Smart Local Coordinator

Contract Type:
Fixed term

Role Type:
Employment

Hours:

Part time

Final date to receive applications:
Monday, March 9, 2026 - 09:00

Based:
South Tyneside

Salary: £19,510 to 20,384 Per Annum

Salary Type:
Salary Scale

Location:

Tyne and Wear

Role description:
Senior Project Support

Job Advert:
Eat Smart Local Coordinator

Organisation:
Bind CIO

Location:

South Tyneside / Work from home / office in Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley

Contract:

28 hours per week (approx 32 hours term-time and 4 hours per week in school holidays). Fixed term 10 months initially with view to extend

Reports to:

Eat Smart Project Manager

Salary: £27,872 - £29,120 pro rata / £19,510 - £20,384 per annum

BIND UK is a specialist team offering expert advice and guidance to organisations that are determined to deliver practical, positive and permanent impact to the UK’s Food Waste Challenge. We believe change is created not by a handful of people doing sustainability perfectly, but by everyone doing a little something. Find out more about our values and purpose here.

Eat Smart is a successful primary school educational programme born in the NE of England designed to inspire children and schools to reduce food waste and build sustainable food systems. We deliver engaging resources and learning experiences that empower schools and pupils to have more ownership of their kitchens/dinner halls, improve student wellbeing, and have increased environmental awareness.

Since 2018 Eat Smart has enabled 70 schools in North East England to rescue their food waste by over 25%, equivalent to saving 6,000 meals worth £13,000 per school, per year, and our expansion to other areas of the UK has already begun. With an ever-growing data set and credibility for school food waste prevention, we have increasing potential to affect school food policy and deliver food waste prevention interventions on a national level.

We have recently been awarded funding to deliver the programme in 10 schools in South Tyneside. Delivery began in Autumn 2025 but due to ill health we are now recruiting an Eat Smart Local Coordinator to take forward the delivery until February 2027, with the option to extend beyond this subject to funding.

The purpose of the Eat Smart Local Coordinator role is to lead on the delivery of the Eat Smart project in primary schools in South Tyneside, and to contribute to the development of the project to meet its financial, environmental and social objectives.

The ability to inspire others, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, being very well organised and the ability to work well under pressure are crucial for this role.

In order to raise awareness about food waste, and enable schools, their staff and pupils to prevent food waste, we are looking for someone who is aligned with Bind’s values and wants to help drive Eat Smart to further improve its impact.

• Deadline for all applications is 9am on 9th March 2026 – applications received after this date will not be considered
• Stage 1 interviews will consist of a short informal phone call and will take place on the 10/11th March 2026
• Stage 2 interviews will be a formal in-person interview and will take place on 16/17th March 2026 at Bind’s office at Cobalt Studios, 10-16 Boyd St, Newcastle NE2 1AP
• The start date will be 20th April 2026, but start dates will be discussed at interview.
• Please see the application process below, applications which do not provide the required documents will not be considered
• We will contact all applicants as soon as possible to inform them of the status of their application
• If you require any further information, please contact

• 28 hours per week
• Predominantly term-time only hours (Approx. 32 hours per week during term-time)
• A mixture of flexible and fixed hours, although must be able to deliver sessions within school times.
• Working days and hours will vary from week-to-week but will be scheduled at least 3 weeks in advance
• £13.40- £14.00/hr / £27,872 - £29,120 pro rata / £19,510 - £20,384 per annum
• Employment term: 10 months from April 2026, with a view to make permanent thereafter, subject to funding. Initial probationary period…