Healthy and Sustainable Diets Lead

This is a UK based contract and as such, you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. We unfortunately do not have any opportunities available for sponsorship. Any offer of employment, if applicable, will be subject to receiving evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

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About The Role: We are looking to recruit a Healthy and Sustainable Diets Lead to join our Conservation, Advocacy, and Policy team and help us transform the global food system. We have a vision that our planet can sustainably produce the food needed to feed a growing global population without harming nature. To help deliver this vision, we have been partnering with Sodexo, which delivers catering and other services to 100 million consumers daily in 56 countries, by providing technical expertise and thought leadership on sustainability to support Sodexo's ambition to be the world leader in sustainable food and valued experiences.

As Healthy and Sustainable Diets Lead, you will lead the sustainable eating workstream for our global Sodexo partnership. This will involve coordinating our engagement in the development and implementation of Sodexo's Global Sustainable Eating Strategy, providing technical expertise on sustainable diets and other aspects of sustainable eating. You will collaborate with Sodexo's global partnership leads to ensure delivery and alignment across the full breadth of the partnership too.

Critically, you will also lead work on healthy and sustainable diets within the UK food sector, advocating for progress towards the Livewell diet. A key responsibility will be to oversee the Diets pillar of our flagship WWF Basket initiative, holding UK retailers accountable for their commitments on driving shifts toward healthier, more sustainable diets.

In addition, you will support the work of our global sustainable diets team. This will include leading the development of a methodology for food service providers to track progress toward healthy and sustainable diets as well as advancing our Future Foods work.

We are looking for someone with:

• A postgraduate degree or equivalent in nutrition (e.g. UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists).
• Experience of working with businesses on changing policy & practice.
• Experience bringing together stakeholders & creating a culture of collaborative working.
• Experience of analysing & resolving complex problems involving multiple stakeholders & synthesising scientific evidence/data.
• Experience in designing & managing programmes, including monitoring impact & budgets.
• Excellent project management, communication & influencing skills.
• A flexible and adaptable attitude & willingness to accept & drive change.

Benefits, rewards & location: The salary for this role is £43,851. We also offer a full benefits and rewards package including:

• Annual leave starting at 26 days a year, rising one day each year to a maximum of 31 days plus bank holidays.
• Flexible working options.
• 7.5% employer contribution to pension, increased to 10% with employee contribution.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Regular wellbeing initiatives.

This role is hybrid and you'll be required to be in the office 20% of your contracted hours. The job is based at our UK head office, the Living Planet Centre in Woking, Surrey. The Living Planet Centre is one of the greenest buildings in the UK, and you'll hot desk among trees and gardens.

About WWF-UK: We are a global conservation charity with hundreds of projects around the world and millions of supporters. At WWF-UK, we are bringing our world back to life. Protecting what's left is not enough; we are now in a race to restore the natural world and prevent catastrophic climate change before it's too late. And it's a race we can still win. We are courageous and passionate about fighting for the future we want to see - a world where people and nature can thrive. We were born out of passion and science, and for more than 60 years we've been at the forefront of global efforts to protect wildlife and the natural world. We operate with integrity, collaboratively and with respect for those we work alongside.

How To Apply And The Recruitment Process: Please click on the link and apply via our website by completing the application form and submitting a copy of your up-to-date CV and a supporting statement to highlight what makes you a good fit for us. Our policies and benefits reflect the importance of people being able to have a good work-life balance and being able to bring their full self to work.