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Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.

Regional Landmatch Coordinator NW

Landmatch England c/o Tamar Grow Local CIC
Lancaster and across the NW

Posted: 2 Jul 2025

Deadline: 31 Jul 2025

Compensation: £30,000 pro rata / equating to £18,000 for 22.5 hours per week

Living Wage employer

Paid Part-time Fixed term / contract

Job description

The Landmatch England working group in partnership with LESS are hiring for an exciting role as part of a project to support a new Landmatch scheme aimed at landowners and landholders looking to share land, and landseekers looking to start up new food and farming businesses.

 Working alongside LESS and the central coordinator of Landmatch England you will be:

• Reviewing and approving registrations from land seekers and land owners from across the North West of England.
• Communicating and supporting land seekers and landowners throughout the matching process.
• Signposting to regional support including peer-to-peer networks, training, routes to markets, business advice.
• Facilitating meetings between potential matches.
• Being a champion for the Landmatch England service - attending relevant regional events to promote service, or run activities.
• Gathering and collating information and statistics for evaluation and funding opportunities.
• Actively working to support people with different lived experiences, identities and backgrounds to access land opportunities.

The worker will join the Landmatch England team that will consist of the central coordinator and also a South West of England coordinator who will both be hybrid working between home and their host organisations.

This postholder will be supported by the central coordinator and board, but will be best suited to someone who can show initiative and work independently.

The employer for this role will be Tamar Grow Local CIC.

Application information

For a full job description and person specification, please click here.

Applications should be via email to rachaelforster@tamargrowlocal.org with a cover letter (two pages maximum) your curriculum vitae (CV) and details of two referees by noon on Thursday 31st July. 

If you are short-listed for an interview, you will be notified by email Monday 11th August by midday.  Interviews will take place on Wednesday 27th August. 

Any queries, please contact Rachael at rachaelforster@tamargrowlocal.org.

 We particularly welcome applications from people with ethnically and/or culturally diverse heritage, or people who do not currently see themselves represented in the food and farming movement.

Please mention Roots to Work when applying for these jobs