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Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.

Project Support Officer – South West England and South Wales

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

Posted: 3 Feb 2025

Deadline: 12 Feb 2025

Compensation: £24,360 per annum

Living Wage employer Disability Confident scheme

Paid Full-time Permanent Remote working

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Job description

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.

Application information

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.

You can view the full job description here: PSO South West England and South Wales job description 2025.docx

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.

 

 

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About FoodCycle

Week in, week out we feed the hungry and give company to the lonely in our communities with delicious meals and great conversation, using food which would otherwise go to waste. https://foodcycle.org.uk/who-we-are/

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