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Better Food Shed Team Member

Growing Communities
Bow, London

Posted: 11 Feb 2026

Deadline: 7 Mar 2026

Compensation: £15.13 per hour or £29,504 per annum (pro-rata to hours)

Living Wage employer

Paid Part-time Fixed term / contract

Job description

Growing Communities' distribution hub is looking for someone to join our small, friendly team, based in Bow.  

The role consists of picking and packing vegetables and delivering them to our customers (predominantly organic veg box schemes, schools, shops and restaurants) who are located across Greater London. This role will require someone who is physically fit and comfortable with early morning starts.

Every week, the Better Food Shed distributes up to 20 tonnes of fresh organic produce, sourced directly from 23 small and medium organic UK farms.  

We're committed to putting farmers and growers ahead of profit, to supporting small businesses run in an ecologically sound way, and to building a more sustainable food system. See more on our core values here.

Growing Communities is a social enterprise based in east London that’s building a fairer, more sustainable food system by supporting local small-scale organic farmers. We run a successful organic fruit and veg scheme in Hackney and Haringey and the Farmers’ Market in Stoke Newington and we grow fruit and veg in Hackney and Dagenham.  

2 days per week (7.5 hour days. Starting at 6am on a Tuesday and Wednesday, plus occasional overtime)

Working from our warehouse: Better Food Shed, 30 Hancock Road, Bow, London, E3 3DA. 

Please see the full job description, person specification and application instructions at http://www.growingcommunities.org/jobs/ 

This position has a rolling deadline; applications are reviewed as they are received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

This job is open to everyone, regardless of background. We acknowledge that the environmental sector is less accessible to people from minority backgrounds and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We especially want to hear from you if you feel that opportunities like this are less available to you, or you don’t see yourself represented very often in the environmental or sustainable food sectors.   

Application information

Please see the full job description, person specification and application instructions at http://www.growingcommunities.org/jobs/ 

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