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Vacancies
Work at The School of Artisan Food
The School of Artisan Food is dedicated to inspiring and helping people from all walks of life to learn about healthy, sustainable and delicious food. We offer a wide range of hands-on courses taught by world-class tutors, in a unique environment within the grounds of the beautiful Welbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire.
We are part of the Welbeck Community, working alongside consultancies and technology companies, creative and artisan businesses, food producers, publishers, designers and artists.
The unique location offers all the benefits of easy access to the larger cities and towns of Sheffield, Chesterfield and Nottingham and is only a 15-minute drive to both the M1 and the A1.
Could you be a course technician at The School of Artisan Food?
While we’re not currently expanding in this area, we’re always interested in hearing from skilled and passionate individuals from the artisan food world.
If you have experience in artisan food and have the practical skills and enthusiasm to support our courses as a technician, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV to info@schoolofartisanfood.org.
Currently advertised positions
Nutrition & Social Impact Lead (Maternity Cover)
0.6-0.8 FTE (Fixed-Term Maternity Cover)
24-32 Hr per week, typically 08:30-17:00 Monday to Friday with a 30-min break (unpaid for lunch on days exceeding 6 Hr), with some weekend work (approximately 5–8 weekend days annually).
Predominantly on site, with hybrid working possible up to 1 day per week.
Location
The School of Artisan Food, Lower Motor Yard, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, S80 3LR
Salary
Between £38,584-£45,590 p.a. dependent on qualifications and experience.
Role Description
The School of Artisan Food is seeking a capable, organised and motivated Nutrition & Impact Lead to join our team on a fixed-term maternity cover basis. This unique role sits at the intersection of food education, nutrition, public health and social impact, supporting the continued delivery and evaluation of high-quality charitable and community programmes.
The School of Artisan Food is a specialist food education charity based on the Welbeck Estate in North Nottinghamshire. Alongside our artisan food training and higher education provision, we deliver a growing programme of social impact activity through our Engage pillar. This includes our well-established Best Food Forward programme (led by our Interim Head of Best Food Forward), food education with community groups, workforce development opportunities, healthcare professional training, advocacy activity and research partnerships.
Our Engage work seeks to improve food literacy, increase confidence and practical skills, support healthier and more sustainable food choices, and create meaningful positive outcomes for individuals and communities. We work closely with schools, healthcare professionals, universities, charities, local authorities and community organisations, as well as seek opportunities to widen participation to achieve these aims.
This role will provide specialist nutrition/dietetic, public health and evaluation expertise across a range of projects and programmes. Working closely with the Interim Head of Best Food Forward, CEO and wider Engage team, the successful postholder will contribute to programme development and delivery, research and evaluation activity, help maintain the evidence base underpinning our work, and coordinate social impact measurement and reporting across the charitable portfolio.
A principal objective of this fixed-term maternity cover post will be to design and embed a proportionate School-wide impact reporting system that enables consistent measurement, evaluation and reporting of outcomes across Engage programmes and projects. This should include the development of social value and Social Return on Investment (SROI) approaches. Experience of developing or implementing impact measurement frameworks, social value reporting or SROI methodologies would be particularly valued. Whilst this is an area of organisational development for The School, external training, mentoring and support will be made available where appropriate.
The role would suit a nutrition or public health professional who enjoys variety and is looking to apply their expertise beyond traditional settings. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable reviewing educational resources, delivering training and workshops, contributing to research projects, evolving impact data collection and analysis, and communicating findings to a range of audiences.
As a small charitable organisation, we value individuals who are collaborative, proactive and willing to contribute to the wider functioning of The School. The successful postholder may have line management responsibility for broader School team members and will contribute to trustee reporting and lead organisational impact reporting activities, whilst working within a supportive and flexible team environment. We are seeking someone with a pragmatic, hands-on approach, who is willing to support wider organisational activities and off-site events where required, recognising that colleagues across the School regularly work together to ensure the success of our programmes, visitors' experiences and charitable activities.
Based on the proposed maternity cover arrangements, strategic leadership, executive responsibilities and organisation-wide decision-making will remain with the CEO and wider leadership team and therefore are not a requirement of this role.
Application Process
To apply for this position, please send a maximum 2-page CV, and a tailored, personal and succinct cover letter explaining how you meet the person specification to recruitment@welbeck.co.uk no later than 5pm on Friday 7th August 2027; however, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications ahead of the advertised deadline.
If you would like to discuss this post informally, please call Jenny Paxman, Chief Executive Officer, or Lauren Rathbone, Director of Social Impact on 01909 532171 or email jenny.paxman@schoolofartisanfood.org or lauren.rathbone@schoolofartisanfood.org.
A full role description and person specification is attached below.
Guest Experience & Communications Manager
1 FTE (permanent)
40 Hr per week, typically 08:30-17:00 Monday to Friday with a 30 min break (unpaid for lunch on days exceeding 6 Hr), with some weekend work.
Predominantly on site, with hybrid working possible up to 1 day per week.
Location
The School of Artisan Food, Lower Motor Yard, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, S80 3LR
***closed early due to high levels of interest***