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Volunteer and Community Support Officer - London and South East

FoodCycle
London & South East

Posted: 1 Jun 2026

Deadline: 21 Jun 2026

Compensation: £28,860 per annum

Living Wage employer Disability Confident scheme

Paid Full-time Permanent Remote working

Job description

About the Role

Position Title: Volunteer and Community Support Officer

Reports to: Area Manager – London and South East

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

Pay: £28,860 (inclusive of London Weighting)

Location: Home based in the London area, with regular Project visits within London and the South East

Contract: Permanent

Position Summary

As Volunteer and Community Support Officer you will support the London & South East Area Manager and Regional Managers with volunteer recruitment, documentation of training (such as DBS, references, Food Safety Level 2, First Aid), giving our volunteers a fantastic experience, guest outreach and giving extra support to our London & South East projects as and when required to aid development within the region.

Each of our Projects is run by Project Leaders (volunteer position) and supported by Regional Managers through recruitment and training of volunteers. Your role will be to support the Regional Managers so that they can manage more projects, knowing that you have helped with the embedding of volunteers, along with supporting the Regional Managers with community outreach to ensure as many people locally know about the projects.

This support could range from developing relationships with our food suppliers, researching local organisations to support with guest outreach, and recruiting new Project Leaders for the Area.

As well as projects across London, our projects include projects across the South Coast and South East.

What to send: A note stating how you meet our person specification and a CV, via our vacancy website.

Deadline for your application: Sunday 21st June 2026

FoodCycle is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity and inclusion. We are a Disability Confident Scheme member.

Please email our Recruitment inbox if you require assistance or adjustments when applying: jobs@foodcycle.org.uk.

Application information

What to send: A note stating how you meet our person specification and a CV, via our vacancy website: www.foodcycle.org.uk/vacancies. Please complete the job application form, and equal opportunities form and email to: jobs@chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk

Please see the above website for a copy of the job pack, which includes the full job description.

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