Internal * Community Food Officer

** INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY **

Organisation :
London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: PO2 £ 44,184 - £47,262

Contract Type:
Full-time/Permanent (part-time job share also considered, please note this in your application)

Working hours per week: 36

On-site working and frequent travel between sites is required for this position around 3-4 days per week. Hybrid / home working permitted for remaining time not required on site.

Final date to receive applications: 09/11/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC

Reference: 2401

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. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recr so we can arrange an alternative application method.

Be part of something growing. We're looking for a passionate and proactive Community Food Growing Officer to help 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. Working across a variety of Council teams and with local organisations, you'll support community growers with advice and signposting to training opportunities, assess new sites for food growing, secure resources and funding, and help ensure projects are sustainable and inclusive. If you're motivated by community empowerment, nature, environmental action and creating lasting positive change, we'd love to hear from you.

• - 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
• - Monitoring, and conducting site inspections to manage stakeholder license compliance

To be considered for this position, you should meet the following requirements:

• - Degree or equivalent or vocational qualification in 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 high level of customer service
• - Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build relationships
• - An ability to respond to unpredictable volume of work, with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work activities and objectives.

The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

• - Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
• - Satisfactory declaration of interest;
• - This post is politically restricted therefore the post holder is disqualified from…