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The HAF Project Manager is the strategic lead for the HAF programme. You will manage a budget of over £800,000, make commissioning decisions, and ensure strong due diligence processes and quality control. You will collaborate with HAF provider organisations from the voluntary and community sectors, ensuring high-quality delivery. Additionally, you will work closely with YCF colleagues to communicate the impact of HAF, represent YCF in senior spaces, and assist in reporting to YCF’s Board of Trustees.

Working closely with Camden’s Children’s Commissioning team and YCF’s CEO you will ensure that each HAF programme in Camden offers participating children and young people a diverse and enjoyable range of activities provided by respected organisations, operating at the highest levels of safety, quality, and in alignment with the Department for Education’s funding requirements. You will report to YCF’s CEO and to Camden Council on the programme’s delivery and impact, and will lead on all reporting.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with experience or interest in cross-sector partnership work, with programme management experience, and a drive to make a difference in the lives of children and young people. The role requires self-awareness, the ability to learn quickly, and a willingness to pitch in with the wider work of YCF, as we are a small team with limited resources.

This varied and impactful role offers incredible development opportunities for someone with strong organisational, numeracy, and stakeholder management skills, as well as a passion for improving the lives of Camden’s children and young people. Flexibility, quick learning and a collaborative attitude will be key to success in this role. YCF will provide training and support to help you thrive as you step into the role, and you will be supported by YCF’s CEO and the Head of Partnerships and Grants.

We are ideally looking for a candidate who brings experience in: budgeting and budget management, commissioning/ grantmaking, due diligence processes, impact reporting, stakeholder management and strategic leadership. 

Person Specification:

Please note, the person specification outlines our ideally sought experience. However, if you meet some of the essential criteria but are confident in your ability to learn quickly in post or bring adjacent experience (and can demonstrate at interview), please do apply.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following experience:

Essential:

• Proven project coordination/management skills including ability to liaise with a complex range of stakeholders – and exceptional time management and organisational skills
• Strong and proven skills using excel, managing complex budgets
• Experience of effective partnership building and stakeholder collaboration, with good communication skills and ability to get along with people
• Ability to plan and prioritise own workload, and self manage in a busy environment with competing demands
• An appreciation of Camden and its voluntary sector
• Degree-level educated (or equivalent experience)– with 5 GCSE level (A*-C) to include English and Maths

Location: Camden office (at least 3 days a week), with some hybrid working, and travel around Camden, especially in delivery periods

Reporting to: YCF’s CEO

Hours: 37.5h pw (with occasional out of hours visits – and some working over Spring, Summer and Winter school holidays)

Start date: ASAP (ideally by March 2025)

Contract type: 12 month fixed term contract (until end of March 2026) – with a possibility of extension, depending on DfE decisions

Job Title:                Corporate Partnerships Officer 

Reporting To:         Corporate Partnership Manager 

Salary/Rate:            £27,000 – 30,000 Per annum  

Contract Type:        6 month, FTC contract, with ability to extend or reduce  hybrid 

Location:                Across Felix’s sites in London (Deptford, Enfield, Poplar, Park Royal, Western International Market, Greenford) and Field based

About The Felix Project
The Felix Project is London’s largest food redistribution charity. Started in 2016, its vision is a London where good food is never wasted, and no one goes hungry. In 2024 our workforce of over 200 staff and 13,000 volunteers collected and distributed the equivalent of 38 million meals to Londoners in need. This is done through a network of 1,200 community organisations and schools who are working on the frontline to feed people who are experiencing hunger and cannot afford to regularly buy the food they need. The Felix Project works with hundreds of suppliers from across the food industry, including supermarkets, wholesalers, farms and restaurants to rescue high quality surplus food, that cannot be sold and would otherwise go to waste. 

In London, one in for working families regularly struggle to afford to feed their children, equating to an estimated 325,000 families across the capital. The cost of food has increased by 30% in the past three years and one in eight working families have less than £3 a day for food, after paying their bills. About 20% of working families have been forced to access a food support service for the first time during 2024 due to the rising cost of living. 

Our work has never been more needed, and demand continues to grow: we are building our expertise and impact in response. The Felix Project now operates from four main depots in North, South, East, and West London, with ‘point-to-point’ projects in Central London and Canary Wharf. Felix’s Kitchen in our East London depot produces up to 5,000 meals per day from surplus food. Felix’s Multibank in West London distributes non-food items to those who need it most. As part of the charity’s involvement with The Coronation Food Project, we are launching an innovative food processing lab – The Felix Food Factory. 

Purpose of the Job

The Felix Project is looking for a talented individual to help manage and support on implementing their corporate partnerships strategy. This role will sit within our growing Corporate Partnerships Team as part of the wider Fundraising & Marketing Team. The purpose of this role will be to lead on the development of new business in conjunction with the Corporate Partnership Managers, while also building upon our existing pipeline of future opportunities. As a key member of the fundraising team we expect the Senior Officer to actively contribute to the implementation of The Felix Project’s fundraising strategy. 

Your focus will be to ensure income growth from corporate sources and activity based in new business development however there will be some account management responsibilities alongside this. There will be a focus on management of the corporate pipeline and highlighting relevant opportunities to the wider team. As a growing team we have networks and pipelines in place but there will be a requirement for the post holder to innovate and develop new ways of working in-line with the fast-paced operational requirements of the charity. 

This is an exciting opportunity for a Corporate Fundraiser looking to take the next step in their career to build and develop new high value corporate relationships across a number of sectors.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per annum (+ bank holidays) plus up to 5 days additional leave for length of service.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave.
• Birthday day off.
• Access to benefit platform for a wide range of discounts on everyday spends plus gym discounts.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Employee assistance programme including 24 Hour GP helpline.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Opportunity for free meals whilst working at our depots.
• After work activities such as Felix’s softball team, running club and cycling club

We are looking for a Christian who is highly organised with excellent leadership skills. You will have a passion for helping those who are vulnerable, disadvantaged and struggling on low income.

The Foodshop is an initiative of Sutton Community Works based in St Nicholas Shopping Centre in Sutton aimed at supporting those struggling on low income. Members pay £4 a visit and get access to approx. £27 worth of fresh, chilled, frozen, and ambient foods.

We normally serve 120 customers a week during our opening times of 10-12noon Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. This is achieved through a small staff team and 50 volunteers who are mainly drawn from local churches and whom you will manage. You will be responsible for maintaining the Christian ethos and culture of the Foodshop. As Manager you will have pastoral responsibility for staff and volunteers which will involve setting a culture of prayer before, during and after sessions and offering pastoral support and prayer where approptiate to staff and volunteers.  You will be responsible for the smooth day to day running of the Food Shop which includes managing food stock levels. You will be part of a wider Sutton Community Works staff team and be expected to join staff prayers every Monday morning and regularly lead devotions and prayer.

Our aim is to enable residents out of Food Poverty through the Foodshop and linking them with further support to address underlying issues. This includes offering prayer; spiritual support and linking customers in with churches groups within the borough.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the passion and heart to serve those in need.

Hours: Part-time 22.5 hours per week (Tuesday-Thursday), 0.6 FTE

Location: FoodCycle HQ, Vauxhall, London

Contract: Permanent

Do you want to work with a multiple charity of the year winner? We are FoodCycle, and our vision is to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community.

FoodCycle is all about tackling food poverty and social isolation through connecting communities over a delicious plate of food. This role is an exciting opportunity to help support the mission of the charity through a programme of income-generating corporate cooking challenges. We have been running these successfully in London for several years (and also launched in Birmingham last year) and are now looking to scale up our programme.

You will need to be able to confidently lead our corporate Food Invention Challenges, which take place at Mission Kitchen, Vauxhall. You will be customer service oriented, with effective communication and interpersonal skills. If you have a love of food, strong organisational skills and enjoy creating fun and engaging teambuilding sessions, then this is the role for you!

When not running Food Invention Challenges, you will provide administrative support for the Fundraising Team. As this role is based fully at our headquarters in the Food Exchange, you will need to live within a one hour commute of Vauxhall, London.

Benefits: We offer 26.5 days holiday plus bank holidays, and additional holiday for length of service (pro-rata for part-time). Our healthcare package allows staff to claim money back on healthcare bills and includes access to telephone counselling and online GP appointments.

How to apply:  Please upload a CV of no more than two sides, and a covering note/letter of no more than two sides explaining why you are suitable for the role, via our vacancy website.

Deadline for your application:  11.59pm on Sunday, 16th February 2025.

Interview process: Shortlisted candidates will need to complete a 30 minute task prior to being invited to interview.

Interviews: planned for Wednesday 26th February 2025.

Inclusivity: FoodCycle is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.

Safeguarding: Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – FoodCycle is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare / wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk. This role will therefore require a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.

Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this role. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

An exciting opportunity to combine your love of food, gardening, and working with young people to make a meaningful impact at Jamie’s Farm.  This full-time role involves managing the kitchen and garden and leading hands-on activities supporting the young people to creating delicious, nutritious meals.  At the heart of the farm, the kitchen and garden are creative spaces where young people learn valuable skills, teamwork, and celebrate diverse tastes and cultures.

What is Jamie’s Farm?  Jamie’s Farm is a charity that supports young people by combining therapeutic work, farming, and purposeful activities to help them thrive. Through residential visits to our working farms, we provide a nurturing environment where young people can reflect, build confidence, and develop the resilience they need to overcome personal challenges. 

At an exciting time of growth for our charity, we are recruiting several delivery roles to support the opening of our 7th farm, set in beautiful woodlands and parkland adjacent to our existing Bath Farm.  This role may be based at either farm, as part of our new hub model.

Known within the organisation as ‘Food & Garden Specialist’ 

More about the role:  As Food & Garden Specialist, you will lead cooking and gardening sessions that inspire young people to connect with the food they eat and the natural world around them. With the support of the young people, you will nurture a productive kitchen garden, contributing to meal preparation with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Your role also includes creating weekly meal plans, coordinating volunteers, and ensuring high standards of food hygiene and safety. You will work collaboratively with your team to deliver life-changing experiences for young people, fostering confidence, resilience, and a sense of belonging. 

About you:  You are an enthusiastic and experienced professional with a passion for cooking, gardening, and working with young people. You have extensive cooking experience and enjoy sharing this skill with others. Your practical gardening knowledge and enthusiasm for growing food make you an ideal candidate to lead sessions in the kitchen garden.  Organised and creative, you excel in meal planning, budgeting, and inspiring others with fresh ideas. You thrive in a collaborative team environment but are also confident working independently. Open-minded and empathetic, you are committed to Jamie’s Farm’s mission and values and passionate about making a positive impact in a beautiful, dynamic farm setting. 

Please see the full job description, desired experience, and employee benefits by exploring our recruitment pack below. Don’t meet every single requirement? We’d still love to hear from you – your unique skills and experience could be just what we’re looking for. 

How to Apply: Please apply via the Jamie’s Farm website by clicking on the “Apply” button below. Read through the full recruitment pack and return both a completed application and equal opportunities form to the email address provided. We look forward to hearing from you! 

At Leicester South Food Bank, our mission is to address the community's needs and provide effective responses to everyday life challenges. We are looking for a motivated and passionate Partnership and Premises Officer to join our team and help us make a positive impact.

We are opening a community hub in Wigston, a dynamic space designed to enhance well-being and purpose in our community. This innovative project responds directly to the expressed needs of our community for face-to-face interactions and accessible local services.

Key Features:

1. Multi-agency space hosting a variety of organizations

2. Flexible weekly schedule offering workshops, events, and activities

3. One-on-one support and advice services

4. Relaxed environment for community engagement 

 The hub will serve as a vibrant 'community expo,' showcasing diverse interventions and services from multiple organizations. This approach allows residents to explore and connect with various resources all in one place, tailored to the evolving needs of our community.

Main Responsibilities of this vacancy:

Multi-Agency Management:

• Develop and manage a multi-agency space to provide interventions and solutions to the community's recognized needs.

Local Organizing:

• Develop and manage a team of volunteers, who will build relationships and trust with the community.

• Explore and understand the experiences bringing people to need the food bank’s support through listening activities and/or research.

• Assist the OLM lead in mapping out and building relationships with the food bank’s partners, referral agencies, and local anti-poverty organizations.

• Identify local issues driving poverty and engage with the campaign team to develop strategies for change.

Maintenance and Security:

• Regularly inspect and maintain the building, grounds, and equipment.

• Oversee security, including opening and closing the building and monitoring security systems.

• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and implement safety measures.

Cleaning and Repairs:

• Ensure the premises are kept clean and tidy, either directly or by supervising cleaning staff.

• Organize and oversee repairs and maintenance work, liaise with contractors, and manage maintenance budgets.

• Maintain an inventory of equipment and supplies, ensuring timely ordering and restocking.

Event Support:

• Provide logistical support for events, meetings, and other activities. 

If you are passionate about making a difference and possess the skills to create meaningful relationships, manage our premises effectively, we would love to hear from you. Apply today to join our dedicated team!

We are looking for a Strategic Manager, that will help to make a real difference, to help transform the lives of vulnerable communities.

We are a family, here at Affordable Food Stoke, where we all work together helping communities and each other, to make a difference.

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week​

Location: Hybrid working between Vauxhall, London (3 days in the office per week) and home​

Contract: Permanent​

Do you want to work with a multiple charity of the year winner? We are FoodCycle, and our vision is to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community. We connect communities, reducing loneliness and food poverty – working with thousands of volunteers and surplus food to help everyone who needs us. By creating welcoming spaces for people from all walks of life to meet, eat and have conversations, we are supporting people’s health and mental wellbeing.​

You will support our mission by ensuring efficient office operations and maintaining a safe and organized work environment. You will have the opportunity to liaise with all levels of the organisation, from the CEO to the volunteers who work at our community meals. No two days will be the same, and tasks will range from organising travel for regional teams, sending out equipment to support new Projects launches, and answering the main office telephone to supporting larger projects like our annual guest surveys.​

You will have the opportunity to improve processes and seek efficiencies. You will be an excellent communicator, with great organisational skills and previous experience in an office environment. You will be confident answering phone calls, including from vulnerable people, and be able to work on various projects at once. This is a hybrid role, with 3 days a week at our Head Office, so you will need to live within a one hour commute of Vauxhall, London.​

Benefits: We offer 26.5 days holiday plus bank holidays, and additional holiday for length of service (pro-rata for part-time). Our healthcare package allows staff to claim money back on healthcare bills and includes access to telephone counselling and online GP appointments.​

How to apply:Please upload a CV of no more than two sides, and a covering note/letter of no more than two sides explaining why you are suitable for the role, via our vacancy website.​​

Deadline for your application:11.59pm on Sunday 16th February 2025.​

Interview process: Shortlisted candidates will need to complete a 30 minute task prior to being invited to interview. We will shortlist applications as they come in, so we recommend applying early.​

Interviews: planned for Wednesday 19th February 2025.​

Inclusivity: FoodCycle is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.​

Safeguarding: Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – FoodCycle is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare / wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk. This role will therefore require a satisfactory Basic DBS check.​

Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this role. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.​

Job Title: Policy & Communications Assistant

Position Type: Permanent/Full time

Reports to: Senior Press and Comms Officer/Senior Policy and Campaigns Officer

Based at: School Food Matters, The Bridge, 7b Parkshot, London TW9 2RD

Working Hours: 9am-5pm (flexible)

Salary: £28,770 

Pension: School Food Matters matches pension contributions at 5% of pensionable earnings

Holiday: 31 days including bank holidays

School Food Matters is closed between Christmas and New Year

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Background to School Food Matters

School Food Matters (SFM) exists to teach children about food and to improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. We provide fully funded food education programmes to schools. Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.

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Job Purpose

• To support the policy and communications work of School Food Matters

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Key Tasks

· Work with SFM colleagues and networks to coordinate and support campaign activity

· Attend meetings to support policy and campaign discussions and provide meeting services, including organising agendas, venues, and minutes

· Keep up-to-date with policy and media developments that could benefit or have relevance to SFM

· Identify award opportunities and write applications to gain recognition for our work

· Track the impact of SFM’s communications/campaigns, including in the press and on social media

· Assist with maintaining our database of press contacts and MPs and keep a record of interactions

· Attend programme sessions to capture photos, videos and quotes 

· Design and create communications assets such as presentations and social media content 

· Contribute to policy/campaign briefings, letters to MPs, web content, articles and blogs

· Staying up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures

· Maintain the ethos of the charity and positively promote our work at all times

· The Policy and Communications Assistant will also undertake any other tasks relevant to the affairs of SFM that may arise from time to time. Therefore, being flexible and approaching the job with an open and positive mindset is essential!

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Person specification

Essential

· Exceptional oral and written communication skills in fluent spoken and written English, for a range of audiences

· A strong attention to detail and the ability to translate complex data and policies into accessible language and engaging stories and communication materials

· Strong administrative and organisational skills, including the ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise workload

· Experience designing communication assets 

· Confident and competent IT skills across Office suite of programmes

· Ability to work in a team, and seek help when needed

· Ability to work independently with a can-do attitude

· Good time management and the ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines

· Energy, enthusiasm, creativity and tenacity

Desirable

· Experience of research and analysis, ideally in a policy environment 

· Experience of working for a charity or not for profit organisation

· Experience of working in education

· Knowledge of issues and policy around school food, children’s health and education

· An interest in food education and children’s health

· Digital campaigning and social networking skill

Are you a collaborative and organised self starter with excellent attention to detail? Are you interested in supporting refugees and want to help a growing frontline charity to monitor, quantify and communicate our impact to funders and supporters? Do you have experience in administration and data, and enjoy improving systems and processes?

If so, this central role in our charity might be for you! 

Reporting to the Director, AFRIL's Monitoring and Operations Officer delivers the central administrative functions of the charity including office administration, equipment and grants/contracts administration, financial record keeping, and drafting communications for a variety of audiences. You will work closely with the Director and Project Leads to deliver and enhance our monitoring and evaluation systems and organise our annual public fundraising campaign. You will supervise office volunteers. We are a friendly team and there is significant scope for growth in this role. 

AFRIL is a growing, dynamic charity working with asylum seekers, vulnerable migrants, and refugee families in south east London. We support our clients to lift themselves out of poverty and rebuild their lives in the heart of our community. We provide both crisis support to meet immediate need, and longer-term, flexible programmes to tackle the underlying problems. We engage in policy and legal interventions to influence positive change. Our work is grounded in the values of professionalism, inclusivity, and solidarity, and our approach to service delivery is one of co-production and empowerment. We are 15 staff (7 full time equivalent) and over 80 volunteers.

AFRIL delivers the following core services in the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Southwark: 

• Casework and Advocacy Service: providing AQS accredited advice, complex casework and legal interventions in housing and homelessness, asylum support, community care, benefits and related matters. We have an immigration project in partnership with Southwark Law Centre.

• AFRIL Food Bank: food vouchers, parcels and essentials to people with no recourse to public funds. 

• Allotment of Refuge: wellbeing support through food growing and climate resilience. 

• Rainbow Club Supplementary School:improving educational attainment through weekly supplementary education in English and Maths, arts, music and sports activities to primary age refugee and migrant children.

AFRIL is an equal opportunities employer. We are a diverse staff team and particularly encourage applications from BAME candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and those with lived experience of asylum/irregular migration. We welcome applications from candidates of all ages and are committed to supporting qualified people to re-enter the workplace after periods of unemployment for example because of homemaking, redundancy, mental health or previous immigration restrictions. Our office is on the first floor of a community centre. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to support our staff to flourish.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview on 4th March 2025.

Job Description ​​and Person Specification

Job title: Commercial Officer

Reporting to: Senior Commercial Manager

Location: Field based, with regular visits to the office and our food partner locations.

Contract type: Permanent  

Hours per week: 35 hours Full Time

Salary & Grade: £30,287 - £31,881

Our Vision: A UK where “No good food goes to waste”. 

We are UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to approximately 8,500 frontline charities and community groups.  Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.

There has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness. For more information visit our website.

FareShare is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities and as a Disability Confident Employer, we provide reasonable adjustments.

We aim to recruit from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company [EB1] stronger. If you share our values and our commitment to redistributing surplus food, come and join us. 

The role 

Main areas of responsibility

The Commercial Officer will support the development, identification, and management of relationships with key Fresh Produce industry partners, securing sustainable sources of surplus food for the FareShare network. You will support the Commercial Manager’s and other internal teams to execute joint business plans, deliver strategic projects, and support our partners to overcome barriers to redistributing surplus food.

This role will involve working with partners to ensure consistent delivery of agreed initiatives and develop solutions that add value for both FareShare and its partners. You will also play a key role in ensuring regular communication and reporting to drive progress and maintain strong relationships.

You will work closely with FareShare colleagues within FareShare and across the UK in our partner organisations in order to provide the best service to our food partners, our network, and the charities we deliver to.

Partnership Support

• With support from Commercial Manager’s, undertake research to identify potential new partners in the Fresh Produce Industry and manage relationships with new and current partners.
• Assist in developing and maintaining Joint Business Plans with Fresh Produce industry partners to drive growth in surplus food redistribution, funding, and strategic initiatives.
• Maintain regular communication with food partners, including on-site visits, to ensure alignment and progress against agreed objectives.
• Research and understand our partners, including key ESG initiatives, waste streams, key personnel within the organisation that will help drive its success and engage the relevant internal departments through both desked based research and face to face contact.
• Create and deliver engaging presentations for the acquisition and retention of food partners, effectively presenting the benefits of working with FareShare.
• Use our food data and other stats to identify trends to food partner supply and to effectively manage food partners, identifying appropriate milestones and opportunities to prompt lapsed or infrequent partners.
• Collaborate with Operations, Marketing, Fundraising, and Volunteering teams to optimise supplier onboarding, food distribution, and partner communications.
• Support with the administration of the Surplus with Purpose Fund.

Project Support

• Support on projects with our partners, liaising with cross-functional teams such as, Supply Chain, Operations, and Network Development to deliver objectives.
• Support the delivery of internal cross-functional projects designed to increase food volumes and strategic value for FareShare.

Person Specification 

 Essential Criteria 

• Experience of working in or alongside the food industry in account management or customer facing role
• Strong relationship skills, building and maintaining relationships across a range of levels and with both internal and external stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; experience in presenting confidently to a range of stakeholders at varying levels
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise multiple tasks whilst maintaining attention to detail
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Offices packages and a good level of numeracy and literacy. 

Desirable Criteria 

• Experience of managing accounts in the FMCG, food, retail or other fast moving customer service orientated sector
• Track record of using selling and negotiation skills with professionalism and integrity to achieve desired outcomes & targets.
• Management of initiatives and projects such as new product launches, operational initiatives, promotional activity or similar
• Experience of analysing and communicating data.
• Knowledge of, or experience in, the Fresh Produce industry
• Knowledge of and interest in Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility and experience of its application within the business environment.

Competencies and behaviours 

• Demonstrable interest in, and understanding of food waste and surplus redistribution
• Motivation towards, and interest in, FareShare’s mission
• Problem solving ability, able to think laterally and creatively
• Highly motivated, comfortable working independently and using initiative as well as being an enthusiastic team player contributing to group tasks and team working

Benefits

• Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
• 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• Employers pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
• Season ticket loan

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week. Our Projects run at weekends and evenings.​

Location: Home based with frequent travel to projects in Bristol, Bath, Swindon, Newport, Cardiff and Exeter.​

Contract: Permanent​

Do you want to work with a multiple charity of the year winner? We are FoodCycle, and our vision is to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community.​

We connect communities, reducing loneliness and food poverty – working with thousands of volunteers and surplus food to help everyone who needs us. By creating welcoming spaces for people from all walks of life to meet, eat and have conversations, we are supporting people’s health and mental wellbeing.​

As Project Support Officer you will support our Regional Manager with volunteer recruitment, documentation, and giving our volunteers a fantastic experience. Each of our community meal projects is run by Project Leaders (volunteer position). You will support Project Leaders in running our community meal projects, and will give extra support to our projects as and when required.​

This support could range from developing relationships with our food suppliers, researching local organisations to support with guest outreach, recruiting new Project Leaders for the Region, or attending projects. The right person for this role is customer service oriented with great communication skills, enjoys being organized, has a can-do attitude, and understands that they are a key component in supporting our fantastic Projects.​

There will be frequent travel to our projects in South West England and South Wales, and evening and weekend work will be needed to cover our projects. A full driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this rewarding role.​

Benefits: We offer 26.5 days holiday plus bank holidays, and additional holiday for length of service (pro-rata for part-time). Our healthcare package allows staff to claim money back on healthcare bills and includes access to telephone counselling and online GP appointments.​

How to apply:Please upload a CV of no more than two sides, and a covering note/letter of no more than two sides explaining why you are suitable for the role, via our vacancy website.​

Deadline for your application:11.59pm on Wednesday 12th February 2025.​

Interview process: Shortlisted candidates will need to complete a 30 minute task prior to interview.​

Inclusivity: FoodCycle is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.

Our Local Organiser will be responsible for developing the foodbank’s capacity to organise and campaign for change. You will do this by building the skills and confidence of food bank clients, volunteers and staff and community members to campaign locally. Local Organisers build relationships with foodbank users to identify some of the issues driving poverty in the community and to bring people together to take action on those issues.

You will develop and lead a volunteer campaign team to create a campaign strategy and lead on the delivery of the strategy to win change, while developing leaders in your foodbank. This role is funded by Trussell as part of their Organising Programme, and you will be part of a network of Local Organisers around the UK doing this work. You will be the link between your foodbank and the Organising and Local Mobilisation team at Trussell, as we build a movement to end the need for food banks.

Ealing Foodbank is a small local charity in the London Borough of Ealing. The Christian faith underpins everything that Ealing Foodbank does and stands for as expressed in our Vision, Mission and Values statement. We provide 3 days worth of long life foods to Ealing families and individuals who are referred to our service. Those who use the foodbank also benefit from free advice, delivered onsite in our foodbank locations. We are part of the Trussell network, linked to other foodbanks all over the UK.

​Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week​

Location:Hybrid - homeworking/FoodCycle HQ in Vauxhall, London​

Contract:Maternity cover, fixed-term to 28 February 2026, or to the return of the substantive postholder (whichever is sooner)​

We are seeking maternity cover for our Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager role, starting from late March 2025. This is an exciting opportunity to work with and develop our fantastic corporate partners who enable FoodCycle to support people faced with hunger and loneliness, and champion community dining across the country. ​

The Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager leads the management of corporate partnerships and associated income at FoodCycle, from £5,000 corporate funders up to flagship relationships up to £100,000, to meet our corporate income target of c. £1 million for 2025. The role sits within a Fundraising team of eight, and you will work collaboratively with colleagues across FoodCycle. You will forge engaging corporate partnerships which deliver financial support and wider benefits for FoodCycle, whilst meeting corporate partners’ engagement goals.​

You will have experience of managing corporate partnerships of up to £100,000, and securing new business from corporates. You will require line management experience, as you will need to effectively manage our Corporate Partnerships Manager – New Business, and our Fundraising Officer. As this is a hybrid role, you will need to live within a commutable distance of Vauxhall, London.​

Benefits: We offer 26.5 days holiday plus bank holidays, and additional holiday for length of service (pro-rata for part-time). Our healthcare package allows staff to claim money back on healthcare bills and includes access to telephone counselling and online GP appointments.​​

How to apply:Please upload a CV of no more than two sides, and a covering note/letter of no more than two sides explaining why you are suitable for the role, via our vacancy website.​

Deadline for your application:11.59pm on Sunday 9th February 2025.​

Interview process: Shortlisted candidates will be asked to prepare a presentation to deliver at interview.​

Interviews: planned for Tuesday 18th February 2025.​

Inclusivity: FoodCycle is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.​

Safeguarding: Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – FoodCycle is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare / wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk. This role will therefore require a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.​

Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this role. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.