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Community Supported Agriculture Veg Box Coordinator

Edinburgh Agroecology Co-operative
Edinburgh

Posted: 14 Mar 2023

Deadline: 9 Apr 2023

Compensation: £29,120 pro rata (£11,648 for 2 days)

Paid Part-time Flexible hours

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Job description

(2 days a week) Do you share a passion for getting local, fresh, delicious food onto people’s plates? Do you have experience of starting up and/or growing a social enterprise - getting involved in everything from crunching the numbers and setting up the systems, to meeting people and engaging them in a vision for a new local food economy? If yes, then read on! We are recruiting a CSA Scheme Coordinator to start up and develop veg box sales and distribution around North West Edinburgh.

Duration: 12 months contract with intention to extend subject to income generation / funding.

Remuneration: £29,120 pro rata  (£11,648 for 2 days). Statutory pension contribution and holiday allowance.  

Closing date for applications: 6pm on Sunday 9th April

Interviews:  17th April

Start date: ASAP

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Application information

Please send (max) 1.5 page written response or (max) five minutes audio / video answering the following questions:

  • What skills and experiences do you think qualify you for this role? (½ page)
  • Which part of this role do you think you would find the most challenging? (½ page)
  • Can you give us an example of your experience of job satisfaction in a previous role?  (½ page)

Please also attach a short CV (max two pages), this can be written, or an audio or video file, and the contact details of two people we can approach for references.

Please send your application to jossie@lauristonfarm.org with ‘Application For CSA Scheme Coordinator role’ in the subject heading.

If you have any questions, or would like to discuss any aspect of this role in advance of applying please contact jossie@lauristonfarm.org and we will try our best to respond. Please email well in advance of the closing date.

When applying please complete our online monitoring form. The information you provide will be kept completely separate from the recruitment process, but will enable us to review our recruitment and monitor whether we are meeting our commitments to improve equity and representation in our organisation.

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About Edinburgh Agroecology Co-operative

EAC is an agroecology co-operative that has taken on the management of a 100 acre urban farm in Edinburgh. The vision is for a large-scale urban food growing project which is nature-rich, and which will benefit primarily the communities that live in the local area but also the wider city into the future. The farm integrates the three main themes of food growing, biodiversity and community.