Details of Soil Association job and volunteering vacancies are regularly updated on this page. All of our current vacancies are advertised below. Our classified ads section lists other employment opportunities elsewhere. How to apply Unless the job advert states otherwise, this is how to apply: Each job advert below will include the person specification and job description, along with organisational charts relevant to the vacancy, all as PDF files. Please open and read these. Either download one of the application forms below or: Ask us to post you a full application pack. E: recruitment@soilassociation.org, T: 0117 314 5179 Please note that CVs are not accepted, unless otherwise stated. If you choose to complete your application electronically, we would be grateful if you could submit it along with a handwritten covering letter. It would be helpful to have day and evening contact telephone numbers on your application form so that we can contact you easily. Please either post your completed application and covering letter to: Recruitment, Soil Association, South Plaza, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS1 3NX. Or alternatively, if you prefer to email your application and scanned covering letter, please send to: recruitment@soilassociation.org. All emailed applications are acknowledged. Please note that additional information should not exceed one side of A4 per question. Applications will not be accepted after 5.30pm on the closing date. We regret to advise you that if you have not heard from us by the interview date, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please accept our apologies that we cannot acknowledge each application individually. Application form for printing and filling in by hand: Application form for filling in electronically: Email alert If you want to be emailed whenever vacancies are added to this page, sign up for our jobs email alert. Just send an email to jobsalert@soilassociation.org with 'subscribe' as the subject. Because this is an automatically managed service all other emails sent to jobsalert@soilassociation.org are ignored. To email a person, please contact recruitment@soilassociation.org Current vacancies: Administration Assistant £12,050 Bristol Closing date for applications: Friday 9 March 2007 Interviews are likely to be held in mid March 2007 We are looking for an energetic individual to contribute to the smooth running of our busy office and support the teams administering applications and renewal of licences for farmers and food manufacturers. Ideal applicants will have office experience, but enthusiasm and willingness to learn is more important. Familiarity with a variety of IT packages, including data entry, will be an advantage, but full training will be given. For further details, please refer to the attachments: Business Development Administrator c. £13,900 Bristol Closing date for applications: Wednesday 7 March 2007 Interviews are likely to be held on Friday 16 March 2007 We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to support the work of the Business Development team - everything from arranging meetings, co-ordinating mailings, collating the market research results to issuing application packs. The successful applicant will be educated to A level, with a strong customer service focus and an organised approach to work. You will need office experience with a range of IT systems, and ideally an understanding of organic food and farming systems. For further details, please refer to the attachments: Food for Life positions If you share our enthusiasm for improving school meals and the availability of local and organic food in communities, then we would love to hear from you! Do you want to be involved in an exciting programme that plans to transform schools and community food culture across England? The Food for Life (FFL) partnership is a 5-year £multi-million programme funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Led by the Soil Association and consisting of the Focus on Food Campaign, Garden Organic and the Health Education Trust, it will work in 20 flagship schools in diverse communities in each of the English regions, to increase their knowledge and consumption of healthy and sustainable food. Food policy development and staff training in schools will support improvement to school meals and school food culture. Further support for FFL schools and communities will come from the FFL Cooking Bus, organic vegetable gardening and visiting organic farms. The programme will bring farmers and caterers closer together to increase the availability of organic and local food in school meals and the wider community. Further positions will be advertised over the coming months so watch this space! Why not sign up for our Jobs Alert email? Full details above... Please note that all positions are fixed term until 2011. » Find out more about the Food for Life partnership The Food for Life partners are: School Meals Policy Advisor Self-employed The Food for Life partnership programme is seeking an experienced consultant to offer catering advice on school meals and other catering establishments. You will be experienced at dealing with the media, able to develop and deliver training and support to school cooks, as well as providing policy advice to the Soil Association and other national, regional and local organisations. First hand knowledge of school meals is essential, as is a demonstrable commitment to increasing healthy and sustainable food entering into school meals. You must be willing to travel throughout England, working a minimum of 80 days per annum. Work will be irregular but approximately 1.5 days per week. To register your interest in this consultant role, please submit your current CV along with a covering letter, detailing your interest and suitability. Recent vacancies - no longer open to applications Food for Life Director Food for Life Partnership Executive Food for Life Policy & Communications Manager Food for Life Northern Manager Food for Life Regional Co-ordinators - South West England and West Midlands Food for Life Grants Officer Food for Life Information Officer Food for Life School Policy Development Officers Communications Assistant Customer Support Assistant Marketing Manager Certification Officer (Processor) Soil Association Recruitment Policy and Procedure For further details of our policy on recruitment and selection and what procedure we use, please download the document below: Volunteer Opportunities For volunteer opportunities in Scotland, please visit the Soil Association Scotland website.