Job description
Do you want to work with a vibrant, dynamic and youth driven organisation that is committed to creating healthy futures for British children by improving the food system?
Be part of the creative, agile and growing team behind Bite Back 2030’s exceptional teenage activists. Join us as our Senior Programmes & Policy Manager, Scotland and contribute to our journey to help make the food system healthier and fairer.

PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY

• Launching our two popular, fully funded, social action programmes in Scotland: Bite Back in Schools and Shape Your Streets; working with and visiting schools and local authorities across Scotland
• Supporting school pupils and communities to drive improvements to their local food environments and school food environments
• Helping facilitate youth-led events, workshops, and campaigns focused on food system change
• Working with our Scottish partners and building strong working relationships with participating schools, local authorities and other stakeholders
• Supporting with the monitoring, reporting and evaluation of these two programmes Youth Engagement and Voice
• Seeking out meaningful opportunities for young people to engage with and influence decision-makers in Scotland
• Ensuring youth voice is embedded across all programmes and policy work

POLICY AND ADVOCACY

• Actively seeking out opportunities to champion Scottish policy developments in health, education, and food systems
• Working closely with other organisations via established coalitions and more informal coordination around key issues, working collaboratively with values-aligned organisations to achieve our goals
• Developing briefings, consultation responses, and policy proposals, ensuring they are evidence-based and amplify youth perspectives
• Translating young people’s insights into campaign messaging for policymakers and distil policy detail into key points for young people to engage with and campaign on
• Working with the Senior Public Affairs Manager to conduct stakeholder mapping and build a network of supportive Scottish MPs and MSPs
• Ensuring the Bite Back staff team is kept up to date on the Scottish policy and public affairs context

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

We recognise that the list below is broad and we realise that the “ideal candidate” doesn’t really exist. What we will be looking for as we evaluate applications is demonstrable experience in at least some of these, and evidence of capacity to build skills in other areas. Please don’t be put off applying for one of our jobs because you can’t demonstrate every skill.
If you’re passionate and excited about working for us, and possess the main skills and experience we are looking for, go ahead and apply. You could be just what we are looking for!
The ideal candidate would have the following:

ABOUT THE ROLE

This exciting and varied role will kick-start Bite Back’s work in Scotland. Suiting a self-starter, this new role will lead our schools and local authority programme work in Scotland, whilst also seeking opportunities for young people to influence national food system policy in Scotland.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Programmes & Policy Manager is responsible for: