Healthy Catering Commitment Advisor

The role
Working alongside our Environmental Health and Public Health colleagues you will be responsible for setting up and delivering the Healthier Catering Commitment (HCC) pilot scheme across Bexley’s food businesses. The pilot will run for 6 months with the possibility of extension and will contribute directly to Bexley’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Healthy Weight Strategic Partnership Action Plan.

The Healthier Catering Commitment for London is a scheme that recognises those businesses in London that demonstrate a commitment to developing a healthier food offer. The London Borough of Bexley has been a member of this scheme since its launch but over the last two years the scheme has not been progressed due to lack of staff capacity. The scheme provides practical advice to food businesses on straightforward changes that can be made to menus and food preparation to help make food healthier and enable food businesses to achieve the HCC award.

Once a business has achieved accreditation, it is valid for two years and is reviewed regularly to ensure that standards and requirements are adhered to between renewal periods. Eligibility for the HCC award is open to food business operators (FBOs) who achieve a Food Hygiene Rating Score (FHRS) of 3 or higher.

• Ability to design, develop deliver and promote the Healthier Catering Commitment Award across relevant Bexley’s food businesses.
• An excellent understanding of what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and why healthy diets are important.
• Ability to communicate health messaging and the importance of a healthy diet to diverse audiences including residents, business owners, councillors, colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Ability to plan and manage projects.
• Ability to use data to measure impact and inform activity.
• Knowledge of IT systems and tools including use of Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, TEAMS.
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities and focus on customers.

The postholder will be expected to take up appropriate training courses. For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.

We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, coaching and mentoring programmes, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.

As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on  This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees.

The Council’s Secondment Scheme can be found here. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager. We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.