Public Health Programme Manager for School Food

Are you passionate about ensuring that every child in Southwark has access to high-quality, nutritious school meals?If yes, we have the perfect role for you!We are looking for a Public Health Programme Manager for School Food. This role will play a key part in our Southwark School Meals Transformation Programme - an ambitious, comprehensive approach to ensure all our school meals are of high quality and good value.About the Role:This is an exciting opportunity to join the Southwark Council as the Public Health Programme Manager for School Food to develop and strengthen school food procurement practices across the borough: Improve nutritional quality and consistency of school meals across Southwark
Establish a more stable and managed school food system and optimise the Council and school leverage to better realise the potential benefits from economies of scale
Enhance social value through job creation for local people, the introduction of London Living Wage and supporting the local economy
Realise the opportunities for meeting the Council’s food security, environmental sustainability and climate emergency agenda
Ensure school food adheres to public health grant conditions About You:We are looking for a motivated, experienced, and resilient individual to work with Get Help to Buy for Schools (Department for Education), schools, caterers and other stakeholders across the borough of Southwark to improve the nutritional quality and take-up of school food. You must have strong and proven procurement strategy, contract management and programme management skills and the ability to influence and work collaboratively with a range of different stakeholders. Experience of managing food service and ingredients suppliers and supplier performance is desirable.Additional Information: This is a fixed term position for 2 years
Standard 36 hours, Monday – Friday
DBS check will be required About Us:We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse, and growing population.At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities.Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.For further information or an informal discussion regarding this position, please contact Gillian Boundy (Senior Public Health Programme Manager, Place and Health Improvement) via email at ##### If you are interested in applying for this role, please complete the online application form and detail your suitability for the role, by using the Personal Specification to highlight your skills for the shortlisting criteria. The Personal Specification and Job Description can be found at the bottom of this page under attachments. If successful, interviews will be conducted via video link.Recruitment Timelines: Advert Closing Date: 11.59pm on the 24th May 2024
The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.We are an organisation that is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria: Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
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