1. IDENTIFICATION OF JOB
JOB TITLE: Eat Well at Work Award Co-ordinator
JOB NUMBER:
RESPONSIBLE TO:
HLT/BW/10/11
Senior Project Officer (Healthy Living Team)
RESPONSIBLE FOR:
To work with Barnsley based businesses, to inspire and support them in encouraging employees to alter their lifestyles, addressing the growing national obesity challenge.
This work will involve engaging Barnsley Businesses with the Eat Well at Work Award, a
Barnsley business accreditation developed by the Sheffield Wildlife Trust, for NHS Barnsley.
You will advise Barnsley based organisations (of 100+ employees) to develop healthy eating criteria within their organisations and conduct healthy eating events and strategies.
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To identify and target businesses to engage in the Healthy Workplace Award
To continue to develop a toolkit for communication with businesses, to promote healthy eating within the workplace, including elements of point of sale, posters and recipe cards iii)
To develop a monitoring system (including questionnaire design) to assess the impact of this communications strategy iv)
To produce Press Releases and targeted literature to promote the Eat Well at Work
Award and healthy eating messages v) vi)
To network and promote the Eat Well at Work Award to businesses, aiming to engage with 8 businesses to the end of the contract period (January 2011)
To continue to promote and develop identified brands, including Barnsley Fit for the
Future, 5 A DAY and Change4Life. vii) viii)
To carry out appropriate planning, monitoring, record keeping and evaluation of all activities and deliver the production of an end of project report
To report to a Steering Group consisting of Barnsley NHS, Sheffield Wildlife Trust and ix) x) local business representatives
To ensure all work is undertaken to SWT's policies (e.g. safeguarding children, environmental and health and safety policies).
To undertake any other duties, as requested by your Line Manager, commensurate with the aims of the Sheffield Wildlife Trust.

As the Eat Well at Work Award Project Lead, you will be working within an established small team, with three Healthy Choices (Retail and Catering) Co-ordinators who will be carrying out complimentary activity, specialising in convenience store and catering outlet engagement within areas of Barnsley and Sheffield. Your activity will be focused within Barnsley, and it is important that you have a good understanding and knowledge of the town.
You will co-ordinate and deliver all aspects of developing healthy eating criteria within the Eat
Well at Work Award, and then target businesses to encourage them to engage with the award.
This role also includes developing ‘aspirational’ guidance for workplace employees, to help them set (and achieve) healthy lifestyle targets. Whilst an understanding of nutritional issues would be an advantage, it is not necessary, as full training and support will be provided. You will be expected to complete a Level 2 Nutrition qualification once in post however, to provide you with confidence when talking to businesses about the nutritional elements of the Eat Well at Work Award.
This project builds on Sheffield Wildlife Trusts experience of successfully managing the Food in Sheffield (5 A DAY) Programme, which incorporates elements of engagement with retail and industry.
It is expected that the post holder will have an excellent understanding of business engagement methods, with a proven track record of networking and negotiating at all levels.
It is expected that over the life of the project they will sign up 8 businesses to the Eat Well at
Work Award, apply the existing tool-kit to support this engagement and advise catering managers to best promote and display healthy foods. It is anticipated that the post holder
(supported by team members) will also make links with local suppliers, for example to negotiate bulk buying of local healthy foods for catering managers and promote local buying groups.
As this is a ‘pilot’ project, a key outcome is to create guidance and recommendations for replication and development at a regional and national level.
The post holder will be directly responsible for managing the project budgets and will be required to manage income and expenditure and report to funders quarterly. They will not be responsible for any salaried staff other than volunteers and trainees however they will need to provide guidance to other paid staff who are supervising volunteers or trainees.
The post holder will be required to work closely with external partners (particularly NHS
Barnsley). Due to the nature of the post, regular travel across Sheffield and Barnsley will be required – expenses will be provided and there is access to a pool car. Occasional evening or weekend work may be necessary.
The appointment to the post is subject to a satisfactory CRB Disclosure and references.

Salary:
Pension:
£20,312 per annum pro rata. 22.5 hours per week.
Entry to the Trust's stakeholder pension scheme is available immediately, with an entitlement to a 9% employer's contribution after a six-month probationary period.
Working Hours: The working week for this post is 22.5 hours 9:00am – 5:00pm, exclusive of lunch breaks. The post will involve occasional evening and weekend work for which time off in lieu can be taken. Flexi-time does not apply although informal arrangements can be made at the
Director’s discretion.
Location: The post will be based at the Trust’s headquarters in Sheffield but it expected that there will be a ‘hot desk’ arrangement with a partner organisation in Barnsley. There is also the potential for home working to reduce travel time.
Probationary Period: All new employees are required to undertake a period of probation for
6 months, in which they will be expected to establish their suitability for the post .
Annual Leave: 20 days holiday, plus 3 days to be taken between Christmas and
New Year, plus bank holidays pro rata. Staff will also receive a holiday bonus of 1 day per year for the first five years of full time service up to a maximum of 25 days per year.
Length of Contract: This post is funded until end of January 2011
Transport provision: This post comes with full access to a pool car.
Equal Opportunities: Sheffield Wildlife Trust is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and selection of applicants is based on merit. Please refer to the enclosed policy document for further details.
Level of CRB Required: This post will be subject to a CRB disclosure in line with our CRB
Policy and Procedures.

Area A EXPERIENCE
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Experience of working in a marketing and/or communications capacity for a minimum of 3 years within the commercial sector
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Experience of business engagement, preferably having worked within a B2B marketing environment
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Experience of communicating with high levels of management.
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Experience of developing, monitoring and evaluating customer feedback systems, including questionnaire design
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Experience of developing Point of Sale information and other promotional techniques
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Experience of project management (desirable)
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Experience of producing Press Releases (desirable)
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Experience of working in partnership with other organisations (desirable)
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Experience of developing criteria for business performance assessment (desirable)
Area B KNOWLEDGE
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A good understanding of business engagement methods, in particular using CSR as a motivator
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An understanding of issues surrounding food access and the barriers faced by individuals when accessing a healthier diet (desirable)
Area C SKILLS
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Excellent written, oral and presentational skills
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Ability to relate to a wide variety of people and organisations, communicating at different levels
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Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
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Excellent organisation and record keeping skills
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Sensible negotiator with practical expectation of what can be achieved
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Ability to use IT effectively (including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Access and Excel).
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Ability to produce resources such as posters, information packs, leaflets etc.
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Ability to work largely independently, but also co-operatively as part of a small team.
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Ability to organise your own workload effectively.
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Area D PERSONAL QUALITIES
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An unending supply of enthusiasm and self-motivation.
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Innovative and creative, working to high standards paying attention to detail.
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Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
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Able to motivate others, delegate and supervise where appropriate.
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Flexibility to travel across Sheffield and Barnsley and work evenings / weekends as required.
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Positive and friendly approach.
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Tact and diplomacy

Area E QUALIFICATIONS
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CIM Certificate or 3 years experience within a marketing/communications role
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Minimum level 3 qualification in an appropriate subject
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS
Sheffield Wildlife Trust
Sheffield Wildlife Trust’s overarching aim is to ‘rebuild a living landscape for people and wildlife’. It does this in a number of practical ways:
1. Standing up for wildlife, greenspace and the natural environment
2. Creating, protecting and enhancing wildlife havens
3. Inspiring people about the natural world and engaging them with it
4. Fostering sustainable living and environmental regeneration
We have an active corporate membership that works with us to help us achieve objective 4.
In addition, we employ a ‘Food in Sheffield’ team, which is carrying out work with employers to promote healthy eating, including co-ordinating procurement of healthy choice alternatives
Sheffield Wildlife Trust has been actively engaging with the deprived wards of Sheffield and
Rotherham for the past decade. We are unlike other Wildlife Trusts in that we have the remit to engage people with their natural environment in an urban area. In order to achieve this, we have a community focused structure, and our land management activities actively encourage community support and volunteering. Because of this, NHS Sheffield, and NHS Barnsley consider that we are a prime organisation to assist in public engagement, to disseminate healthy eating messages and train others to take these concepts further into communities.
We are one of the leading community engagement organisations in South Yorkshire, with an excellent record of recruiting, training and retaining staff and volunteers.
Our organisation is structured in the following way, allowing high levels of communication and activity overlap between specialist teams:
Trustees
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Chief Executive
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Finance & Support Services Land Management Community Engagement & Learning
Within Community Engagement & Learning
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Education & Training Youth & Community Participation Healthy Living Team
Environmental Education PAYP Project Healthy Choices Project
Greener Grounds EPIP Project Play Project
Food Development

The Wildlife Trusts
The Wildlife Trusts are a network of local Trusts that work to protect wildlife in town and country. Through our care of over 2,000 nature reserves, The Wildlife Trusts are dedicated to the achievement of a UK richer in wildlife, managed on sustainable principles. Using our specialist skills in the fields of conservation and education, The Wildlife Trusts strive to win public recognition that the achievement of our aims is essential for a healthy environment and continued human existence.
Sharing this goal and making a vital contribution to its attainment, are the junior wing Wildlife
Watch and the Urban Wildlife Groups around the country.
The Royal Society for Nature Conservation (RSNC) serves as the UK national office of The
Wildlife Trusts. A registered charity, incorporated by Royal Charter, RSNC provides an authoritative national voice for conservation concerns as well as national services for the partnership, through its council, staff and volunteers.

We are fortunate to receive many applications for vacant posts and we strongly advise all applicants to read these guidance notes before completing the application form.
i) It is our intention to appoint the best candidate for every vacancy and to do this fairly we need all applicants to provide relevant information about themselves. This information should relate directly to the requirements of the job, which are listed in the enclosed
Person Specification and which are regarded as essential in order to work effectively in post. ii) Your application form should provide us with as much relevant information as possible.
You should not assume that the interview panel will be familiar with the type of work / activities you have experienced in the past and therefore, you should provide detailed information. iii) Please complete all sections of the form. It may be helpful to do a rough draft first.
Please write as clearly as possible. iv) Section 4 of the form asks for relevant training and qualifications. We do not need a full account of your education here but please mention qualifications and / or training which are necessary or relevant (if any) to the job. v) Section 7, Additional Information is the most important part of the form. You should refer to the Person Specification and provide detailed information under appropriate headings so we can make an assessment of your suitability.
This information is used to score applications for interview selection. The trick is to demonstrate how you fulfil the person specification - you need to prove your suitability not just state it.
If you do not use headings the interview panel may have difficulty in determining your suitability for the post and, therefore, it is unlikely that you will be selected for interview. vi) Curriculum Vitae (CV’s) can be sent although they cannot replace the application form.
However, if you feel that there is additional relevant information on your CV which is not covered on the application then you may wish to send your CV highlighting that information vii) If there are any aspects of the job where you would like further information, please ring
Matthew Barton or Claire Chapman on 0114 2634335

i) The interview panel is responsible for the selection process and is to be confirmed. ii) A selection schedule is determined in advance so that recruitment may proceed in a timely manner. Key dates are identified for the receipt of application forms (the closing date), the selection of applicants for interview (short listing) and interviews.
. iii) The interview panel meet shortly after the closing date to study the returned application forms and compile a shortlist of applicants.
The closing date for receipt of application forms is Midday 16
Interviews will be held 28 th April 2010 th April 2010
Please note: We cannot consider late applications. If you would like us to confirm receipt of your form please enclose a SAE. iv) The interview panel compare the information provided on the application form to the requirements of the job, as listed in the person specification. The most suitable applicants (those who meet all or most of the requirements) are invited to attend an interview.
Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to respond to those candidates who have not been short-listed and if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date you should assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN WORKING FOR THE SHEFFIELD WILDLIFE
TRUST
WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR APPLICATION FORM

E Q U A L O P P O R T U N I I T I I E S P O L I I C Y
Sheffield Wildlife Trust's principal asset is its volunteers, staff, membership and supporters.
This policy reflects the importance the Trust attaches to human resources.
This policy is designed to cover the areas of staff employment, service delivery, volunteer involvement and public access to events and sites.
This policy deals with issues of race, gender, language, religion, physical, mental or emotional disability and financial, family or other personal disadvantage.
The Wildlife Trust's policy is to offer equal opportunities to paid and unpaid staff, members and non-members, visitors and users of services in the following work areas:
1. EMPLOYMENT OF STAFF AND ENGAGEMENT OF VOLUNTEERS
The work place, conditions of employment, day to day management and all other matters relating to people working with the Trust will be regularly reviewed.
Programmes of needs assessment and subsequent training will be provided to develop staff and volunteers understanding of the needs and expectations of those with special needs .
2. ACCESS
When designing facilities for sites or events, full consideration will be given to providing access and furniture to enable access for all, depending on the restrictions of the site concerned. Where appropriate other agencies will be encouraged to work to provide appropriate supporting services to help the Trust to make such provision .
3. INFORMATION AND INTERPRETATION
Publications, interpretative facilities and internal communications will be in the media, language and format applicable to the customer. Where additional provision is required it will be provided subject to a proven market need.
To implement this policy, Sheffield Wildlife Trust will act as follows:
1. MANAGEMENT & MONITORING
The responsibility for implementing this policy will be with the whole organisation.
The Trust Director will be responsible for monitoring the policy and its implementation.
The policy and actions will be subject to annual review .
2. IMPLEMENTATION
It will be the responsibility of all employees, Council members, and volunteers to be aware of and to implement this policy. It will be made available to enquirers .
Policy approved by Sheffield Wildlife Trust Council: March 1995.