Food Supply Project Officer

Contract: Fixed-term, part-time contract for 12 months (approx. start date October 2026, end date October 2027).
Reports to: Programme Manager
Accountable to: Director of Programmes
Hours: 0.8 FTE (28 hours / 4 days per week) Sustain will consider flexible working applications as per statutory legislation.
Place of work: The Green House, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9DA

The role is office-based in Cambridge Heath, London.

Salary and Remuneration Package

• £41,192 FTE (£32,953 pro-rata gross salary for 0.8 FTE).
• 5% workplace pension matching contribution, auto enrolment rules apply.
• 16 days’ Basic Annual Leave + FTE allowance of public holidays (8 days) + office closure between Christmas and New Year (3 days) will also be pro-rated accordingly.
• Non-contractual benefits include Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme.

Sustain works to improve food supply systems by increasing the production, purchasing and consumption of healthy and sustainably produced food, through improvements in policy and practice.

The Food Supply Project Officer will support delivery of Sustain’s work on food supply (Sustain Strategy Goal 3), strengthening agroecological supply chains and improving public sector food systems through policy and practice, including some focused work on public sector food procurement.

The role will work with councils, local food partnerships, food supply chain actors and other stakeholders to support policy advocacy, practical delivery, research, engagement and communications. The role also contributes to national and local activity that advances Sustain’s strategic objectives on food procurement and supply, including supporting policy, practice and partnership development to increase the policy support, procurement, supply and uptake of fruit, vegetables and pulses.

A key focus is supporting work to influence the public sector procurement policies and buying decisions of local and national government. This includes working with London councils and the Greater London Authority, and/or others in the Sustainable Food Places network who show promising potential for relevant work and policy commitments, in order to demonstrate that ambitious public sector food standards are feasible and replicable, and using that evidence and wider experience to drive national policy reform.