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The Felix Kitchen
Deptford, London
Posted: 4 Feb 2025
Deadline: 9 Mar 2025
Compensation: £38 - 41,0000 (FTE) per annum
Living Wage employer Disability Confident scheme
Paid Full-time Permanent
Job description
About The Felix Project, our Vision & Mission.
The Felix Project is London's biggest food redistribution charity and the largest end-to-end food redistribution charity in Europe.
Our vision is a London where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted.
Our mission is to rescue good food from becoming waste and divert it to people most in need. We work towards ending London hunger - and winning the fight against food waste.
What do we do and who do we work with?
We are a very ambitious and dynamic young charity and we haven’t stopped growing since we were founded in 2016 in memory of Felix Byam Shaw, by his father, entrepreneur Justin Byam Shaw. Unit 17 is an exciting part of our future growth and our continued development in the world of production.
More about Unit 17
Purpose of the Job
To be the lead on product development & technologist, developing the range of products and ensuring new procedures and products are designed to meet all necessary safety requirements. Having full accountability on product labelling and leading on due diligence, ensuring paperwork is submitted fully and correctly for each product. Your background in recipe creation and knowledge of food will be essential to support the team constantly developing and tweak recipes based on the inbound food supply.
The core of this role will be to work closely alongside the Production manager and wider team to ensure that we are set for our production runs, all information has been shared and the team are ready to produce. Alongside this you will work with the Supply team and Unit manager to forecast incoming food supply and schedule products and production lines to be ready to receive the food and create.
This will be a truly unique operation, with a varied supply of food across the year so our product development will be a core part of every day in this unit. An agile and driven approach to this unique challenge will be key, product development done in a live production line, new products almost every day, a real chance to be creative and have real pride in the products we create.
Duties and Accountabilities
Person Specification
The Felix Project recognises the positive value of diversity and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified or experienced individuals, regardless of their race, gender, biological sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
This is a brand new and unique operation and requires someone with a depth of experience and an openness to creating and delivering on a new project. Someone who believes in the mission we have as an organisation and wants to put their experience and knowledge into a mission driven project. We believe in an upbeat and enjoyable working environment but one that is driven to meet our targets and strategic goals.
Whilst extensive previous experience and knowledge within food production is essential, we are looking for someone who wants to grow into role and be able to develop themselves and their knowledge whilst we create this new operation. Thriving in the challenge of a unit which works with an ever-changing food supply and a volunteer driven work force.
Essential skills/knowledge relevant to this role
Desirable skills/knowledge relevant to this role
What you’ll get in return
You will be working in an upbeat, innovative charity with strong vision, ambition and a fantastic culture and leadership team. This role is in our new facility at the Deptford Trading Estate, SE8 5HY but you may be asked to occasionally work in one of our other locations and will be asked to work in outside venues as part of your duties. The salary is £38- 41,000 (FTE) per annum, 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (full time), Monday-Saturday, Shift basis – Any 7.5h between 07:30 and 20:00. We will at times work outside of these hours.
Application information
I hope this role sounds as exciting as it does to us.
If you would like to apply for this role, please email me at
nick.kerle@thefelixproject.org
Please attach your CV and a covering letter for this role.
I hope to hear from you soon.
All the best,
Nick
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About The Felix Kitchen
The Felix Project is London's biggest food redistribution charity and the largest end-to-end food redistribution charity in Europe. Our vision is a London where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted.
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