Monday, 26 January 2009

Food Network Coordinator

Job Description
Trefechan Community Café and Shop Facility – Food Network Coordinator

Hours: 18 per week Salary: £9.3k per annum

Brief:

The post of Food Network Coordinator is a new post that will further enhance the Trefechan Café Project. The village has no shop and the coordinator will develop links with local food suppliers and farmers to establish a local food outlet.

The long term objective is to establish a shop in the Community Building that will sell a broad range of locally sourced food products and provide a much needed service to the local community.

Qualities:

Self motivated, organised and dependable.
Good communication skills are essential.
The ability to demonstrate Microsoft Office Excel and Word proficiency at interview.
Experience in the food industry either retail or marketing.

Responsibilities:

Actively participate in the weekly food distribution from the food co-op.
Develop and implement outreach services, building a membership of food producers, suppliers and service users.
Supervise the Café workers and ensure that their time sheets and the Café accounts are monitored.
Produce monthly reports to the Trustees/Directors and maintain regular contact with the Secretary and treasurer.
The project will be closely monitored by the Local Authority and you will also be working with the Rural Action Merthyr Programme Co-ordinator.

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