Project Manager – Black Rootz

Salary: £30,000 to £33,000 (pro rata)

Location: Wolves Lane Centre, Haringey, London, UK

Hours: Part-Time, 16 hours/week

Contract: 12-month fixed term contract with the option of an extension dependent on funding

Closing date: Monday 29th April 2024

ABOUT BLACK ROOTZ

Black Rootz is a multigenerational growing project providing opportunities for Black and racially minoritised people to grow food for themselves, their families and their communities. Black Rootz was established in 2019 by a collective of Black growers in Haringey who recognised the need to organise to challenge the deep inequalities in the growing and food systems.

Over the past 5 years, Black Rootz has developed a holistic practice for Black and racially minoritised communities incorporating intergenerational knowledge transfer, increased access to land and food sovereignty, regenerative environmental practices and reduced food inequality.

Black Rootz has been incubated as a project within The Ubele Initiative since 2019. As an established name in the growing community, it is now building towards an independent future.

View more information on the Black Rootz webpage here.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Project Manager is a new role that will provide hands on management capacity to Black Rootz. The role will bring experience and energy to support the delivery and continued development of the project’s core activities; the Community Growing Programme and a new workshop series. The Project Manager will take on a management position and, with support from Ubele, help the project to navigate decisions that will enable Black Rootz to achieve its overall social, environmental, and operational ambitions.

This is not a standard role. The successful candidate will be central in Black Rootz’ journey towards a more independent and sustainable future. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with the complexity and holistic nature of Black Rootz and will be committed to its values. As a small team, the Project Manager will be as comfortable making plans and big decisions as they are rolling their sleeves up and being hands on to support the team. While this is a fixed-term contract, we expect the role to be extended and grow over time.

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HOW TO APPLY

Applicants are asked to submit a CV and a supporting statement, of no longer than one side of A4, covering the below points:
− Why you are interested in the role.
− How you meet the requirements set out in the person specification

To discuss the role further or to apply, contact: josh.falconerroberts@ubele.org

Closing date: Monday 29th April

We aim to review applications on the w/c 29th April and invite successful applicants to interviews held on Monday 6th May and Wednesday 8th May.

Please notify us if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to the application process at the application of interview stage.

It is our policy to review all applications within two weeks of the stated closing date. If you do not hear from us within three weeks following the closing date, then your application has not been successful on this occasion.

DATA PROTECTION NOTE
Any personal data you provide (e.g., address, telephone number, employment history) will be used for recruitment purposes only, and only shared with individuals involved in the recruitment process.

DIVERSITY MONITORING
The Ubele Initiative are committed to eliminating discrimination encouraging diversity amongst our workforce. We will not discriminate with reference to age, gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, marital status, and disability. To ensure our recruitment process is fair and equitable, we collect diversity data from applicants to our roles.

Please complete the diversity monitoring form via this link.