Do you want to influence positive behaviour changes in what people eat – for the good of their health and planetary health?

Do you want to work for an organisation whose sole purpose is to have a positive impact within the food system?

The Impact team are looking for ambitious people with the energy and passion to make tangible changes happen. There’s good work to be done from now to 2030 and beyond and IGD are well positioned to realise it.

If this is you, then joining our team could be your best next move.

Purpose of the job

IGD is a self-funded organisation with a long history and a progressive purpose, to connect businesses and organisations across our food system in solving the big issues of our time. We also increasingly work with government, informing long term relevant strategies
Support the design and ensure the delivery of our Health and Sustainable Consumption programmes

Develop thought leadership to inform the future direction of our Health and Sustainability strategy in line with external and internal stakeholder priorities

Build and maintain a network of external stakeholders across industry, academia, government and not for profit organisations to inform and drive the impact of our Health and Sustainable Consumption programmes

Lead and develop a cross functional team

Areas of Accountability

Programme development and delivery

Responsible for leading the design and implementation of IGD Health and Sustainable Consumption pillar including behaviour change research and intervention projects, nutritional labelling, reformulation, heathy eating in the workplace and new areas of research as applicable
Working with Director of Health and Sustainability Programmes and Head of Sustainability to identify and develop new programmes to shape our long-term Health and Sustainability strategy

Monitor and analyse trends and customer feedback across the Health and Sustainable Consumption agenda to identify opportunities for future development and continuous improvement

Responsible for oversight and review of all relevant content (reports, briefing notes, toolkits, online content, etc) to ensure accuracy and consistency

Team management and planning

Report on progress against KPIs on a monthly basis - identifying risks, opportunities and recommending contingencies

Manage the annual budget across your areas of responsibility

Lead and inform long term strategic planning

Stakeholder management and communication

Work with colleagues to ensure relevant industry working groups are highly engaged with IGD and help deliver impact

Work with colleagues across the Charity team and wider IGD to develop and maintain a network of external stakeholders to support our programmes

Represent IGD at meetings with key stakeholders including government departments and agencies

Work in partnership with the Marketing team to develop effective communications plans to raise awareness and drive engagement with our Health and Sustainability programmes.

Champion Health and Sustainability activities across IGD, ensuring internal understanding and supporting colleagues with your technical expertise

Thought leadership

Develop and maintain in depth knowledge of the key issues and trends in Health and Sustainable Consumption relevant to industry and key stakeholders.

Undertake and coordinate specific research projects to produce unique IGD insights and brief internal and external stakeholders

Produce recommendations based on the insights to inform the direction of IGD’s work programme

Reporting structure

This role reports into the Director of Health and Sustainability Programmes.

Reports to the job holder

Working with 2* Nutrition and Scientific Affairs Managers

Shared resource across Charity team

Consultants as required

What you bring

Experience of behaviour change research or intervention projects

Experience working with the UK food and/or consumer goods industry

Technical and/or policy expertise across Health, R&D, and/or Sustainable Consumption agendas (desirable)

Strategic and political awareness a benefit - able to see the bigger picture and understand the impact of actions

Proven project management skills and multi-stakeholder project delivery - capable of working under pressure, a can-do approach and adopting a flexible outlook to meet changing priorities

Line management experience is desirable but not essential

Excellent influencing, negotiating and networking skills with the capability the engage with a variety of stakeholders

Highly motivated with the ability to drive programmes forward through own initiative

A team player with the ability to collaborate with colleagues across the organisation

Willingness to be flexible and work across a broad range of health and sustainability issues

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Educated to Masters degree level in relevant Health, Food Technology, Sustainability or Behaviour Change discipline (a bonus)

The rewards

We offer a range of benefits, including a market leading pension, a bonus scheme, the ability to buy and sell annual leave plus a generous medical insurance package. At IGD, we have a great work-life balance, where you are empowered & trusted to manage your time.

The location

We are operating a hybrid approach to working with a mix of home and office-based working. We are based in a very accessible location within the M25, just 20 miles from central London.

More about our people

We’re looking for inspiring professionals; talented people who seek personal and career growth and are ambitious to develop their potential and unlock opportunities for society, for our customers and themselves. We seek and attract the very best people and create an environment that supports and includes them. We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their contribution. We therefore welcome applications from diverse candidates. This includes people with disabilities, so please discuss any adjustments that you may require throughout the selection and assessment process.

More about IGD

IGD is a truly unique place, we connect and inspire, provoking and leading constructive debate that creates impact. Together we are working to make a tangible difference for Society, Business, and the Individual.

We use in-depth commercial understanding to uncover rich insights and data, leading to action that powers success.

We reinvest profit from our Trading company into delivering Social Impact, through the Charity, aimed at uniting and mobilising our industry around the most crucial issues affecting society and business today.

#InspireGrowChange: join our team to help us make a positive impact and drive change.

Get in touch – we’re looking forward to working with you.

careers@igd.com

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