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We are really happy to share some upcoming job opportunities, one of which will be working with us on our collaborative project Jumping Fences as a researcher!
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Researcher for Jumping Fences | Ecological Land Cooperative
Jumping Fences - understanding and addressing the barriers to access to land for agroecological farming for Black people and people of colour (BPOC) in Britain.
The Jumping Fences project is a collaboration between Land In Our Names, Land Workers’ Alliance and Ecological Land Cooperative that addresses issues of land and food justice as they relate to BPOC in Britain.
It aims to carry out research into the experiences of BPOC who have been able to set up growing businesses and projects, as well as those who would like to pursue this life, to find out what motivated them to do this, what their challenges were, how they overcame them, and what more can be done to enable BPOC new entrants to farming to gain access to land in peri-urban and rural spaces.
The project aims to use the research findings to educate by opening up a conversation with the agroecological farming sector about the barriers that BPOC face when trying to access opportunities to grow food in Britain so that they can build their organisations’ capacity to ensure that they are serving all of the diverse communities of Britain.
The reason for doing this is to try to discover the root causes of the underrepresentation of BPOC people in British agriculture, environmental and horticulture sectors, and in agroecological farming in particular, so that we can consider ways to break them down and increase BPOC’s access to land and other support to start land based enterprises for food growing, and also to rural spaces for enjoyment and wellbeing.
The second part of the project will be dissemination of the research outputs through a range of media and a series of four workshops (either face to face or online depending on what is recommended at the time) that will seek to engage the agroecology sector in Britain to consider the research findings and identify ways that BPOC can be supported to access land and support for land based livelihoods. We will also make an effort to get the report findings into the conventional farming media as a way of adding reach to the research.
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Details:
The post is a part-time temporary contract for 130 days (7.5 hours per day) work up until January 2023. The work can be undertaken flexibly within the deadlines set for the research report and dissemination.
£29,835 per annum* pro rata, per annum (£15.30 per hour) plus up to 4% matched pension contribution.
* the ELC has a flat payment structure, with all workers paid at the same rate.
To apply please send an up-to-date CV along with a cover letter, which details how you fulfil the person specification and any relevant experience, to sonia@ecologicalland.coop by 12am on Friday 14th January 2022. Please make sure your letter is less than 2 pages long. We would be grateful if you could also fill in the applicant monitoring form here as this helps us to understand our reach in the recruitment process. We are expecting to hold interviews in late January 2022
Steward Support and Community Development Manager | Ecological Land Cooperative
The Ecological Land Cooperative (ELC) is a social enterprise based in Bristol. We exist to create affordable access to land for new entrants to ecological agriculture and mixed farming. Following the successful delivery of our first two sites, clusters of three ecological small farms in Mid Devon and East Sussex, we have also purchased and are in the process of developing three further sites across the South of England and Wales. We have an ambitious plan to add five more smallholding sites to our portfolio over the next four years.
We currently employ eight part-time staff, and strategic direction is led by ELC’s Board, which currently has seven members who are elected from the membership at the Cooperative’s AGM. There are currently 508 members of the Cooperative.
We believe that ecological land-based livelihoods can help solve some of the most pressing environmental and social problems of our time, and we seek to marry ecological principles with sound business practice to help more people live and work on the land. This type of small-scale ecological production delivers a number of benefits including protecting the environment, building vibrant rural communities, providing employment and training, and supporting healthy diets through affordable, local produce.
Beyond this, our vision is one where land is valued and used as a means to enhance our collective good. At present, land in the UK is the target of financial speculation; in contrast, our model champions a collective, ecological and cooperative vision of land ownership and land use.
Steward Support and Community Development Manager - 2 days per week
We are looking for someone who can bring skills and experience of supporting groups of people to develop into resilient communities.
Recruitment Timeline
The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 9th January 2022.
We are expecting to hold interviews in mid to late January 2022.
Job Description and Person Specification
The Steward Support and Community Development Manager is responsible for all aspects of work to build and support the development of healthy and resilient communities on and around the ELC’s small farms, supported by and reporting to the Coordinator.
Hours and Remuneration
2 days (15 hours) per week. The post is expected to be home based with the opportunity to work flexible hours and occasional visits to Bristol to meet with colleagues.
£29,835 per annum* pro rata, actual salary for 2 days (15 hours) per week £11,934 per annum (£15.30 per hour) plus up to 4% matched pension contribution.
* the ELC has a flat payment structure, with all workers paid at the same rate.
To apply please send an up-to-date CV along with a cover letter, which details how you fulfil the person specification and any relevant experience, to sonia@ecologicalland.coop 12am on Monday 10th January 2022. Please make sure your letter is less than 2 pages long. We would be grateful if you could also fill in the applicant monitoring form here as this helps us to understand our reach in the recruitment process. We are expecting to hold interviews in late January 2022
Eco Therapy Facilitator for the Common Earth group
The Gaia Therapy Collective, a newly formed collective of politically engaged eco-therapists located at Hackney City Farm has been running the Common Earth therapy group for the past year. This group is for people of colour who are feeling lonely or isolated to develop healthy relationships with themselves, each other and wider natural world. The group has become a nourishing space for members to explore woundings and find healing around legacies of slavery, colonialism and the ruptures in belonging that can come through migration. Creativity has been a significant part of the life of the group, and many members have been exploring writing songs, poems and drawings about their deepening relationship with the natural world.
They are looking for a person of colour to be a co-facilitator. They are interested in hearing from both psychotherapists with experience in eco-therapy, and also ecological practitioners more broadly; gardeners, herbalists and ecological artists. What’s most important is that you have a meaningful personal connection with the ecological world, and also experience of facilitating therapeutic spaces for people who may be experiencing profound difficulties in life.
Details:
Contract: 7.5hrs/week for 12 months
Salary: £35,000.00 pro rata
Working Hours: Monday daytimes, starting in February 2022
To apply please send your CV and cover letter to jobs@HackneyCityFarm.co.uk and complete a Diversity and Inclusion Monitoring Form by 6pm on 3rd January 2022.
If you would prefer to submit your application in an alternative format, please let us know. If you would like to have an informal chat about the role before applying, email jobs@HackneyCityFarm.co.uk to arrange a time.