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Team Administrator (Competitiveness/ Membership and Commercial)
Job Type: Full time, 12 Month Fixed-term Contract
Location: Central London (Bloomsbury)
Salary: Competitive
The role
To provide secretarial and administrative support to the Chief Operating Officer
and
Competitiveness team as well as the Director and Membership and Commercial
team.
The
Competitiveness team delivers services for members, stakeholders and colleagues
across a range of
policy areas and several member committees and groups including FDF's
Industrial
Strategy Group
and the Food and Drink Sector Council working groups. This role ensures that
there is effective diary
administration and overall team coordination.
The Membership and Commercial team recruits and account manages our 300+
manufacturing
and affiliate members. The Commercial part of the team organises and implements
the FDF events
and training programme including the annual dinner and industry awards.
Principle Accountabilities
To work closely with all colleagues across both teams to meet deadlines, achieve
projects,
facilitate information and arrange events.
General admin:
- Diary management, co-ordinating meetings, conference calls, room bookings,
producing
detailed itineraries, travel and hotel arrangements, and expense forms;
- Organise internal meetings and events including IT and catering requirements;
- Accurately produce documents including a note of meetings, and upload them onto
FDF
website in a timely manner;
- Co-ordinate paperwork in relation to internal, external, committee meetings,
conferences
and seminars;
- Deal with the post, process internal and external mailings and undertake any
other co-
ordination activity as required;
- Coordinate both teams' input for FDF newsletters and staff meetings e.g. 'FDF
huddle;
- Ensure that members / stakeholder contacts and key events on the FDF database
are
maintained appropriately, on an ongoing basis and in a timely manner;
- To provide additional administrative support for other FDF teams as required in
conjunction
with the other FDF administrators;
- Any other reasonable ad hoc duties that may be required. There may be occasional
evening
working to support events.
Assisting FDF Competitiveness Director and Membership and Commercial
Director:
- Support management of the Directors' diaries;
- Support the Directors' preparation for internal and external meetings;
- Undertake ad hoc personal support to the Directors' as required.
Support for FDF Committees and Groups:
- Provide administrative support for the Industrial Strategy Group, Trade
Association
Roundtable, Customs Working Group, FDSC Workforce and Skills and Exports
groups,
Employment
and Skills Forum and Graduate Excellence Industry Support Group e.g. assisting
with document
uploading for all meetings, preparing meeting arrangements and collating
agendas
and papers.
- Provide administrative support for the Sales Directors' Forum and Small Business
Forum.
The Teams
FDF's Competitiveness team is responsible for policy and market developments
that impact UK
food and drink manufacturers' ability to invest, grow and do business. The team
covers a range of
economic issues including: trade and workforce implications of the UK leaving
the European Union;
skills and employment; exporting; and working with supply chains.
FDF's commercial team is responsible for recruiting and retaining members;
member and
professional affiliate communications ; developing income generating services,
marketing and
planning events, including the Food and Drink Federation Awards and Annual
Industry Dinner.
Requirements
- Excellent organisational and administration skills with the ability to
prioritise workload
- Excellent time management with the ability to work flexibly and under pressure
to meet
deadlines
- Professional, approachable with positive attitude – providing a high-quality
service to
members and stakeholders
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- A self-starter with the ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Strong minute taking ability
- Strong attention to detail when producing word documents, spreadsheets and
database
maintenance
- Educated to A-Level standard or relevant working experience
- Proficient in using MS Office e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
How to apply
We'd love to hear from you, if you think your experience and skillset are
suited
to the role. Please
send us your CV, covering letter and salary expectations, illustrating why
you'd
be a great candidate
to recruitment@fdf.org.uk.
Have a
look at the full job description
View our recruitment privacy
notice
Closing Date: 6 December 2019, 5:30 PM
Workforce and Skills Policy Manager
Job Type: Full time, 12 Month Fixed-term Contract
Location: Central London (Bloomsbury)
Salary: Competitive
The role
To support the Head of Industrial Strategy, Employment and Skills in policy
development and
engagement to deliver FDF's effective contribution to projects relating to
Industrial Strategy and the
Food and Drink Sector Council's Workforce workstream impacting on the
competitive position of the
UK food and drink manufacturing industry.
This will involve monitoring policy developments; drafting concise and
informative briefings for
members; formulating FDF policy on the back of member consultations; lobbying
decision-makers;
and working with key partners to ensure that the delivery of projects meet the
business plan
objectives.
Principle Accountabilities
- Manage FDF Skills Executive and deploy Administrative resource to enable
delivery of work
program.
- Manage and deliver on skills projects and policy insight/evidence into the Food
and Drink
Sector Council and its Workforce workstream; deliver the skills recommendations
set out in the
FDSC Workforce report.
- Manage FDF's Industrial Strategy Group and link with Industrial Strategy Policy.
- Monitor regulatory and policy developments regarding skills policy for the UK
food and drink
manufacturing industry and wider supply chain, including apprenticeships and
skills provision.
- Give clear direction regarding the development economic data analysis to develop
the
evidence base underpinning FDF policy positions on skills.
- Represent FDF members on various national forums (Defra, BEIS, EEF and CBI) to
ensure
our position is coordinated and / or aligned with UK and EU positions.
- Monitor progress on key projects that concern Industrial Strategy and Skills in
the UK food
and drink manufacturing industry and ensure that members and staff are kept
informed by producing
concise, informative and insightful briefings and news articles.
- Formulate FDF policy in relevant competitiveness areas on the back of effective
member
consultations. Communicate FDF policy internally and externally. This will
include producing position
papers; presentations; newsletter articles; media responses; and briefings for
members and
colleagues including FDF Leadership team, President, Executive Committee,
Corporate Affairs
Group and Council.
- Build and maintain links with key stakeholders and lobby decision-makers on
FDF's position
in the UK (officials and politicians) in coordination with FDF's Public Affairs
team.
- Represent FDF members on various national (Defra, BEIS) and forums to ensure our
position is coordinated and / or aligned with UK and EU positions.
The Team
FDF's Competitiveness team is responsible for policy and market developments
that impact UK
food and drink manufacturers' ability to invest, grow and do business. The team
covers a range of
economic issues including: trade and workforce implications of the UK leaving
the European Union;
skills and employment; exporting; and working with supply chains.
Requirements
- Government affairs professional with graduate degree in UK or EU politics,
international
relations, economics or other relevant disciplines
- Proven professional experience in UK and EU public affairs, policy development
and issue
management, gained in a corporate, political, trade association, consultancy
environment or
government department
- Excellent knowledge of political processes (UK/EU), a high awareness of the
domestic and
international political context, and a firm grasp of key public policy issues
affecting the food and drink
manufacturing industry
- Strong analytical, organisational, presentational and written skills (incl. word
processing
package)
- Excellent communicator with proven ability to write influential documents,
command
authority in committees and political discussions, and communicate effectively
to diverse
audiences
- Ability to learn quickly and think strategically across changing priorities and
expanding
subject fields
- Highly motivated team player with a hands-on attitude, ability to lead and
develop creative
and evidence-based approaches to policy issues, industry positions and their
communication
- Proven experience in planning and project management. Ability to multi-task,
respond
flexibly to needs of business and FDF members, and self-organise work
effectively on different
projects and issues
How to apply
We'd love to hear from you, if you think your experience and skillset are
suited
to the role. Please
send us your CV, covering letter and salary expectations, illustrating why
you'd
be a great candidate
to recruitment@fdf.org.uk.
Closing Date: 6 December 2019, 5:30 PM
Innovation Executive
Job Type: Part Time (3 days per week) Permanent Contract
Location: Central London (Bloomsbury)
Salary: Competitive
The role
The central purpose of the Innovation Executive is to provide a 'one-stop-shop'
for members on
all aspects of innovation. They will provide information to members on
Government, academic or
other stakeholder initiatives that members can tap into and benefit from. They
will be the focussed
resource to facilitate dialogue between organisations such as InnovateUK, KTN
(Knowledge Transfer
Network), Government departments (e.g. BEIS, Defra) and represent FDF at
external events
involving such organisations. They will also organise meetings and events for
members for the
dissemination of information and for input of such information to stakeholders
e.g. Government
consultations.
- First point of contact for members and stakeholders on all innovation topics, to
include (but
not limited to) robotics, automation, reformulation, packaging,
competitiveness,
novel ingredients,
innovation funding.
- Provision of information to members on funding, collaborations, innovation
brokering etc.
- Support (e.g. letters of support) to grant giving organisation (e.g. UKRI) to
enable funding
being granted which members will get the opportunity to benefit from.
- Interface with academic institutions that can provide R&D facilities/capability
to member
companies.
- Maintain links to other industrial sectors where synergies may be helpful e.g.
general
manufacturing.
- Lead on innovation elements of the Industrial Strategy sector deal (BEIS/Defra)
maintaining
links with key partners for delivery.
The Team
FDF's Regulation, Science and Sustainability team provide a timely and expert
service to
members, on technical and regulatory developments of interest to the UK food
and
drink industry.
The team covers a wide range of issues including Allergens, Food Contact
Materials, Food Law and
Labelling, Residues and Contaminants and support a number of serviced Sector
Associations on
specific category areas of interest.
Requirements
- Knowledge of the innovation landscape and innovation challenges facing the food
and drink
industry
- Responsible and practical self-starter with a strong appetite to connect with
business needs
for innovation and near market adoption of known technology and digitisation.
- Strong ability to manage a diverse workload and a wide range of issues
- Good ability to sustain a range of working relationships, a natural networker
- Willingness to learn & take responsibility for projects – good organisational
skills
- Good communications skills, both verbal and written
- Good ability to prioritise work, work under pressure and meet deadlines
- IT literate
- Knowledge of the UK innovation funding structure and ideally established network
into
this
- Knowledge of academic institutes and research establishments that can provide
services to
the food and drink sector
- Knowledge of challenges facing the food and drink sector, solutions to which can
be enabled
through innovation
- Basic knowledge of the protection of intellectual property
How to apply
We'd love to hear from you, if you think your experience and skillset are suited
to the role. Please
send us your CV, covering letter and salary expectations, illustrating why
you'd
be a great candidate
to recruitment@fdf.org.uk.
Have a look at the full job description
View our recruitment privacy
notice
Closing Date: 6 December 2019, 5:30pm
More about working for FDF
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Our organisation
We're the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) - the voice of the UK food and drink
industry: the largest manufacturing sector in the country. We help our members
operate in a highly regulated marketplace to maximise their competitiveness and
profitability. Our job is to communicate our industry's values and concerns to
Government, regulators, consumers and the media. We also work in partnership
with
key players in the food supply chain to ensure our food is safe, affordable and
nutritious.
Our benefits
FDF is a great place to work where we take wellbeing seriously and have a great
benefits package to match, offering a pension scheme, life insurance, 25 days
holiday, private healthcare, leisure travel insurance, gym subsidy,
interest-free
season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme.
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Our workplace
We're based in the heart of central London in a modern, bright open-plan office.
We have a friendly work culture with great break-out spaces, quiet booths and
opportunities for flexible-working. Our 'Feel Good for Life' team regularly
organises events and activities to promote positive health and wellbeing.
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FDF operates as an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applications
regardless of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, race,
colour, ethnic origin,
nationality, religion/beliefs, disability and age.
Last reviewed: 03 Dec 2019