link in with work being done as part of the Lancashire-wide food support

network

●  Promote the LDFJP’s values, vision and activities using press, marketing, and

social media

●  Link in with work being done as part of the Lancashire-wide food support

network including FoodFutures

●  Promote the LDFJP’s values, vision and activities using press, marketing, social

media and FoodFutures website

●  Embed and progress the Food Ladders Approach and Food Circles

approaches. Supporting groups to access land for growing, community
kitchens and composting sites to increase movement to rung three and
overall sustainability

General Responsibilities

●  To engage with and contribute to your own training and continual

professional development

●  To take responsibility for your own health and safety and that of others in line
with LDFJP and Citizens Advice North Lancashire's Health & Safety policies
●  To take responsibility in safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable

adults in line with the LDFJP and Citizens Advice North Lancashire's
Safeguarding policies

●  To work under the Service Level Agreement between LDFJP and Citizens
Advice North Lancashire. You will be employed by Citizens Advice North
Lancashire but the role is to develop and work with LDFJP and their aims and
objectives

●  Ensure compliance with LDFJP and Citizens Advice North Lancashire’s Equality &

Diversity policies

●  Carry out any other tasks that may be within the scope of the post to ensure the

effective delivery and development of the service