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Food Train is an award winning voluntary organisation, providing practical support services to older people across Scotland, helping them to eat well, live well and age well. We have a vacancy for a dynamic people-focused person to join our Food Train service in Glasgow.

We are seeking a talented administrator who is able to deliver high quality practice and excellent customer care, while exuding enthusiasm for the voluntary sector and older people’s services. Applicants should have evidenced working experience of Microsoft Applications and accounts packages and be a talented communicator who thrives in a busy office.

Must have a current driving license and be a confident driver.

Food Train is an award winning voluntary organisation, providing practical support services to older people across Scotland, helping them to eat well, live well and age well. We have a vacancy for an outstanding ambitious individual to lead the ongoing growth, development and delivery of support services in our Scottish Borders branch.

We are looking for a suitably experienced and enthusiastic individual committed to the voluntary sector and older people’s services. Applicants will have excellent people management and communication skills, evidence of project/service management, financial expertise and a demonstrable understanding of older people’s issues.

Food Train have launched a new and exciting Eat Well Age Well project to contribute to the reduction of malnutrition amongst older people in Scotland. Funded by Big Lottery UK and with its focus in preventative work, this 3 year project will lead nationally in identifying ways to support older people access good nutrition and hydration. Work streams will include building collaborative relationships, testing change methodology, conducting research and evaluation, policy into practice and capacity building. The Eat Well Age Well project offers a great opportunity for someone interested in driving real social change.

We are looking for a suitably skilled, socially aware and enthusiastic individual with experience of using evaluation to evidence impact and inform policy. You must have a keen interest in food and nutrition, people and communities. If you’ve got the right skills and expertise and you’d like to be part of this exciting new project, then we’d love to hear from you.

Food Train is an award winning voluntary organisation, providing practical support services to older people across Scotland, helping them to eat well, live well and age well. We have a vacancy for a dynamic people-focused person to join our Food Train service in West Lothian to cover maternity leave.

We are seeking a talented administrator who is able to deliver high quality practice and excellent customer care, while exuding enthusiasm for the voluntary sector and older people’s services. Applicants should have evidenced working experience of Microsoft Applications and accounts packages and be a talented communicator who thrives in a busy office.

Use of own car is essential.

Food Train recently launched our Eat Well Age Well project to contribute to the reduction of malnutrition amongst older people in Scotland. Funded by Big Lottery UK and with its focus in preventative work, this 3.5 year project will lead nationally in identifying ways to support older people access good nutrition and hydration. Project strands will include building collaborative relationships, testing change methodology, conducting research and evaluation, supporting innovations in the community and building capacity across communities.

We are looking for a talented and suitably experienced Administrative & Finance Officer, enthusiastic about working in the voluntary sector and older people’s services. Applicants will have previous comprehensive experience in administration and finance, of working in a project role and be familiar with Microsoft applications, in particular using databases, Excel and Microsoft 365.

If you’ve got the right skills and expertise and you’d like to be part of this exciting project, then we’d love to hear from you.

Food Train recently launched the Eat Well Age Well project to contribute to the reduction of malnutrition amongst older people in Scotland. Funded by Big Lottery UK and with its focus in preventative work, this 3 and a half year project will lead nationally in identifying ways to support older people access good nutrition and hydration. Project strands will include building collaborative relationships, testing change methodology, conducting research and evaluation, supporting innovations in the community and building capacity across communities.

This role offers the opportunity to leverage learning from Food Train and the wider evidence base to test and evaluate approaches aimed at reducing malnutrition in older people in Scotland.

We are looking for a suitably skilled, socially aware and enthusiastic individual with a keen interest in food and nutrition, people and communities who can develop and test innovations in practice and identify passionate community members to access the project’s grant fund for small tests of change. You will need to have excellent listening and communications skills, with a deep understanding of how people in communities can support each other. Previous experience working collaboratively in communities, able to build new relationships quickly and able to find the small ideas that could have a big impact. If you’ve got the right skills and expertise and you’d like to be part of this exciting project, then we’d love to hear from you.