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Freelance Researcher

Alchemic Kitchen CIC
Remote working - Merseyside

Posted: 27 Feb 2025

Deadline: 24 Mar 2025

Compensation: Fixed fee of £4,000 for 24 days

Ethnicity Confident scheme

Paid Part-time Flexible hours Fixed term / contract Remote working

Job description

We are looking for a researcher to support the Bridging the Gap pilot. We would like you to:  

• Conduct questionnaires on the Queen of Greens service + speak to customers about the produce + talk to greengrocers about feedback – baseline, mid-point and endpoint. This is to gain an understanding of customers perception of organic produce and how it impacts their wellbeing.  Input into the existing baseline survey to  support the mid and end point questionnaires. 
• Track organic produce purchase data via Organic North including type of produce purchased, farm data, weight of produce etc...What sells? What doesn’t? 
• Work with the Senior Manager to track sales data including number of sales, number of Alexandra Rose and Healthy Start customers.  
• Interview/case study development. We would like multiple case studies (minimum  of 3) to show how the introduction of affordable organic produce has impacted communities, households and individuals over the course of the pilot.  
• Assist the Senior Manager with analysis and report writing. 

Estimated timeline: April to November 2025

Total – 24 days 

Preferred requirements: 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Numerosity and analystic skills 
• Organisation and time management 
• Evaluation experience 
• DBS check 
• Ideally able to drive (or able to travel by other means in and around Liverpool/Knowsley) to access the Queen of Green stops. 

Intro to Bridging the Gap 

Bridging the Gap is demonstrating ways to enable people on a low income to access climate and nature friendly food. Food that is good for people and the planet is currently more expensive than food that is bad for health and produced in ways that damage the planet. Bridging the Gap is focused on the supply and affordability of organic fruit and vegetables to people who experience low income in cities. 

Queen of Greens Pilot 

The Queen of Greens is a bus that has been transformed into a mobile greengrocer to bring affordable fruit and veg to communities around areas of Liverpool and Knowsley that are underserved for fresh fruit and vegetables. Stopping at 40 locations, the bus serves over 700 people a week. Many, particularly people from diverse backgrounds, would like to buy organic but can’t afford it. We are working with Manchester based wholesaler, Organic North, to introduce organic fruit and veg onto the bus.

Application information

Please contact Lucy Antal lucy@feedbackglobal.org for a full job pack. Interviews will be commencing week of 31st March.

We encourage interested candidates to apply even if you don't meet all the listed requirements; we value diverse experiences and perspectives that can bring fresh ideas to our team. 

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