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Food Teacher

School Food Matters
Richmond, London

Posted: 7 May 2025

Deadline: 15 Jun 2025

Compensation: £200 per half day session

Living Wage employer

Paid Part-time Fixed term / contract

Job description

• Job Title: Food Teacher
• Position Type: Freelance
• Reports to: Senior Partnerships and Programmes Officer
• Based at: Community space in Earl’s Court and primary schools in Brent
• Working Hours: 5 x Monday after-school sessions in June in Earls Court plus 2 prep days; 15 sessions in primary schools in Brent in the autumn
• Salary: £200 per session / prep day
• Contract: Temporary

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About School Food Matters

School Food Matters (SFM) exists to teach children about food and to improve children’s access to healthy sustainable food during their time at school. We provide fully funded food education programmes to schools. Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.

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Job Purpose

Many of our food education programmes include support to get schools cooking. We’re looking for a food teacher to work with us across a few of our programmes to deliver cooking sessions to children and their teachers. These sessions are generally in primary and SEND schools, although sometimes happen in community spaces.

The sessions need to be engaging as well as teaching basic cooking skills. There is lots of variety in the work.  Facilities in schools vary considerably, from fairly well-equipped kitchens to a classroom with a sink in a primary school.  Likewise, some schools have an established programme of cooking, whilst for others it is new territory.

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Key Tasks Include

• Plan, deliver and report on cooking sessions at schools and in community spaces
• Work with SFM staff to plan and schedule the cooking sessions
• Gather photos and quotes from sessions, to help us effectively record and promote our programmes
• Work with volunteers in the cooking sessions
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to evaluate, share lessons learned and build best practice

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Person Specification

Essential

• Experience of teaching cooking to children
• Excellent skills and expertise in food preparation and cooking
• Excellent oral communication and organisational skills
• Reliability, punctuality, common sense and a professional attitude to work
• An interest and enthusiasm for the charity sector and SFM’s mission!

Desirable

• Experience of working in a school environment

Application information

Once you have thoroughly read this job description and had a careful look at our website, please complete the application form on our website: https://www.schoolfoodmatters.org/get-involved/work-us

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