Food Business Award Manager

Job summary

Play a key role in delivering a Leicester specific food awards accreditation programme.

Leicesters Food Plan and Whole Systems Approach to Healthy Weight is part of a wide range of projects to increase access to healthy food in the city. The food awards accreditation programme is aimed at supporting, incentivising, and promoting healthier and more sustainable food options across out-of-home food businesses such as cafes, restaurants and takeaways within the city.

Join us and be pivotal to taking forward this award programme using your public health and food business expertise. Leading on the programme from inception, you'll develop insight on feasibility, benefits, challenges and resources required to co-ordinate an initial pilot and subsequent roll-out. You'll have the opportunity to work collaboratively with key stakeholders including a diverse range of food businesses, business owners, chefs, local authorities, health professionals, and customers.

Main duties of the job

Acting as point of contact for food businesses, you'll provide direct practical support and consultancy to chefs and owners, advising on menu improvements, sustainable sourcing etc. You'll facilitate meetings, organise and chair theme groups, and support the development of marketing and promotion to encourages consumer trust and influence demand for healthier and sustainable food. Establishing appropriate governance, stakeholder engagement and communication you'll ensure there is robust management and regular reporting of progress, benefits, risks, issues, and dependencies.

You'll develop and test inclusive criteria to accommodate diverse food businesses with varying resources, as well as produce guiding principles and tools to support positive engagement with food businesses. You'll explore creative and innovative approaches to resolve problems related to the development of the food business accreditation programmes.

About us

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. Youll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. Well also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose fromseveralflexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.

Were committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. Thats why weve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.Well do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the our approach to recruitment page.