We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Lecturer in Food Policy who has academic, teaching and research experience in this field. The postholder will be able to lead on and develop our current MSc provision and seek external research funding in the field. The postholder is expected to have proven ability to deliver engaging, in-person and online lectures and tutorials, as well as experience of working in collaborative academic research projects. The successful candidate will have a PhD in Food Policy or a relevant subject as well as training and experience in education in Higher Education. They will have demonstrable experience of research and publication related to food policy theory and practice and a growing research profile. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills are essential. 

United Kingdom, home-based | Full-time | Existing UK right to work essentialPrevious candidates need not applyWant your application considered? Please follow these steps:1. Write a Cover Letter, outlining why you are the person that keeps everything together.2. Attach your CV – keep it relevant to the job advertisement.3. Email info@sdg2advocacyhub.org attention Chief of Staff, by EOD Friday 7th August.4. All applications will be considered on a rolling basis and interviews offered accordingly.This isn’t a typical Operations Director role. In fact, if you’re looking for a large operations team, layers of management, or a corporate environment, this probably isn’t the role for you.We’re a small global organisation with a big mission: good food for all. But more importantly, we’re a team that genuinely enjoys working together. We laugh a lot. We challenge each other. We care deeply about our work. We celebrate birthdays across time zones. We check in on one another. We bring our whole personalities to work. Some days we’re preparing strategic convenings. Some days we’re discussing governance papers. Some days we’re planning a chef event in Ghana. Some days we’re helping a colleague on the other side of the world who’s having a difficult week.We’d like to keep it that way.Who are we?The challenge is clear: hunger, food insecurity, and inequitable food systems continue to leave millions behind. Our vision is Good Food For All.Many of the solutions already exist. Our role is to help them reach the scale needed to transform lives by creating the enabling environment for investment, policy change, stronger partnerships, and collective action. The SDG2 Advocacy Hub is an amplifier of what works, a builder of champions, and a connector of people, ideas, and action. We bring together governments, businesses, civil society, researchers, chefs and citizens to accelerate progress towards Good Food For All, advancing SDG2 through more sustainable, equitable and resilient food systems. If you’ve heard of the Chefs’ Manifesto or Beans is How, you’ve already seen some of our work.

The job manages scientific research projects or scientific research facilities. Uses considerable on-the-job experience to ensure compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies. Works independently to write articles, reports and manuscripts, and presents research findings at meetings and/or conferences. DIL is seeking a Research & Policy Manager to oversee a growing portfolio of agricultural research projects from inception to completion, and guide the translation of research insights into actionable policy recommendations and scaling initiatives. The Manager will bring expertise in development economics and evidence-based policy to manage DIL's agricultural research and policy work, with a particular focus on disseminating research results relating to innovations in agriculture to policymakers in governments and international institutions. This role requires exceptional organizational skills, the ability to work independently while supporting collaborative teams, and experience managing complex, multi-faceted initiatives. The Research & Policy Manager will serve as a key liaison between leadership, research teams, implementation partners, and external stakeholders, ensuring projects are delivered on time and aligned with organizational goals.

Who we areChefs in Schools is a young, ambitious charity that’s rapidly growing. Our mission is to improve kids' health, through improving school food & food education.We focus our efforts in areas of high socio-economic deprivation, where more than a third of children are entitled to free school meals, and diet-related disease is driving further inequality.We support and train school kitchen teams to serve the best, freshest and tastiest food possible, alongside meaningful food education. We share learning and resources, aiming to inspire and enable others to follow our lead.We’re backed by some of the biggest names in food and have ambitious targets to ensure every child has access to incredible school food and food education, setting them up for life with the skills and knowledge to feed themselves well.About you and the roleYou are a pragmatic, highly analytical data professional who lives at the intersection of charity compliance and modern cloud systems. You are someone who understands that a rapidly growing £2m charity needs lean, workable frameworks, not corporate red tape that stalls delivery.You bring a strong track record of working within the UK non-profit sector, meaning you already understand the nuances of donor data, PECR regulations, and charity-specific workflows. You don’t just write policy documents; you enjoy untangling data flows and translating complex regulatory requirements into practical, everyday processes.In this interim role, you will act as the "Product Owner" and "Information Governor" for our systems upgrade. You won't need to do the technical database configuration—we already have a trusted, external Beacon CRM expert to handle the builds. Instead, you will bridge the gap between our teams and the technology. You will run discovery sessions with our Fundraising, Programmes, Finance and Operations teams to map their operational needs, translate these into a compliant data blueprint, and drive our Beacon expert to build them.Crucially, you won’t need to draft our Data Sharing Agreements (DSAs)—these are already in place. Your job is to audit our systems and processes to ensure we are physically complying with them, designing the exact workflows, access permissions, and data retention schedules needed to keep us airtight. Finally, you will advise us on how to sustainably own our data protection internally going forward.

Salary: £45,000–£47,000 FTE (depending on experience)Hours: 30–35 hours per weekLocation: Hybrid/home-based. Ideally within easy reach of Chelmsford and London. Travel required to meet colleagues, funders and visit programmes across England.  For more than 45 years, The Country Trust has been connecting children from the UK's most disadvantaged communities with the land that sustains us all. Through inspiring farm visits, food education and countryside experiences, we've already reached more than 600,000 children, and we're just getting started.We're entering an exciting new chapter as we develop our next organisational strategy, and we're looking for an experienced fundraising leader to help shape our future. This is an outstanding opportunity for an ambitious and strategic fundraiser to join our Senior Leadership Team and lead the next phase of our income growth, enabling even more children to benefit from our life-changing programmes. About the roleAs Head of Fundraising, you'll provide strategic leadership across all fundraising activity while remaining hands-on in securing major income and developing key relationships.You'll lead a dedicated fundraising team, drive innovation, strengthen fundraising systems and processes, and develop a sustainable fundraising strategy that diversifies income across:Trusts and foundationsCorporate partnershipsMajor donorsIndividual givingLegaciesGaming and Streaming for GoodEmerging fundraising opportunitiesWorking closely with the CEO, Senior Leadership Team, Digital and IT colleagues, you'll help embed new fundraising systems, champion data-driven decision making and ensure fundraising excellence across the organisation.

Advancing the science of plant-based meat depends on drawing in the right expertise, yet many of the disciplines best equipped to solve its hardest technical problems are not yet well represented in the field. In this fellowship, you will reach out to professionals in the physical sciences, engineering, and others outside of food science whose expertise is essential to solving the field's hardest technical barriers. The Scientific Community-Building Fellow will be responsible for:Creating an outreach strategy: Working closely with the Senior Scientific Partnerships Manager to create an outreach strategy for engaging critical and underrepresented disciplines in plant-based meat research  — e.g. how we reach them, what we offer, and how we bring them into the ecosystem. Understanding the core scientific and technical concepts (e.g., in an academic research paper) of plant-based meat research and translating them into the language of other disciplines. Mapping key disciplines, individuals, and forums: Creating a database of people, disciplines, and societies and identifying opportunities for GFI to have a presence at scientific forums where these stakeholders gather.Building outreach materials: Developing the groundwork for relationship-building with individuals and academic departments — i.e., identifying target universities and department heads, and assembling the briefing materials, talking points, and persuasive, audience-tailored toolkit. Assessing opportunities to improve upon GFI’s existing outreach materials and tools, and implementing those recommendations.Supporting outreach and engagement: Coordinating outreach to priority stakeholders, scheduling and facilitating meetings or symposia as identified above, and designing and conducting interviews and/or surveys. With your supervisor, pilot a small number of outreach contacts drawn from your target lists, and fold learnings back into the strategy and toolkit. Synthesizing and presenting findings: Creating a final report and presenting a summary of findings to GFI’s Science and Technology team at the end of the fellowship tenure.Performing other duties as assigned.

Africa Food Systems Forum's mission is to inform, influence and catalyse the transition to sustainable, resilient and inclusive food systems.Africa Food Systems Forum's unique focus is also its targeting of women and youth and it is dedicated to supporting investment in inclusive and sustainable food systems transformation. Our vision is to scale up the continent's efforts to build healthier, more inclusive, sustainable, resilient and equitable food systems that have the power to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa by 2030. 

The World Food Forum (WFF) flagship event is a global platform that drives action to transform agrifood systems through the power of youth, science and innovation, and investment. Bringing together all stakeholders, it serves as a dynamic space for turning ideas into actions, scaling solutions and forging synergistic partnerships. By uniting diverse voices and fostering cross-sectoral and intergenerational collaboration, it accelerates progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, driving action at global, regional and local levels.In 2026, the flagship event will be held from 8 to 16 October at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy, and online.Organized around three pillars, Global Youth Action, Science and Innovation Forum, and the Hand-in-Hand Initiative Investment Forum, the 2026 WFF flagship event serves as a vibrant platform for bold ideas and inclusive partnerships. The programme spans high-level dialogues, consultations, innovation labs, interactive pitching events, hackathons, matchmaking meetings, exhibitions and cultural showcases that spotlight the many ways people everywhere are shaping a better food future.