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Food Foundation CIO
Brixton, London
Posted: 30 Oct 2025
Deadline: 13 Nov 2025
Compensation: £30,240 - £32,100 per year
Paid Full-time Permanent
Job description
The Citizen Engagement Assistant at The Food Foundation will provide support for our citizen engagement work. They will work closely with the Citizen Engagement Manager, the Head of Development and Campaigns and the wider team to support our work with Young Food Ambassadors and Adult Food Ambassadors.
The Food Ambassador programme is a well-established volunteer programme, which aims to amplify the voices of people with lived or living experience of food insecurity in The Food Foundation’s work. You will be a key member of the Citizen Engagement team and will be involved in supporting all aspects of our work, from administration, to events, to recruitment of new ambassadors.
- Are you people-centred, with experience of working with people from diverse backgrounds? - Do you like a varied role, working across different teams both inside and outside of the organisation? - Are you organised and have attention to detail? - Are you flexible and able to work to tight deadlines? - Are you a sensitive communicator who encourages inclusive practices?
If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!
Application information
Please apply as soon as you can. We will interview candidates as appropriate applications are received. Please apply to office@foodfoundation.org.uk (with ’Citizen Engagement Assistant’ as the subject) with a cover letter and up-to-date CV. Please use your cover letter to: - Explain why you want the role. - Briefly describe how you meet the skills section of the person’s profile. - Briefly describe your own lived experience, understanding and/or ally-ship on the issues surrounding equality, inclusion and diversity.
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About Food Foundation CIO
Our vision is a sustainable food system which delivers health and wellbeing for all. Our mission is changing food policy and business practice to ensure everyone, across our nations, can afford and access a healthy diet. We are a registered charity working in partnership with researchers, campaigners, community bodies, industry, government and citizens to galvanise the UK’s diverse agents of change.
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