Organisation: Space @ Broomhouse Hub
Job Opportunity: Food and Life Skills Project Worker
Contract: 7hrs per week (Wednesday). 7-month project, funded to 31st October 2026
Salary: £29,689 pro-rata
Deadline: Sun 1 Mar 2026
Interviews:
Do you have a passion for helping young people make positive changes to their lives?
Do you have the skills to design and deliver a programme of fun and engaging food-led group sessions to help people learn life skills?
If so, this role could be for you!
Space is seeking a creative and passionate person to join our Community Learning and Development team at Space to lead the Changemakers project.
Changemakers is an exciting new food education project working with young people aged 16-24 who have barriers to employment and may have complex needs.
The Food and Life Skills Project Worker will support groups of up to 12 young people to build self-esteem and increase their independence via a programme of well-designed group-based sessions that use food education to teach life skills such as budgeting, cooking, nutrition, handling finances, numeracy, literacy and communication.
The Changemakers sessions will run on Wednesday afternoons, 12.30pm – 3pm from The Broomhouse Hub.
They currently have funding for the project to run from April to October 2026. During this period, you would run two x 10-week programmes with time for recruitment and promotion before each programme.
Ideally, all working hours will be completed on a Wednesday, however there is a degree of flexibility around working hours outside of the times the sessions are to be delivered.
Key tasks in the job:
- Design and deliver a series of 10 group-based sessions that support people to develop confidence and life skills using food education as a driver
- Create detailed session plans for each session outlining activities, equipment, ingredients and timing
- Promote the Changemakers programme across networks and partner organisations such as local schools, colleges, community groups and other voluntary organisations to recruit cohorts of suitable candidates
- Conduct initial meetings with potential learners to assess their suitability for the project and their motivations and aims
- Carry out risk assessments and create a safe but nurturing environment for learners to thrive
- Complete all administration tasks relating to the project including collating learner registration information, updating database with detailed progress reports, recording attendance, collating data for funder reporting
- Provide 1:1 support to learners to review individual progress and address any barriers
- Engage with external partners/suppliers/trainers to provide relevant accredited training courses or specialist topics
- Recruit, train and support volunteers for the programme
- Manage the project budget
