Based at: Warrington Voluntary Action, the Gateway, 89 Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1SR and working across various community venues across Warrington
Contract duration: 3 years
Role Overview
Working as part of Warrington Voluntary Action’s Capacity Building Team, the role of the Food Security and Community Resilience Insights and Impact Officer, is focused around strengthening community resilience and reducing poverty.
The post holder will be responsible for two main streams of work; Supporting the coordination and delivery of an established Community Food Network, with a focus on alleviating food insecurity and building resilience across communities; and the coordination, administration and monitoring of the Warrington Crisis Resilience Fund Micro Grants Programme.
Working with local Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) organisations, this role will support the coordination and continual development of the Warrington Food Network, an alliance of VCFSE, and Statutory Partners who have been working together over a number of years to tackle food insecurity and support a borough where everyone has access to good, nutritious food.
The post holder will support community led food initiatives to build sustainable, community led provisions, develop warm referral pathways into wider resilience services, embedding a ‘no wrong door’ approach, catching people before they hit crisis. The role will work closely with Community Food Providers such as Foodbanks, Food Pantries and afford able food initiatives, Community meal providers, Community Fridges & Community Growers, providing insight, support and guidance to help organisations ensure residents have access to good food as well as connectivity into partner support services. You will gather data and insight from partners to feed into the wider agenda around tackling poverty and will be responsible for coordinating network meetings, maintaining up-to date directories of information around food security for the community and supporting the development of a thriving food system within the borough.
The Food Security and Community Resilience Impact and Insights Officer will also be responsible for the management and delivery of a Warrington Crisis Resilience Fund Micro Grants Programme, supporting community organisations to build high quality, impactful project proposals and providing administrative management to enable the grants programme to be as effective and impactful as possible for residents. The post holder will provide pre application support to VCFSE organisations ensuring projects demonstrate clear links to building financial resilience and preventative support, as well as post application monitoring and evaluation support to develop and capture meaningful outcomes, KPIs and be able to evidence and communicate the difference they make.
For further details and the person specification, please see the attached document.
How to Apply
We actively encourage people from all backgrounds including people with disabilities or support needs, to apply for this opportunity as we really want applicants to reflect the diverse demographics of Warrington residents. If submitting a written application is not the best way to tell us about your skills and experience, please let us know and we will discuss your needs with you.
If you feel you have the attitudes, skills and experience to work with us to deliver this project, please email your C.V. plus a personal statement - clearly indicating how you meet the person and role specification outlined above to:
caitlin@warringtonva.org.uk
Please note, CVs without a personal statement will not be considered.
Closing Date: 31st October 2026
Interviews: Due to be held week commencing 9th November 2026
Thank you for your interest in this role. If you have not heard from us via email by close of business Wednesday 4th November, you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide feedback to applicants who do not progress to interview.
