This is an opportunity to embed user-centred approaches across our work in healthy and sustainable diets by managing codesign projects, working alongside the fundraising team to shape new projects and engaging employees and our end users in the improvement of existing projects.

This role comes at an exciting time in the development of our new and ambitious ten-year strategy at The Soil Association where we are looking for service design expertise to help drive and deliver on our ambition to restore nature, health and a safe climate, from the ground up.

Commitment to Safeguarding

The Soil Association and FFL are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people, and vulnerable adults that we work with. In accordance with this commitment, we ensure that we follow a thorough and safe recruitment and selection process for all roles that work with children. This includes checking against the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) where appropriate. Please note that if you are successful in your application to the role any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

About you

You’ll love working with people, designing creative and fun ways to explore complex topics. You will possess strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills with the ability to innovate, motivate and present ideas creatively and visually. To be successful in this role, you will have previous experience of working in programme design, with a proven ability to execute design projects from inception to implementation; scale new solutions and evaluate the impact. It’s essential that you can demonstrate experience of leading user-centred design activities including focus groups, interviews and co-design workshops. You will need to be able to work flexibly under pressure and enjoy working under your own initiative to own and lead key projects. You’ll also need excellent communication skills with the ability to facilitate group discussion and workshops with diverse groups of people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds.

Hours

30 hours per week, permanent contract

To Apply

Click ‘apply’ to submit your application form. Please note we look at applications on arrival and reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Interviews are expected to take place 11th November 2021.

Please check your junk/spam folder if you do not receive a confirmation email upon submitting your application. All candidates will subsequently receive an email from us to confirm whether they have made it through to the interview stage.

For any queries, please get in touch with recruitment@soilassociation.org

Please note we do not accept CVs or Cover Letters.

We know the value of diversity in nature and want it in our organisation. We recognize that diverse backgrounds and experiences will bring a fresh perspective to our work. If you’re not sure about applying, please get in touch with us for a chat.

Thank you so much for being so interested in our work at the Soil Association.