Child Nutrition Intern: EIT Food
ABOUT EIT FOOD:
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Food is a young and fast-growing organisation focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation in the food sector. EIT Food is a startup but has the characteristics of a multinational and is operating in a European and international environment. It has five regional offices (Co-Location Centres or CLC) in Europe, covering several EIT Food partners and partner countries. The members of the EIT Food community are world-class players in the international food domain.
EIT Food is Europe’s leading food innovation initiative, making the food system more sustainable, healthy, and trusted by consumers.
We believe that we are all responsible for and connected to the food we eat, so we all need to work together to improve it. We are building a unique network of diverse partners that provide a complete view of the food systems, including key industry players, agrifood startups, research centres, and universities from across Europe, all working together to deliver an innovative and entrepreneurial food sector.
Let’s create the future of food for all together!
JOB AND CONTRACT TYPE:
Temporary, fixed term to end December 2021, full-time preferred, reasonable part-time considered. Only available for UK citizens or others with existing right to work in UK. Salary £18,000 p.a.
LOCATION:
This position can be either office-based at EIT Food’s North-West Europe regional office (“Co-Location Centre” or “CLC”), located in Reading, UK or home-based .
DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE:
To support EIT Food North West in developing and implementing an effective regional (UK, Republic of Ireland, and Iceland) strategy to tackle childhood obesity via EIT Food programmes and other schemes. The role will build on existing knowledge, relationships, and networks to develop further existing relationships to progress work on supporting local initiatives aimed at addressing childhood obesity and malnourishment.
MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Creation of an up-to-date landscape of innovation-driven actions, policies, programmes, and food products targeted to tackle childhood obesity throughout the EIT Food North West region.
- Supporting a collaboration with Guys and St Thomas’s to develop new enterprise-led interventions.
- Creation of expert high-quality content on childhood obesity for blogs and other reports as needed.
- Production of data visualisations utilising official statistics sources.
- Other similar duties as required
Supervision received
Reporting to the Partnership Support and Funding Manager of EIT Food North West, the post holder will receive one-to-one support, advice, and mentoring on an ad hoc basis. Additional regular supervision meetings will also be held to discuss the portfolio of work, general issues arising in the performance of duties, and ongoing support and professional development requirements.
The post-holder will also receive guidance and occasionally direct instruction from EIT Food’s Targeted Nutrition Programme Managers.
Supervision given
N/A
Contact
The post-holder will work collegiately with other members of the EIT Food North West team.
Terms and conditions
This post is offered on a full-time fixed term to 30th December 2021 basis; however, the company is open to reasonable part-time and flexible working arrangements where these are not detrimental to performance in the role. Applicants should have the right to work in the UK.
This document outlines the duties required for the time being of the post to indicate the level of responsibility. It is not a comprehensive or exhaustive list. The line manager may vary duties from time to time which does not change the general character of the job or the level of responsibility entailed.
Ideally, the candidate has:
- Excellent understanding of the childhood obesity landscape, knowledge of European and EIT Food North West activities in children healthy nutrition
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, experience in multicultural environments
- Teamwork player
- Oriented to goals
- Ability to engage clearly and persuasively with decision-makers at the senior level
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and tight deadlines
- Ability to take ownership of tasks, act independently responding to shifting priorities
- Systems Thinking perspective
- Experience in working with social enterprises, children healthy nutrition, and the food systems
- Ability to use IT systems & software appropriate to the role
- Fluent in English
Beneficial skills or attributes include:
- PhD or master’s degree in relevant subject
- Experience of working in the food systems, social enterprise, children healthy nutrition
- Quantitative research
- Creation of data visualisations
- Presentation and writing skills
- Facilitation skills
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES:
EIT Food is an equal opportunity employer, offering each candidate matching the minimum obligatory qualifications and experiences an equal chance in employment and promotion procedures.
APPLICATION:
Interested candidates are asked to upload their CV and Cover Letter in English in electronic format on the CV Warehouse platform on our website www.eitfood.eu before midnight (CET) Wednesday 25th August 2021.
Shortlisted candidates may be invited for an interview week commencing 6th September, with notification of interviews by 1st September.
Shortlisted candidates may be asked to prove their background, qualifications, skills and experiences by providing relevant documents.