10th September 2025

Job description

Food Policy Officer

Reports to:
Based at:

Head  of  Food Policy
Coeliac  UK Head  Of f ice, High Wycombe with  the possibility  to
regularly  work f rom home by prior agreement with your line
manager

Salary grade table:  Specialist  (SP4)
Contract:

  Permanent, Full  Time  - 35 hours per week. Hours to be agreed
with  your line  manager. Occasional  evening  and weekend work
may be required

Line  management:  No direct reports
The role:

To support the charity’s activities  in relation  to f ood policy and
inf ormation  with  a f ocus on maintaining  Coeliac  UK’s  f ood
standards  and f ood inf ormation

Key responsibilities

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Monitor  Coeliac  UK’s gluten  f ree catering accreditation scheme including  reviewing
audit  reports, f eedback and corrective actions. To ensure menus and
documentation  are in line  with  Coeliac  UK  guidance.
Work alongside  the commercial team to assist caterers in their preparation f or
Coeliac  UK’s  gluten  f ree accreditation scheme
Attend meetings  with  caterers and manuf acturers working with Coeliac UK.
Manage the creation  of  quarterly reports f or the gluten-f ree catering accreditation
scheme
To work with the Head  of  Food Policy in the  development  and  review of  f ood
policy  to draf t policy positions  and to contribute  to the necessary intelligence
gathering,  horizon  scanning  and consultations  to represent the charity.
To be able to critically  analyse  the evidence and  ensure that inf ormation on f ood
and the  gluten  f ree diet is up-to-date.
Provide administration  f or Coeliac UK’s Food Standards Committee.
Contribute  to the evidence base relating  to f ood policy, standards, legislation  and
technology.
Contribute  to f ood research in order to develop the evidence base in  the area of
f ood and the gluten  f ree diet, to inf orm charity policy and  meet the charity’s
business  and  strategic  aims.
To contribute  to articles f or Coeliac UK publications  and consumer/trade press, as
required.
To represent and  promote the work of  the charity amongst stakeholders f rom the
f ood sector.
To represent the charity by speaking at f ood events.
To have a continuing  plan  f or personal development

Knowledge,  skills and experience

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A motivated individual  with  initiative  and a structured approach to work

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Excellent  communication  and inter-personal  skills.
Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Excellent  attention  to detail.
Educated  to degree standard.
Knowledge  in the areas of  quality assurance, f ood technology and nutrition
Understanding  of  scientif ic evidence base and research.
Numerate with necessary skills  to produce, monitor and interpret  audit
inf ormation,  quality  assurance  processes and guidance  documents.
Ability  to critically  review scientif ic literature.
Good IT  skills  - MS Excel, MS Word, MS Outlook, MS Power Point.
CMS and website content  management experience

Competencies

1: General profile
Of f ers mentoring/guidance to others
Is a key contributor, acts individually  as a specialist expert in  own area or as a team
leader providing  direction  f or others
Acts with no supervision
2: Technical expertise; building  & maintaining
Demonstrates depth/breadth  of  knowledge/skills  in own area
2: Technical expertise; applying  & anticipating
Applies  knowledge/skill  through  handling  complex problems and/or co-ordinating  work
which  may extend beyond own area of  expertise; shares expertise with colleagues and
other work groups
3: Client/organisation  orientation;  client  response
Proactively acts to understand  client  needs and identif y solutions  to non-standard
tasks/queries; actively seeks opportunities
3: Client/organisation  orientation;  organisation  understanding
Interprets internal/external  organisational  issues; makes changes to own and others
work to meet these
3: Client/organisation  orientation  client response; costs
Manages costs against specif ic contracts
4: Creating & delivering  solutions;  problem solving
Anticipates  patterns and links;  looks beyond the immediate  problem to the wider
implication/knock  on ef f ect; takes a new perspective on existing solutions to complex
problems
4: Creating & delivering  solutions;  planning  & organising
Develops longer  term plans which ef f ect own and other areas and manages resources
to achieve the plan
5: Working relationship;  communicating,  negotiating  & influencing
Explains/presents  highly  complex ideas; anticipates  potential  objections and prepares
case accordingly;  inf luences others
5: Working relationship;  teamwork, coaching  & guiding
Acts as a f acilitator and mentor; moves the team f orward; may be a team leader
5: Working relationship;  networking
Creates networks internally  and externally

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This  job description  is not intended  to be an exhaustive  list  of  duties to be perf ormed by
the employee.  This  job description  may be altered to ref lect the needs of  the charity.

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